The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-16
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Monoy In tho Face Beautifyine Business.
a Woman's Remarkable work-A
''Bit of O Lords" Story.
Especial Corrcspondence1


who has little money do to retain tho
appearance of youth? In the case of
beautiful women this would not appear
so surprising. but when matron who
has always been considered particularly
plain is willing to invest several hun
drcd dollars i'll the effort to conceal the
ravagcs of age as manifested through
the medium of facial wrinkles it series
to show how deep rooted is vanity in
the feminine mind
There is woman i'll this city whose
bank account is steadily growing larger.
a few years ago she awoko one morning
to read i'll tho newspapers that her
handsome, indulgent husband was the
most notorious bank burglar in the
United States. She was temporarily
crushed, but after her spouse had been
convicted for his share in the robbery
of bank from which millions were
taken and had been sent to prison for n
long term she found that she must do
something to earn living.
Money II the Beauty Business.
She was blessed with beautiful
complexion, to which she had given Il
great deal of care, having even gone to
the length. of studying medicine as an
aid TO doing that Understandings. One
OF her self invented formulas was Il
cream which she used each night on
her face. 1t had proved so cflicacious in
her case that sho determined to put it
on tho market. She had Il friend who
let her have u few hundred dollars to
get up the first batch, and after Il time
that was sold and larger quantity was
prepared.
She then decided that there was mon
ey Ill tho beauty business and sho
began tho work of removing" COM
plexions. That is to say, she would by
some process peel the skin from IL wom-
an S face in such Il manner that there
was no injury, and the patient after
keeping out Of sight of her friends for :.
FEW weeks could rcappcar among them
with really ncw complexion
A Fortune In Rer Grasp.
Then money began to flow into tho
entcrprisng little woman S Golfers. 9th.
er preparations wero put up, and she
now has agencies i'll tho important Eu-
ropean capitals, which she, visits once n
year. She has, i'll fact, made so much
money that sho is thinking of selling
out her business in this country and de-
voting her attention to Paris and Lon
don, where, by the way, the average
reader may be surprised to know they
are willing to pay IL good deal more for
that sort Of thing than here. She gets
anywhere from 5000 to SIP for each
of these complexion renewing treat
ments, and the publication Of the names
of some Of the women who have been
her patients would create Il good deal Of
IL sensation i'll the upper circles of So
ciety i'll this city as we'll as i'll Paris
and London.
Whllo 1t has nothing to do with the
case it is perhaps well for tho sake OF
those who may have become interested
Ill tho fate of tho bank burglar husband
TO state that he died i'll prison, and that
the lady married again to an old west
ern hotel man, who is the manager OF
her largo business.
Deputy Commissioner Walton of
Brooklyn recently granted permit to
the Citizens Electric Illuminating com
pany TO string wires underground to the
Mackay mausoleum, which is being
constructed i'll Greenwood cemetery.
The interior of the tomb will be fur
nishcd with radiators for heat, and
electric lamps will he so arranged rs to
throw subdued light on the altar. The
electricity will also protect the mauso-
leunl.
"A Bit of Lord"
y police court is not tho place where