The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-22
MISS PARKS WORKS
UgIiness Attacked With Dumb
Bells and lndian-Clubs.
KILLING HER EYEBROWS
Electric Needle Used at the
Rate of Fifty per Day.
KILLING HER EYEBROWS

fax 'ng dumb-beH exercises TO take th'
stoo, out of her shoulders and is having
her vebrows fixed up. The New Yorl
world publishes more pictures this week
showing her in exercise. The print is not
distinct uough to show any Improvement
IN her fac, :.
Mrs. Ave. = second letter with two loca
cour,,,nicat. ons on the subject are pub
lished below.
First is Mrs. Ayers letter to the World
1t is as follow =
Readers of he Sunday World will rec
ollect that Miss Amanda K.Parks, young
girl of wichita, Kan, wrote Mrs. Harriet
Hubbard Aver letter describing her for
lorn condition al VI telling Of her many
rbN,sicaI defects. bliss Parks declared 10
her letter that. she knew she possessed a
talent for acting. { ne felt slue she had no
chance for becomin successful actress
unless she could be & eat.y improved IN ap-
pearance. Mrs. Aye was Interested IN
Miss Parks pathetic appeal, answered the
letter and said she could do no-hi',- Tor
her. correspondent with 'ut seeing her. The
matter appeared TO have dropped. Mrs.
Aver received no reply TO her communica-
ton. and two weeks ago was greatly sur
prised TO receive a visit from Miss Parks.
who proved to be a girl with a charming
speaking voice as her only apparent grace.
Miss Parks had very little money. She
could not afford to take advantage Of Mrs.
Ayers suggestions for her Improvement.
which included d thorough course of ny
gienic care and treatment, physical cul-
ture. facial massage, dentistry and cos
metic art.
After discu Ssing the matter thoroughly
with Mrs AyeV Miss Parks greed 70 serve
as an object lesson for the Sunday World.
and in consideration of the various treat
ments and care she was to- receive she
agreed to permit her pictures to be taken
and used as illustrations at different stages
of the processes which it is confidently
hoped will make an attractive and hand
some woman of the very scant material
Miss Parks prese lted a fortnight ago. Her
first weeks treatment is here described:
After Miss PARKS posed for the pictures
which were published in last weeks Sun
dav World. and which were taken Of her
Immediately after our agreement was and
show her precisely as She appeared at that
time. I took ny patient to be weighed.
Miss Parks ia p years old, . feet inches
high and brought the scales down at III
pounds She ouglz at least TO weigh
twenty-five or thirty pounds more, and will
undoubtedly gain flesh rapidly, as she has
no apparent internal or organic troubles,
ass.mi.ates her food well and insists that
her present enaciation has been caused by
worr-
! at u. M NV
sen;s woefully contracted appearance
about the shoulders. discovered that she
was wearing a corset WIN Oh restricted even
an attempt at chest expansion, and my
first move in her behalf was in the direc-
ton Of that corset.
"Tou cannot" I said. take a decent
breath in such a dreadful affair"
Mss Parks replied that she was cutie
sure she could not get on with other cor
SETS. She knew she would drop to pieces
The stiff, whalebony affair she was in the
habit OF wearing. she declared. held her up
supported her back.
remained obdGrate, and Miss Parks de-
sire 10 improve. allied to my insistence,
finally brought me victory.
For the present Miss Parks vii wear
very loose corset-waist. at least until she
has learned how to breathe properly.
As 7 expected, her figure is mucn more
attractive without than with the wretched
corset she had been wearing.
The day after Miss Parks began her
treatment she took her first lesson in deep
breathing, and also some light gymnastic
exercises with dumbbens, and was taught
some very simple movements.
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raising the arms slowly from the sides.
palms forward. in a half circle upward
above the head. inha,ng deeply but gently
while so doing.
The second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
arms slowly 10 the sides. palms forward,
expeling the breath.
Another breathing exercise: She prac-
tees lying fiat upon the floor. extending
the arms upward over the head. taking in
as much breath as it is possible while
counting twelve. the breath to he held
while counting four and then gently ex-
PEELED through the teeth
This exercise is taken early in the morn
ing and just before retiring.
Miss Parks spends an hour a dav in
gymnasium. where she does her dumbbeu
and Indian cub work under the direction
Of an able instructor
Her diet consists almost entirely Of fruit.
milk, underdone beef and mutton. vege,a-
bles. salads and cereals.
She Is out as much as possible in the
fresh air and eats four meals a day.
She arises each morning al 5 O'Clock and
IL given a tep.d sponge bath. with fric-
ton after il. I should prefer a cold bath.
but she is not able 10 endure the shock.
1 shall. however, have the temperature
Of the water gradually decreased
Breakfast. al $50. consists Of ripe fruit
Oranges grapefruit or baked apnIes-
oatmeal or hominy with cream. a cup 81
cocoa, . glass Of milk II she chooses and
al The bread and butter she desires
A $50 she starts for the gymnasium.
walking q distance Of twelve blocks. Al
II o'clock. for the present. She must be
IN the grating chair Of a dermatolo-
sist. as the defective eyebrow can only
be remedied by the electric needle.
When Mss Parks came to me one owe
brow grew down 10 the middle Of The
p1se and the other almost met II.
Her eyebrows were very black and
heavy. and meeting in this way a. .5a
nose gave her. as they always do. a very
sinister and suspicious appearance.
could have remedied these su,e~-
fuous black hair BY rweezers NJ nv ~.
one OF number Of daDila+,~tas ,,,,.
such removal would hav,f bsen .a,,,-
porary; the hairs would have 49,
peared in The course Of three o- f,,,-
weeks, and il r. not nv plirpose o., ~.
a temporary cure IN this case.
The electric needle. VINE, s,,.>,.s.s..--.-
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