The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-22

Of the neck and ears. Steam is turned on
from below and for nearly an hour rises
into the locks. copdenses on the scalp and
steady drip, drip. goes on until proper
point of cleanliness is. reached. The drying
is all done In a trice with an electric
brush. This is followed by thoroughly per
tuning the tresses, : process also accom-
plished by steam and this perfume treat
ment supplies to dry hair just the requi
site gloss after long and patient expert
ment to such point of perfection has the
drying OF golden hair been recently
brought, that II a blonde or grey head is
given darker tint. one treatment in ev-
cry six months is enough to hold the color
bright and true against all, save salt wa
ter tests. Red is the tone most difficult
to fix, unless the process of changing from
the natural to the artificial color is begun
in youth and carried on gradually. IN Par
is nowadays it is no uncommon sight to
see girls of twelve and fourteen going ey-
cry week to the hair dresser for the rang
ing ~of their sober brown or black locks
Girls there are destined for the stage or
for smart society and their ambitious
mothers willingly undergo the trouble and
expense entailed in order to secure for
their daughters a feature so rare and so
difficult of attainment.
They call her the cold water witch re-
cause she spouts an icy fluid on her vic
tins from every point of the compass, and
is even capable, her subjects say. OF mas
saying and pounding obstinate flesh with
bags filed with finely shaved ice. Wrapped
in sheet her patient is first laid en- a
wooden table with a gutter around its
edge. and then the rubber hose is turned
on. 1t plays in spray. a circle and a
steady spout first. from this angle and then
from that, and after a few moments OF
spraying the humping with ice filled bags
begin right on the offendingly fat spot
until it does melt like dew. according
to Hamlets eloquently expressed desire.
After the spraying and humping the pa
tient is ordered to run around fhe room. IS
rubbed down, wrapped in flannel robe.
allowed to rest fifteen minutes, and given
a dry biscuit and a half cup OF hot, black
coffee with a little OF what tastes like a
delicious liquor in it.
After two or three treatments the tones
begin to sprout, first those around the
neck come. then good sharp elbow deyel-
ops itself and at last the hip measure be-
gins TO shrink. Hip flesh is the last TO go,
and this precedes the dimiuution Of the
waist girth but rarely does a subject prove
wholly resistant to the cold water treat
ment.
Here is another loophole in plain wom-
ans escape from the curse of real ugli
ness. She must indeed be hopeless sort
of creature who fails to find damask
cheeks and a lily brow in some atelier of
Paris. There are still those beauty par
lors where rouge is daubed, powder dust
ed. and eyebrows penciled but they are
not the little warmed rose lighted bou
doris to which the smart Parisienne and
initiated foreigner go.
To get a complexion that is worth hav-
ing and guaranteed to wear, you must
have a card, and out of the dust and noise
of the street you pass from a court up
pair of stairs and into a cushiony pink and
white drawing room that looks as II the
decorations were done in curds and whip
ped cream and where a velvet voiced
mademoiselle. whose very presence in
spires confidence, takes you in hand. She
whisks you into wee boudoir all TO your
self, tucks you into a silk crepon and lace
robe de chamhre, speaks tenderly to your
poodle. pushes your head back on a cush-
ion and begins her operations.
There is a soft bright light oyer head
and you attempt for a while TO watch her
maneuvres. but it-iis better TO shus your
eyes while she examines you through
powerful tense and tells you your skin is
just the quality of La Charmante Duc1esse
de B., and that Just a little of this and
that win render it quite ravissante- First
she washes cheeks, chin, and brow with
a sponge hastily dried out from very hot
water. That relaxes all the nerves and
opens the pores and then with two tiny
rubber headed drum sticks she plays rat
a-tat-too. from one end of your counte-
nance to the other
After this liquid of delicate odor and Sc
cret compound is massaged in gently and
what is called electric air blown into the
face This last smells like a warm south
wind waited over a bed of violets or car
nations and while you are trying TO de-
eide which, you fall into a profound and
refreshing slumber. s---u---
1t does not last more than ten minutes,
the nap. but you wake softly out OF ii to
find that mademOiselle is throwing insny
lights on your face. She is trying to de-
eide what tint of colored powder will silt
your skin best, and the varying nuences OF
color come from thinnest sheets Of crystal
behind which there is an electric light
Every crystal sheet is matched b. powder
a powder which when blown. not smearei.
on the face, produces exactly the normal
tint of rose your cheeks would wear were
nature kind enough to prevent this resort
to art. When the color is decided upon the
powder is blown on by a new device, and il
the decision is that a delicate rosy radi-
ance over the whole face is likely TO pro-
duce a more natural effect than an appli-
cation to the cheeks alone.