The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

suns had tanned to a leather-like texture.
scored with deep burrows about the eyes, on
the brow and the throat.
Truly, when / entered No. 40 Eaton ter
race (said the LADY,, my courage had en-
tered my boots and was painfully oozing
from my finger tips, and by the time had
taken off my hat, surveyed my wrinkles
and discolored countenance in the glass.
and generally patted myself out, felt a
desperate woman.
However, 1 took my courage in both
hands and waited in patience for Nine.
De Medici to appear and inaugurate the
first stage in her wonderful operation of
removing the skin of the face.
expected an operating chair and instru-
ments of torture, but instead there were
just two small medicine glasses a quarter
full of liquid. with a cameps hair brush
placed on small table at the side of a
most comfortable armchair, In which was
invited to recline at ease. which being ac-
complished madame in the kindest way.
told me what she was going to do.
I'm this small glass;" she exclaimed, els
cocaine. and 1 am first going to paint your
face with it to deaden the smart. and then
apply the blistering fluid. If you feel ii
too much at any time will stop. But keep
quite still, especially when / paint under
the eyes. You may shout and scream as
much as you like, but don't move
/ lay still, nor did / feel inclined to
scream, for with the cocaine to deaden the
pain 1t was simply like a mild mustard
plaster. the smart lasting about half an
hour, during which time maid famed me
delightfully."-, and when it was over I was
allowed to do as liked until evening, when,
after a good dinner (and you may be sure
/ made a Hearty one. as 1 was warned that
1t would be my last for five days., my face
having by this time swelled as large as two,
was again placed in the armchair.
Madame was armed with plaster this
time. which she cut into short strips of diff
ferent lengths and artistically applied to
the whole face and neck.
This, she told me, lis to remove the
discoloring. pigment from under the skin
you must keep Ii on tonight, and tomorrow
we will see how IL has worked"
/ must say / didn't like the plaster. II
tickled and smarted, and every now and
then there were funny little explosions
where the skin was opening under the
strapping. So 1 got little sleep that night
and my eyes, too, were so swollen that when
l tried to light my candle 1 saw not one
light but three. At last morning came and
with it the maid with my tea in feeding
cup, for which l was thankful, as my mouth
seemed TO have disappeared.
That day / was kept in bed until the
afternoon. when the plaster was taken off
a rather painful process, and my face was
covered with a strange gum and then plas-
tered with medicated tissue paper, layer
upon layer, till it was like a mask. When
IL became TOO stiff IL was wetted on the out
side with the same healing gum.
At last the. fifth day came, and with IL
the process of peeling off the paper and the
shriveled skin at the same time, and unit
1 saw IL 1 never could have believed that
the discolOred, brown, freckled. parchment.
like skin had ever been on my face.
After IL was all off / was scarlet for three
days, but the skin hardened by degrees, and
when / left il was with perfectly delight.
| full complexion which l am now going tc
take care of. / shall not go hunting this
season in an east wind without a veil.