The sun., 1903-12-13
SHAPING THE ARM TO BEAUTY.
A PARTISAN VINO BOASTS HE cav
BEAT NATURE AT 1T.
by Skilful Massage He Moulds the Arm,
OF His Customers to the Desired Per,
fcctiOn-Exercises TO Make the Arm,
Graceful-POints OF the Ideal Arm

n"Sei" o' thc Iucal Arm,
There Ia Partisan who moulds arm,
He declares that il the finger tips can ba
moulded the arms also can be shaped
His method. where the finger tips Ara
concerned, is to moisten them with flesh
food and slip each finger into little mould
which is shaped like thimble and made OF
celluloid. The finger tips come out OF
this mould taper and smooth
With the arms his mode of procedure in
different. He shapes them with the hands.
working upon the flesh as though hc were
shaping piece Of dough.
He begins by covering the arms with a
cold cream which is largely glyc"rinc; and
he works upon the flesh until il has a ,sorl cd
the cream. BY this time the whole sur.
face is very soft and white.
He works away the flesh from one part
Of the arm and develops it In another
1t Is system of massage of the delicafely
violent sort. Instead of working with the
wide palm of the hands, he works with the
finger tips, giving vicious punches, mould-
ing, pressing and shaping, until he has at.
tained the desired result.
Particularly is this course successful
shoulder and the elbow. He takes these
arms in his hands and he moulds them to
suit his will. He can pinch the flesh away
and make the arm as shapely as that OF a
statue
great many arms are thin below tho
elbow, and these also must be moulded.
For this there is a soft pressure instead
Of violent one, and great quantities OF
skin food are moulded into the flesh 1t is
another way of Pumping out the skin.
The flesh food il massaged into the skin
until it disappears and the skin is almos,
dry. Another layer il applied and 80 on
until the skin has taken all that it will hold
Arms that are shaped in this manner are
deliciously pretty, for, being made by hand,
80 to speak, they are apt to excel nature
even in her best moods.
There are women whose arms are beau
tiful by accident They are born with
fine arms, and fine arms go with them TO
the grave.
They are not always handsome women
nor even passably pretty ones. Frequently
the beautiful symmetrical arm belongs to
woman who has no grace of form outside
her arms, nor grace of feature.
Such women ought to show their arms
and they usually do. They wear elbow
sleeves until the last cry has gone forth
calling in the summer waist, and they don
them again as soon az the social season has
opened. They wear shoulder straps ON
all possible occasions and so. In one way
or another. they manage to keep the perfect
arms on display.
Women with good arms should endeavor
to keep them nice in color as well as nice
in shape To keep the arms white there
are several recipes, one about as good as
the others. A great deal depends upon the
nature of the skin
Il could bleach your arms" once volun-
teered an old Southern lady, "if had my
beauty book"
On obtaining the beauty book she turned
its pages to one marked Sweet clover
bleach"
Take a sprig of sweet clover" she read
aloud from the book, land break it into
bits. Put upon the stove in little porce-
lain kettle and cover with a cup OF sweet
oil.
Add half cup of melt ed mutton tallow.
When it is all hot together. lift out the
clover sprigs with fork and add little
lavender perfume. Take off the stove and
beat With an egg beater as it cools. 1t will
This" she added, "will bleach the arms
snowy white il applied once week
There used to be rule in all girls board.
ing schools that the pupils must touch the
elbows behind them. Every day they
were required to stand in a row and tap
their elbows together in the back.
this was enforced, and how the girl who
could not do it was required to keep on
practising until she had accomplished the
feat. Tapping the elbows together was
one way Of resting when the back was
tired. 1t would be good exercise to-day
To make the arms graceful clasp the
hands back OF the head and lean the head
back. And to make them supple, lift them
over the head, swing them around and try
in all ways to exert every muscle of the
arms at least once every day of your life.
So much has been said about perfect
arm that one hesitates to lay down rule
An artist recently in lecture thus de-
scribed the arm ideal:
1T must be symmetrical" said he, mo
matter what its length. An arm Is OF Just
the right length when the patient, standing
upright, can measure just her height with
the tips Of her fingers.
ITO test this, measure your height on tho
wall. Now, stand with outstretched fingers.
and, with the very tips of your fingers, you
should be just able to measure your height.
1t should be done with some effort or the
arms will be too long.
-As matter of fact, it makes no difference
whether the arms are long or short. i Is
all in the shape. And here, again, there
can be no exact rule.
Pretty arms, like a pretty face, can no,
be described. There are certain general
features that are necessary. Otherwise
it is matter of environment.
A pretty pair of arms must be very
white, yet not pallid. OF course, they must
not be coarse, nor freckled nor covered
with down.
Pretty arms must have pretty dimplei
elbows, and pretty elbows are not hard
nor elbows out of which crazy
bone sticks with persistent aggressiveun-,
Pretty arms are round arms. and me
roundness extends all the way from ~"
shoulder right down to the wrist. Til"
arms must be symmetrical, plump. yet moi
fat, and finished off with dimple n the
shoulder. at the elbow and at the wrist.
"Dimpled wrists are rare, yet one does
see them. A pretty wrist Is one that II
small and tapering. Certain wrists ar" 50
tiny that they look as though a string M.cre
tied around them above the hand lhlS
kind of a wrist is very childish and gives
the owner an appearance Of youth.
Nice hands go with nice wrists, of course
and the woman whose arms and wrists are
good will not neglect to make her HuNS
nice also. She must preserve heir r!N"'-
ness and must see to il that they ar" ne
right color and shape.
The best arms are the crea cN'''"n
arms. for cream colored flesh -. NIX u
prettier than a dead white flesh lI"a'iE
arms are inclined to show blue veins, aid
baca ara cnpsidarad a mark Of hrE1Ny