The Washington times., 1895-06-19
Smoothing Out
the marks Of Age
WRINKLE FIGHTING - COURT
PLASTER TO ELECTRICITY.
DumbbellS as CorrectiVeS OF
FlabbineSS---HoW to Read
Lines in a Face.

OteuY nave recently seen the same uetuOQ
recommended 1t cannot possibly do any
harm to those VINO wish to experiment..
The process consists OF stretching the skin
over the wrinkle until it is smooth and re.
tanning it in this condition by narrow strips
Of court plaster. Apply the plaster before
retiring and allow il TO remain on all night.
The wrinkles or lines which appear under
the chins of most women who are at all in
clined TO embOnpOint usually mark tho
shady side OF the fOrties. They may be in
many cases entirely removed and in every
cass much Iightened by the use OF dumb
bells, massage and the ointment here sug'
gested. know really OF nothing sOeffeetivs
for hardening the muscles or flabby wrink.
led throats, necks and arms. Let those OF
my readers who are naturally dismayed
and disheartened to see the raccid flesh
under the jaw and the softening OF the
under part Of their beautiru. arms. take
heart OF grace.
AID FROM DUMB-BELLS.
Let them stand before a mirror while
practicing the first four movements with tina
dumb-beils and watch the enforced play Of
the muscles Of the throat and arms. This
exercise if persisted in and taken regularly
cannotfaH toharden the muscles, which have
the flesh and the flesh theskin, the result viii
be the building up or the whole structure
and the disappearance totally or that
'flabby'' (I repeat the term, offensive though
it be- appearance which is particularly
dreaded and deplored by ali women.
Those OF my readers who were begged to
exercise with the bells for five minutes
three times each day. practicing only the
first four movements, should now increase
the time to ten minutes three times daily, and
include the second four movements
In Paris many skin specialists recOmn end
spraying the face and throat with hot water
just before the massage treatment. 1t is an
agreeable operation TO many and most irrI-
tating 10 others. There is no objection 70 the
spray for those who Ike it.
SIGNIFICANCE OF WRINKLES.
Students of physiOgnOmy say that everJ
line, each seam and wrinkle in the human
face has its meaning; the straight up and
down lines furrowed in the brows denote
sterEnesS and sharpness; when they are
accompanied by long deep cut lines Outlin-
ing the cheek and running down from the
corners OF the mouth the pOssessOF may be
set down as an all-arOund unpleasant
party.
Horizontal lines across the forehead
which Fate seems To mete TO many OF Us,
denote care and anxiety, the eternal battle
for existence, the ueyer-ending- -sOul-w caring
endeavOr to accommodate weak shoulders
to heavy burdens.
Diagonal lines Criss-CTOssed in the Eliddis
of the brow indicate small frets ana worries
and may be rubbed ont by dose OF phil
osOphy and pleasant cOmpaHionship. The
lines produced by laughter are, properly
speaking, curves, and are almost beautiful,
but the reverse means sour and Grabbed
creature who takes comfort in his own and
other peoples misery
There are also little curves of interTO-
CATION in the faces OF mauy-O-i maids
inquiries as 10 why things are so and 20
when every body ought 10 know they would
be much better some other way. The cure
for these CxaspeTaung lines Is a good EUS-
band and a brood OF little people who VIII
turn the tables and ask questions CROUCH
for the entire family.
1t Is said that the strongest natures pre-
sent the smoOtbest brOws- Ihave rot found
il so. Human rature IS maliea b. D. GIeual
and the man OF = oman who can go through
this world OF CCrs without trace Of tire
control of either tears OF smiles Is tEc EeiEg
whose spirit Las kept near the earth and
never known tue eigbts and depths OF
humamty's Joys and oTrows-
VALUE OF ELEC 7 RICITYs
Electricity is a great skin stinlulant,
and, properly applied, is most effective
gaIvanic battery and never more than three
or four cells for the face. which is covered
with a network of nerves and exquisitely
Sensitive. Electricity may be abused as
Wen as any other stimulant some time
ago an electric battery with brush attach
ment was invented for the special purpose
OF maSSaEing the face, a promise being at
tached dtOeachappaTatusoft oftOtalOb bliteration
Of wrinkles in forget how many hours,
very few.
l was called early one morning to the
Waldorf Hotel to see anoId client who wrote
ME she was Feapiug the rewards Of en-.
thusiasm in her electrical researches.
when reached her she was in state OF
nervous excitement approaching hySteria.
On inquiry found she had used her electric
outfit on her face most OF the preceding
day. whichhad beenTainy, and consequently
made her a prisoner she had already
been Interviewed by regular physician, TO
whom she did not explainh erhOmet Featmens
for wrinkles the day before, and who very
wisely said she appeared to have suffered q
severe shock. When I saw her she said,
We'll, Diane, you tOldme TO try electricity" g"
SO did, and so DO ali my readers who
require a tonic of this kind, only pray use
all remedies with a little reason, and do,
entTeaJ you, recOueCt they are offered as
remedies, not as playthingS. knew a man
once, who, according TO his own ideas, I'M
proved on his PHYSICIANS advice about
like this:
If the doctor "a homeopathy ordered one
small powder every two hours, he declared.
as they We're so small two powders each
I hour would be more efficaciOus. Finally
the physician left one pill likewise smalD
to be taken every five hours; the man took
five pills every hour for half of one day and
his friends inferred him with much cere-
mony and many tears about forty eight
hours later.
AVOID THE KNIFE.
So I repeat, electricity is good; the
electric brush or sponge are equally suited
for the application but electricity should
not be abused Regarding surgical treat
ment for the removal Of wrinkles have
but a word 10 say, Don't" Personally
l cannot think a woman's face viii ever
look quite natural after a surgical opera
tiun, which consists OF a horizontal in
eiSiOu made through the skin OF her fore
head near the scalp, with a seCuud inCiSion
below it 10 the form Of an eClipse-in
other words, a tuck taken in the skin and
the fold cut out, leaving a raw edge which
must heal, aud the skin minus the fold
stretched over the forehead. The mere
fact Of the possibility Of blood poisoning
should deter a woman from such fclly..
"Skiu tighteuers," as they are called in
England, are usually very strong aStTingen5
lotions designed to contract and tighten
the IOosened cutiCle. l never advise
their use, as the result Of such treatment
inevitably toughens and thickens the skin
and ruins its texture. You must recOl-
lect that the skin tissues need building up,
feeding aud stimulating, npt drying. which
will in time make the patient appear as
withered as a ShTunken apple.
DIANE DE AIORNEY.
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There Was Compensation
81 am sorry for you Walter" said the
kind-hearted surgeon, but the thumb viii