The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07
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New York Woman Who Removec Facial Epidemic and
Eradicates Wrinkles

I've had my face skinned since l saw
you last said a sheet-robed woman in
the not room of a Turkish bath to
| another similarly draped woman, who.
Ike herself, was crowned with a napkin
full of wet ice which sat rall.shIy
ataWart the dampered pOmp2dour, re-
latCs the New York Sun
TIE woman who spoke drew aside the
sheet from her shoulders and disclosed
raW-Iooklng throat with a brown
di5coioratlon marking the line where
the process had ended She drew back
her mead as though the touch of the
linen hurt the flesh
Just see te corners of my eyes" she
said proudly do you remember the
little lines that were there? They are
all gone-eVery cne."
The ether woman pecred into her face
That's fact" she said They are
gone. Some people don't think it is pos
sible; but it can be done"
Il wouldn't be bothered having vrin-
kles rubbed out" said the first speaker.
1T takes too long a time, and sometimes
they don't bulge, anyhow Sometimes
they seem to have gone and then they
come back. But you get your face
skinned and there's no DOUBT about it."
VINO did it for you?" asked the other
woman.
"The only Skinnem. of course; who
else? The only woman in New York
who knows how to do it correctly"
How much did it cost you?"
Three hundred dollars. The last time
1 had it done in Paris for $500, but I'd
rather pay Skinnem the difference The
Paris specialist was fussy and nervous.
She didn't seem quite sure how it was
going to turn out. But Skinnem knows
what she's about"
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beautifying the skin that had grown
wrinllled or discolo.ed; but enameling
was unnatural looking at best and was
apt to crack if the emotions asserted
themselves with any force. The newer
process, which was referred to as
''Sknning" by the woman who had tried
1t, is an expensive luxury. Its leading
practitioner calls her rooms Offices not
parlors. and she has two maids to wait
on her customers and take their wraps
Most of her fine work is done at the
homes of the women who employ her
Her offices show none of the attempts
at luxurious surroundings that char
acterize so many of the establishments
of less fame down town. They are COM
Portable neatly furnished and light
Not only does she renew the skin of
the face, rut she also treats the hair
and the eyebrows and lashes. She makes
and hands, and manufactures essences
and tCnics for the hair. She gets higa
prices for her wares as for her work
Some women undergo the process once
a year. others oftener It is said to be
the quickest and surest way to get I'd
of wrinkles. While it sounds as tho gh
it hurt when one talks of face skinning.
it is really a comparatively easy opera
ton and only requires ceclusion for
few days
The offices of the practitioner consist
of a consulting room whore boudoir Sc
crots are toll and face-sknning cont ats
entered into behind closed doors. Tnen
there is a room where customers may
rest before or after a visit. Hair trea--
ment an3 massage are given at the Of
fees, but the face treatment is usually
done at home.
Face sk-nning," said the operator, -
a new and sensational! name for an GA
process which came into use VIII n enan.-
cling became unpopular. Tnsre a-e any
number Of different m1thods. Electric y
is employed by many in removing the I'd
skin. l consider electricity too painful
l have been renewing the skin On fao+s
for years and some Of my cIstorna. )
are very well known in New York. Paris
and London.
when Mrs Largtry had a recent ia ee
the face sllinring, as it was called and
it made something Of a sensation. fer it
sounds Cdd. The fact is Mrs Ilangsry
has often had this treatment before and
numerous other BEAUTIES IN society anu
on the stag have it done regu. airy. Act
resseS do not as a rule have their faces
treated in this way until they acqui:e
regulations as professional BEAUTIES. On
the stage thu grease paints ami the Inc
a 70 md
both OF these do much to injure the re-
neWed skin
1T is a perfectly natural and harm
less process, far less injurious than the
use of many of the cheap skin bleachcs
and freckle reynovers that are on TIE
market. Unless used with extreme cad
ton, many of these preparations will
leave the skin wh'te-and dead looking.
"Of course ! cannot give yea the seer
of my method except in outline. ANY
number of haildresseTs aad masse-rs are
trying their hands at face SHINING and
it is a dangerous experiment. 1t mus be
done with extreme caution and should
never be attempted by any one not com
potent.
II study the skin of each face and de-
termine what particular form Of treat
ment it needs. The skin differs on eve:y
face and I give a preparatory facial
"Then I apply preparation that con-
tracts the loose skin, removing the wrn-
kles and the sagSing of the flesh, round
ing the checks and toning the muscles
and restoring the natural lines Of the
face. Then as a third treatment I give
a preparation that supports the skin. and
the tissues, preventing the return of the
wrinkles. After the second application
the skin smarts as if q mustard plaster
had been applied for awhile. but after
that there Is no Inconvenience. If the
face is badly wrinlded there will be some
swelling under the eyes and chin for the
first day.
"On the fifth day the face begins to
peel as if sunburned On the eighth day
the old skin has disappeared and the
face is clear and firm, without a wrinkle
or a blemish. Baggy eyelids or dropping
lids 1 cure with ease, removing the
weary look that spoils so many faces
and is really the eeffct of the baggy
skin around the eye and not the eye
itself. I use absolutely nothing harmful
or anything that can lnjure the finest
skin. The treatment is a heallhful and
natural one.
81 have treated many men for the
dropping eyelids and for wrinkles as well
but women are the most frequent Gus
toners. Women have learned that beauty
is possible of cultivation, and as beauty
is power, they wish TO possess it.