Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-09

try electricity" So I did, and so I do all my readers who require tonic Of this
 kind only pray use all remedies with little reason, and do. entreat you. recol- lect they are offered as remedies. mol as
 playthngs. I knew man once who,
 according to his own ideas improved
 on the physicians advice about like this;
 If the doctor Ca homeonath) ordered one
 small powder every two hours. lie de-
 claled as they were so small, two pow
 ders each hour would be more etiica-
 cious. 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 ceremony 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 electricl-
 ty should not be abused. Regarding
 surgical treatment for the removal of
 wrinkles, I have but word to say,
 Don't" Personally l cannot think
 womans face will ever look quite nat
 ural after surgical operation. when
 consists of a horizontal incision made
 through the skin of her forehead near
 the scalp with second incision below
 it in 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, and the skin minus the fold
 
 fact of the possibility of blood poisoning
 should deter a woman from such folly. Skin tighteners,e as they are called In
 England, are usually very strong, as-
 tringent lotions designed to contract and
 tighten the looSencd cuticle. l never ad- wise their use, as the result of such
 treatment inevitably toughens and thick
 ems the skin and ruins its texture. You
 must recolleet that the skin tissues need
 building up feeding and stimulating, not kxhi patient appear as wthereda shrunken apple
 Soothing the Skin
 hundred years ago the fashionable women of that time endeaVored to smooth out wrinkles by court plaster strips. Indeed, have recently seen the same method recommended. It cannot possibly do any harm to those who wish to experiment. The process consists of stretching the skin over the wrinkle un-
 til 1t is smooth and retaining it in this condition by narrow strips of court
 plaster. Apply the plaster before re- tiring and allow it to remain on all night.
 Aid From Dumb Bells.
 The wrinkles or lines which appear un- Ter the chin of most women who are at all inclined to embonpoint usually
 mark the shady side of the forties. They may be in many cases entirely removed and in every cese much enlightened by | the use of dumb bells. massage and the | ointment here suggested. I know really | of nothing so effective for hardening the | muscles of fiabby, wrnkled throats, | necks and arms Let those of my read | CTS who are naturally dismayed and dis | heartened to see the fiaccid flesh under | the jaw and the softening of the under | part of their beautiful arms, take heart | of grace. Let them stand before mir | TOT while practicing the first four move ments with dumb bells and watch the l enforced play of the muscles of the | throat and arms. This exercise If per | sisted in and taken regularly cannot fail | to harden the muscles, which have grown | soft and relaxed and as they support the | flesh and the flesh the skin, the result | will be the building up of the whole | of that "fabby" q repeat the term, | offensive though it be) appearance which is particularly dreaded and de- l plored by all women.
 I have been asked to recommend a l book giving directions for dumb bell | exercises. "Beales Hand Book of Calls | thenics" l think as good as any and costs | at retail about 75 cents. Those of my | readers who were begged to exercise | with the bells for five minutes three | times each day, practiclng only the first | four movements, should now increase the l time to ten minutes three times daily, | and include the second four movements. l In Paris many skin specialstsI recom- | mend spraying the face and throat with | hot water just before the massage treat l ment. It is an agreeble operation to 1 many and most irritating to others. | There is no objection to the spray for l those who like it.
 Significance of Wrinkles.
 | Students of physiognomy say that | every line, each seam and wrinkle in l the human face. has it's meaning; the | straight up and down lines furrowed in l the brow denote sternness and sharp ness: when they are accompanied by long deep cut lines outlining the cheek and running down from the corners of the mouth the possessor may be set down as an all-round 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 never-ending, soul-wearing endeavor to accommodate weak shoulders to heavy burdens. Di- agonal lines criss- crossed in the middle of the brow indicate small frets and wor- ries and may be rubbed out by a dose of philosophy and pleasant companionship. The lines produced by laughter are, properly speaking, curves. and are al most beutiful but the reverse means a sour and grabbed creature, who takes comfort in his own and other peoples misery There also little curves of interrogation in the faces of manyold maids inquiries as to why things are so and so when everybody ought to know they would be much better some other way. The cure for these exasperating lines is good husband and brood of little people who vii; turn the tables and ask questions enough for the entire family. It is said tha. the strongest na- lures present the smoothest brows. 1 have not found it so. Human nature is malleable material and the man or woman who can go through this world of ours without trace of the control of either tears or smiles is the being whose