Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-27

or two from the doctors. IT you are
quick at mathematics. you find she makes
IN income which any bread-winner would
b, proud 10 earn"
Yes said the listener, that Is so n
week to count on. not to speak Of the
doctors patients. Can she support this
record very long?'
''The masseuse can keep It up easily,
for her muscles are Of steel. and her con-
stituuOn needs no bylaws or amend
m,nts As for retaining that number Of
customers. she finds little difficulty. for
women, especially those in society, have
fully realized the enormous advantage Of
the science.
Il ask Il her what her greatest record
was, ana | found that she had. in a busy
season, worked five hours a day for ten
days. Again, use your multiplication
rules. and you find her in possession Of
the snug little sum of 500. Not so bad.
eh?'
This work was. of course. an alb
normal strain, which she could not have
borne any length OF time She much
prefers to jog along on a sure so per
week, or possible $50.
PLUM5 FROM THE PHYSICIAN.
Every now and then she says the
doctors with whom the masseuse
stand in. turn over a rich patient. vino
is oonvalescing and needs treatment.
That means q big extra check Women
VINO have sprained arms or ankles come
under the Ihys.cians list Of these who
require massage.
For instance. there was Miss Pauline
Whitney, daughter to the ex-Secretary.
You remember when she spraned her
ankle 50 seriously down at George Van
derbilts place. in North Carolina? My
nasseuse treated her for a month. She
visited Miss Whitney twice day for
fifteen minutes charging g a treatment.
The Secretary put his signature 10
check Of $3.50 for that bit Of work. sun.
II was not an unreasonable charge, for
the rubbing did more than the doctor,
massage being the only. salye that can
relieve the pain Of twisted ankle.
LITTLE COMPETITION.
Put. why" interposed the other wo-
man. "why is there not more competi-
ton? ] had to search days before find
ing a capable woman, and ended by put
ting the case in the hands Of our family
physician.
In every other profession for women,
even where miserable pittance Of $40
q week is earned, the supply far cX-
ceels the demand. Hundreds OF able
bodied women are softening their
muscles by confirming, ill-pa!d work,
whereas this healthy. vigorous re-
munerative profession has fewer capable
followers.
Look at Irish women, with brawny
arms and backs of whalebone, what ex-
cellent masseuse they would make. But
don't know a single woman Of that ma
tionalty in the profession.
True. they would be capable, as far
as Drawn goes. but you. like too many
/ others. fancy massage an art purely Of
muscle / thought SO, too for this morn
! Ing ! made q similar statement in regard
TO the lack OF competition. You should
/ have seen how cOntcmptuOus my mas
I seuse looked, when she explained how few
gave it proper study. They think. be-
( cause they can just rub she remarked
that they are masseuse, but Icy are only
/ ruhbcrs.'
"Shc told me an expert required three
years Of hard study. Having herself at
/ tended one OF the great Institutes Of Stock
| holm: her first year was given 10 gym
nastcs. her second to anatomy. and third
/ TO massage. She lived for $l2 "A month
in Sweden. and found the whole course
an inexpensive one, very much less in
proportion to what she earns from II now.
such course she believes. Is absO-
/ luteIy necessary for efficiency. Her ex-
PLANTATION sounds plausible If one Is aim
| ing for the patronage Of the best physi-
! clan one wishes 10 be able TO consult
( with him knowingly about the nature
and location OF the disease. Half the
masseuse who are called for liver trouble
would not know in what portion Of the
body this troublesome organ was placed.
I It's formation. functions, and ailments
would be as Greek TO her.
SKILL COUNTS MORE THAN
STRENGTH.