The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-22
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
A young woman walked into the Office OF
a masseuse several months ago and said:
I'm. so downright ugly that I'm dis
| NAL failure in society. Do you think that
you possibly cam with a distressed en-
Dhasis on the can. do anything with me?"
The operator, who was the first in Amer
lea 10 treat the face with steam. looked
at the girl critically. and replied, as she
turned her face toward the light to get
better view:
"Oh, yes; can make a handsome wo-
man OF you. 1t will take time and patience,
however, for your face needs building up. ."
You talk about my countenance as If it
was the side of mud fence" responded
the girl, with a bright smile. She was evil
IDENTIFY encouraged. But what do you
mean by building my face up?" she re-
stunned. quite seriously.
We'll, just this" exclaimed the expert.
THE cheeks are the only part of the body
containing fan muscles. and this frequent
| " causes them to gag just as yours are
doing. Your cheek bones are high, and
when the flesh hangs from them. as yours
| does, YOU can't expect to look well. Then
your compilations is very muddy, and
something is wrong with your skin"
And my neck is so long and skinny that
l have to wear collars up under my ears"
interrupted the young woman.
/ es, said the masseuse, soothingly.
| but all that can be changed. You mustn't
| expect me to do it in one or two operations
| but If you'll consent TO make a self-sacri-
| nee, III make aNpretty girl of you by the
beginning of next season.
How win you do it?' she asked. in
| credulously.
First OF all you must never. under any
| circumstances wash your face in water
why, I'd get too dirty if l didn't" ex-
| claimed the customer.
Not at all. Let me explain. Water does
/ not cleanse the skin. and it is very irritat-
/ ing to the face. Steam your face. 1 have
| been in this business for years, and in my
time have kept hundreds of women from
/ growing old. I'm between 20 and 60 myself,
| and haven't a wrinkle, and of course I'm
| so busy keeping crow's-feet away from
/ other peoples eyes and driving the hard
/ lines hack from their months that / don't
! have very much time TO attend to my own.
Still you see, I'm pretty smooth and pink
| and white for my age"
Il should say So said the girl. do you
/ know, Just envy you your complexion"
The operator brought in a dainty china
| bowl filled with boiling water, well dashed
| with tincture of benzoin, which is excel
| lent for the skin. She asked the customer
to hold her face over and then enVeloped
/ her head and the bowl with heavy Turk
! ish towel so that no steam could escape.
The customer held her face in this position
| until the operator cried:
! Times up. l never allow a patient to
| steam her face for more than five minutes
| although many of them get very fond of
| 1t and would like to keep it up for a long
| er time. l learned my profession from a
| noted physician here who studied it in Pa
| ris. and he always contended that if the
| face was steamed for q longer time than
| that too much relaxation followed, and ex-
! perience has taught me that he was right
| Don't wipe it off with that" she scream
ed, as the patient made a dive into her bag
| for a handkerchief. ut may have microbes
| on 1t, and every pore in your face is open
! now and l must be sure that everything
| that touches il is perfectly clean. That S
the reason use china bowl in steam
ing the face rather than one of the So
| called kettles or steamers invented for the
| purpose. Now / will wipe off the face with
| a clean, soft towel. the softest that can
| apply some hygienic balm, which is made
| of purely vegetable matter and Is perfect
| ly harmless. One of my customers told me
that her baby had the Group in the night
! not long ago and she didn't have a. thing
i'm the house to give him. so she rubbed his
throat with some of this balm on the in
side in a fit of desperation and he was re-
lieved almost instantly"
All the time she was talking she was
first rubbing, next lSneacing, and then pat
ting the balm into the customers face,
using one kind of deft stroke for one part
of the face and another for another, but
always rubbing up and not down.
Always use an upward stroke on ev-
cry mart of the face" she advised, for
it is generally like a torn-down system
it needs building up. Rub the balm in
ishes the outer cuticle, and that's what
is needed in most ugly, rough complex
ions. And never under any circumstances
apply cold cream or any grease contain
ing lard to the face or hands and beware
of Vaseline. The former clogs the pores
of the skin and causes roughness, moth
patches and black heads and the latter
produces a growth of hair. Most actresses
apply cold cream very literally before
making up, and then come to us to take
it off next day If they would only learn
how injurious it is. Lillian Russell makes
up beautifully, on the stage. and you may
be sure that she never smears cold cream
on her face, for her complexion is too
beautiful when she isn't made up. 1t Is
as smooth and soft as a baby's, and il
she had been using cold cream or some
similar preparation all these years IL
would have been dead and rough looking
by this time. The balm should be wiped
off with a cooling, refreshing iiuuid prep
aration, and this prevents one from TAX
ing cold. After final drying a little
harmless face powder is soothing. There
why, I look three shades whittier al
ready" commented the customer, survey
ing her face in a mirror, and my face
feels delightful 1 had a nervous head
ache when l came in because my brother
told me that he could take a plug of
putty and a trowel and make as good a
face as mine. but now the pain is all
yes. this treatment is excellent for
nervous people. Besides society women
and actresses, | have a great many in
valids and semi-invalids among my Gus
toners. Women who have waited until
they are old come to me and expect me
to make them young again. l can smooth
out a great many wrinkles and lines, but
of course l can't make them young again
after they are once DID, but if they will
only come to me before they get old, 1
will promise to keep them young. Act
resses, as a rule, show age less and have
better compilations than any other wo-
men, There are two reasons for this.
First of all, they do not worry, and next
they have their complexion treated several
times each week by a competent mas
seuse. OF course, I am speaking of sue
cessful professionals. Society women
keep irregular hours, and eat and drink
at all times of day and night, and conse-
quently their compilations need a great
deal of petting and nourishing. And when
it comes to the invalid customers, the
good that facial massage does them is
most wonderful of all. Only yesterday a
woman sent for me to come to her house
She was in such a fever that she couldn' [
bear to have even her own daughter in
the room. 1 gave her the same trea tment
that I've given you, and when l left she
was chatting very amiably with her en-
tire family and two friends who had drop
ped in. Three months ago a mother
brought her daughter TO me. She was a