The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

FACIAL MASSAGE CHARTS
PREPARED BY AN EXPERT
Scientific Showing How Each Facial Muscles Tendency to
Wrinkle Counteraced by Be Done Better
at Home by Indifferent Attendant Public Estab
lishment

pressions OF the faces we made In what
direction it would sag when Worn out.
. ITO build up a muscle that Is shriveled
and Says, 1t is first necessary to nourish
1t. This is accomplished by rubbing into
it a good skin food. by which 1t Is made
firm and healthy. But to invigorate the
muscles Of the face and give them their
proper appearance, 1t Is necessary that
they should be in the position that they
were before they sagged. or. as 1t were,
fell. This replacing is accomplished by
ma g1ng. or rubbing back to its proper
position, the muscle that, when relaxed,
formed the wrinkle.
ION this basis we formed our charts for
face massage. When a wrinkle forms on
the face, an arrow was placed on the
chart, crossing this wrinkle at right an
giles. In this way every wrinkle was
treated, and If you compare our chart with
an old PERSONS face you will find that
corresponding to every wrinkle on the face
there Is an arrow pointing the opposite
direction on the chart.
'Masseuses have now something to go
by In following, with the motions Of their
fingers our arrows, they know they are.
destroying the harmful tendency of every
muscle In the face. Not one escapes
them. In a young face where no lines
have appeared they remove all fear of
lines; in face that is wrinkled they
reach every muscle and build it up in the
by consequence the wrinkles disappear.
Compare this method of massaging with
a miscellaneous rubbing and kneading.
In the latter method, indeed, much harm
Is often done to the face by pushing down
ward muscles that should be built up, and
vice versa.
at is not only unnecessary. but injur-
ious, to press the fingers hard on the face
when massaging The stroke used should
be gentle, delicate. To get the best results
the charts are to be used in the order In
which they are numbered following slow
ly, with the fingers, each arrow about ten
times. If the three charts do not fill the
required time for the treatment-one
treatment usually lasts. forty-f1ve minutes
repeat the motions in the same order.
But give less strokes to each arrow if the
time Is limited, for to stop before chart
No. has been followed would be injur-
ious.
with the aid of these charts, to mas
sage a face is simple matter. First rub
over the face a little cold cream and re-
move 1t Immediately with soft cloth.
Any dirt that Is on the face can be taken
off in this way better than with soap and
water. Then, with the tips of the fingers,
apply enough of some reliable skin food
to form coating all over the face Be-
gin with chart No. 1 and with the ends
Of the fingers gently trace over the face
the course of the arrows Each chart is
followed in succession, more skin food be-
ing put on whenever the skin has alb
sorbed 1t sufficiently to warrant another
application. Any grease that is still on
the surface of the skin at the end of the
treatment should be wiped Off thoroly
with a soft cloth.
IF you have your face treated at pub
lie establishment, YOU should be very
careful to choose one whose methods are
scrupulously sanitary. Horrible skin dis
eases are often contracted in places that
are careless Never let an attendant dig
cream with her finger out Of a box that
has already been used. There are often
to be found disease germs in these boxes
from faces on which the cream has been
used before YOU In the best places a por-
ton Of cream is taken with a knife from,
the box and placed on clean piece of
| paper for your use.
| Never allow an attendant to wipe your
face with a cloth that has been used in
any way. These cloths should be steril-
lied each time they are used -
| "Of course, for face massaging done at
home, these precautions are unnecessary,
And women will find that to ma ssage their
own faces at home. according to these
charts, is more satisfactory than to have
them massaged in an establishment. For
IN an establishment you are subject TO
an lnd1fferent attendant who may. or NAV
not, as she chooses, give you a careful
conscientious and sanitary treatment"