The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-16
FACE TREATMENT.
How Famous Beauties Regain the
Bloom of Youth.

Egll ALI 81 A-Ai4-io nc tIApAANs
Chicago, Sept. 6.-When I was in Lon
don last week saw a smart trap drive
. up 10 the door of the Hotel Victoria, and
a woman of exquisite pose get out.
Ii was Mrs. LaugJry She was going
. later 10 the races, and was faultcssly at
/ tired in a blue canvas tailor-gown made
I over silk, high white collar, black satin
4 stock tie, and a CarnatiOu for a DOuton-
. mere.
"I believe she will be just as beautiful
. twenty years from now remarked a
man standing near Il fancy it viii be
I said Of her as of Cleopatra that Age can
not wither her -
But evidently Mrs Langtry is not so
sanguine about this, or she does not be-
/ lieve in allowing nature TO take its usual
/ course Of providing wrinkles for all
/ women who are reaching the shady side
/ of 40. She was going into the Victoria
I for the purpose OF undergoing treatment
at the hands Of a woman noted for face
massage; one, who though American,
/ takes charge each season OF the faces of
/ some Of England's famous beauties, put
! ting the skin in perfect condition.
Nine Nellie Melba, who was stopping at
the Hotel Metropole next door, was also
going through the same treatment, taking
it each morning after her breakfast.
Thinking that face manipulation
which deserved attention from two such
/ famous women must be a good thing to
/ know, | sought an interview with the
I little woman who had invented the lotions
/ used, and that special twist of the wrist
upon which beautiful women depend to
I res tore wrinkled or faded complexion.
! The masseuse kindly gave me the inter
view, and with it a practical illustration
! of the methods she applied TO the face Of
| her well-knOwn customers.
First comes the message. She goes
/ over the skin of the face again and again.
| rubbing it in circles with only the tips of
! her fingers. The wrinkles are smoothed
! upward, and the blood in the veins
! brought into quick circulation.
After twenty minutes of this movement
a soft white cream is applied to the skin
! in the same manner. This is thoroughly
worked in until the face is in a profuse
! perspiration.
Then a flannel cloth dipped in rain
water Tor any distilled water is softly
! and continuously rubbed over the skin,
! removing all the particles of dust and
| grease that necessarily accumulate in the
! pores, especially when woman is on the
! stage and has to resort to the "footlight
/ makeup"
| A strange lotion which looks and smells
| like paregOriC follows, which is sparingly
| used, TO harden the muscles and make the
| skin firm. IL is claimed that the harder
l Vic lltSi tue luOTC perfect bu6 COlOTlQg OF
/ the skin. 1t is on this ground that Melba
| Langtry, Mrs. Kendall and others who
take this treatment abiure the use of the
now popular double vel,' worn so much
/ by American women to prevent tan and
soften the complexion. English women
know that the opposite method, of ex-
! posing the skin, produces the best result.
| The double yeip will undoubtedly coun-
! teract its advantage of a temporarily
] b a shin oil "a n 4
eyes assuredly follow
The tirmer the muscles of the face, the
/ less anxiety for the finger marks of age
or care, - is Madames motto.
This treatment belongs to the morning /:
the night method is nearly the same. only
! that a cream of herbs is supplied at the
final that is allowed to remain through
the sleeping hours. A careful rubbing
with rain water, the first thing upon
awakening removes this.
Nine. Melba was just finishing her six
weeks of treatment that day, as she was
/ TO leave for her Paris home after her
English season. She said this face doc
toriAg did ava with all the evil effects
of work and worry. The benefits last
for a year, and then il would be gone all
over in the same manner by the same
woman. 1t was as beneficial, she
| thought, as season at the baths.
Langtry was beginning her course, and
Mrs, Kendall concluding hers.
Patti has the treatment administered
to her every spring at the Welsh castle.
She brings the New York masseuse over
and enLertertains her for month and a
half at Craig-yNos. There she relig-
ously goes through the ordeal with as
much conscience and earnestness as il
she were in retreat. For six years she
has repeated this method. 1t is no doubt
that partly to this fact she owes that
splendid skin which seems to defy years
of hard work. With her usual gener
osity, the diva gives, after each treat
ment, some souvenir to the lutte
maSseuSe
None but the rich deserve this fairness
it seems, for the bill for the six weeks
consists of three figures, $780, Still fol
women to whom this represents but one
nights earnings, the amount is a mere
bagatelle to pay for the entire restoration
of the skin.
Mrs Kendall was at the Langham
where she had the most exquisite suite, a
the time OF her treatment. and was leav
ing that week with her children for a triI
through Germany. She said that she Elk
pected this journey to completely rest anC
prepare her for her unusually early
American season.
] was particularly interested in the
method of this face treatment, for t is 81
opposed to the American beauty's idea O.
preserving the skin She soaks hers il
glyceriue, rose water or Vaseline, thickll
protects it from every breeze that blows
all Of which makes it fiabby.
Our English sister on the other hand
takes every care to prevent softness. AS
the prominent women have taken ur
this new cure, it will probably soon bt
the fashion for every woman who can
afford it.
In fact, the Princess of Wales is TO be
the next and most important parsonage
for the little American masseuse TO deal
with, and there is no more question as tC
its popularity.
One can claim for it, at least, that it is
a heathful fad.