The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-29
TO BEAUTIFY THE ARMS.

The girl whose arms are too stout must
train off the flesh She must use them Wig
orously and must go through arm eXer-
cises that take off the flesh. The girl
whose arms are too thin must work in Il
contrary direction. The arms must be
rubbed nightly with hot oil Of Il kind that
will sink into the flesh. The best oil for
this purpose is melted cold cream. This
can be massaged into the skin in such II
way that it will reach the tissues and be
absorbed by them, thus Pumping out the
arms.
Olives will fatten out the arms. it is
said, because they are half oil. So also
will pecan nuts and nuts that are heavy
with fattening substances. DO not eat
| them after meal or as a delicacy, but
make an entire luncheon of them. Nuts
are a food and the only trouble with eat
ing them is that they are taken as Il deli
cacy when the stomach is full rather
than as pure food The result is that
they injure the stomach by giving it too
much work to do.
TO fatten the arms there is a cure that
is taken in Germany. The patient lies
upon a couch and reads all day. For u
beverage she drinks cocoa. taking it
whenever thirsty. 1t is sometimes, hot
and sometimes cold: usually plain, hut
occasionally Favored with vanilla. This
is all there is TO the famous cocoa or
chocolate cure, which is talked about on
two continents.
The grape cure is entirely different for
it consists in taking the juice of the grape
and drinking it In quantities. This does
not fatten. but merely stimulates the
nerves and the digestion. The arms fat
ten up so readily thar the patient is in
danger of getting them too plump. Her
must stop at just the right time. Her
wrists must taper and the danger Is that
they will forget to do so when once they
begin to put on fat. Lines that give the
effect of thread tied around the arm
will appear and the wrists will crease
and roll like the wrists of Il baby, and in
a grown person this cannot be called at
tractivc.
The matter of fuzzy arms, or arms
that are positively hairy. must he con-
sdered. To take hair off the arms is IA
thing most difficult. 1t can be removed,
but it grows again and the patient must
resign herself to frequent operations, The
growth is too thick for the electric needle.
TO remove it would take too long. Tho
pulling out of the hairs is "a thing that Is
resorted to, but this is painful and tedi-
Gus and the hair grows in again, two new
hairs coming to every one removed, The
salve stick is another possibility, but
think of the tcdium of heating II salve
stick, and placing it when half-melted
upon the hair, and of the agony of pull
ing it of when it has cooled. The stick
is clasped on when hot then pulled off,
and the hair comes with it.
The quickest, safest and best remedy
for hairy arms is powdered Dumicc,
Aloisten the arms. Rub them brskly
with tho finest powdered stone you can
find and keep OH scrubblng until the hair
Is al off. The operation is roughenins to
the skin and YOU will need to apply cold
cream after ward. 1t must be done once u
fortnight, for the hair will grow again.
There is another remedy aud this Is the
noticeable. The ammonia in the peroN-
n few drops of ammonia i'm the peroxide.
This bleachcs the hair and makes it less
noticeable. The ammonia In the periN-
ide Injuries the hair and so it gradually
falls out, as the roots die off. For an
obstinate case of hair on the arms this
is best If used cautiously.
The arms can be whitened with lemon
Juice and cucumber cream miXed,-New
York sun.