The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-08
IS NO BEAUTY YET
Amanda Parks Is improving,
But Slowly.
HER HAIR LOOKS PRETTIER
While Her Chin Has Taken
on a Beautiful Curve,

The New York World is still working on
Amanda Parks. the Wichita ugly duck
ling. The World Sunday publishes new
pictures Of Amanda showing her greatly
| improved but not beautified by long
shot
In the first place, Amandas chin has
been rounded out. her cheeks filed out,
her eyebrows arched and her mouth
Strengthened somewhat She is dressing
her hair in fluffy pompadour. which Is
a great Improvement.
The Worlds article says: Amanda
Parks, at the end of her third week S
! treatment, is an object of amazement to
herself and the few acquaintance she has
in this city.
After all, there is everything in an ear
nest wish to succeed in any endeavor.
ISIS Parks has worked cheerfully with US,
and has first of all learned TO breathe
properly.
She now understands dlaphragmatic
breathing and every morning practices
as follows:
First of all she lies fat upon the floor
upon her back, extending flera rms up
ward over her head, taking in as much
breath as possible while counting ten.
holding the breath while counting five
or six, and then slowly and gently ex-
pelling it through the teeth.
Another breathing exercise is one which
she takes particularly for the effect upon
the muscles of the sides of the waist, ac-
cording to the instructions given here.
The arms raised slowly from the sides
to position above the head, palms for
ward, inhaling deeply but not forcibly;
then lowering the arms slowly TO the
sides, palms still forward, while the breath
is expelled.
This is an excellent exercise to assist
in the development of the chest. In fact,
all free exercise promotes lung develop
ment and chest expansion.
Another exercise which Miss Parks is
taking with great benefit and which is
intended to develop shoulders, chest and
arms as we'll is performed with one arm
at a time, and then both together-alter-
mating first right and then left, then both
together. The arms are raised from the
sides until they reach an angle of about
so degrees thumbs pointing backward and
the palms turned inward. Next the arms
are carried slowly backward and down
At the same time turning the palms so
that the thumb points forward and down
instead of backward, and then backward
and down as the arms describe the move
ment Of the circle
These exercises with the dumbbells Miss
Parks has taken every day.
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has been taught to walk properly and
gracefully. She has learned how to hold
her head
When she became the Sunday Worlds
patient, she was singularly ungraceful.
Her head dropped and was thrust for
ward until it almost fell upon her con-
tracted chest. When she walked she
bent her knees so that it gave her
most ungainly appearance. She has
learned how to carry herself with amaz-
ing quckness. The trgtF is, she worke,
admirably because she works with in
telligence.
In her physical culture lessons she has
asked the reason why she was to do thus
and 50 constantly, until she thoroughly
understood; then she has set to work to
obey orders
When it comes to Miss Parks complex
ion and hair we have had greater obsta-
cles to encounter It has been difficult
enough TO train that head of stiff, why
hair into soft. glossy tresses. 1 think
I never saw hair on a live woman's head
so inanimate and lustreless.
In the care Of a skillful specialist won
ders have been accomplished. although
I am not yet satisfied with the condi-
ton of my patients ebony locks
The quantity and quality of woman's
hair varies with temperament and cred
ity predisposition. The condition of the
hair is quickly affected when the nerves
are disordered.
Amanda Parks has done a lot Of fret
ting and worrying and I think her nerv-
Gus condition is at the bottom of the lack
OF lustre and life in her hair.
She has never known how to take care
of her hair either. She has never been
taught that a woman's hair must be kept,
first Of all. scrupulously clean.
Tha texture of her hair when she came
under my care was excessively disagree
able. It was why, stiff and coarse in ap-
pearance. Twice week the hair has been
shampoo5d with the yolk Of an egg beaten
up with a little subcarbonate Of potash
and warm rainwdter. and every day a
quinine tonic made Of sulphate of qunine.
one dram; rose water, eight ounces; dilute
sulphuric ac.d. fifteen drops: pure alcohol,
two ounces; slycerine, one-quarter ounce,
and a few drops Of altar Of rose has been
rubbed into the roots Of the hair.
Miss Parks has been taking lessons also
Of the tairdresser in the art of arrang-
ing her hair becomingly.
Our patients face is TOO broad for SYM
metry. Therefore the pompadour style
suits her admirably.
After irnumerabIe failures and gauch-
cries she has learned 70 dress her own
hair and the improvement in her appear
ance : very great.
Facial massage has worked wonders for !
Miss Parks. rs It always VII when sci /
gwen and persisted in.
With a temperate woman for q patient, I
and one who has no internal disease. /