The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-17
BEAUTY A MATTER OF MONEY
The Ugly Girl, if Rich, Can Have Herself
Made Over.
Made Over.


{ Repose is what he breaches. Free
dom from worry and excessive effort OF
any kind is the tonic that women re-
quire, in his opinion Fresh air they
must have in plenty and a daily walk
Tor drive. or better yet an hour or two
in the saddle; but if flesh is to be ban
/ ished, the beauty doctor prescribes
massage rather than the heavy exer-
cising of the gymnasium.
Massage is about the most expensive
luxury in the beauty's catalogue. One
visit a week to or from a high priced
specialist may do in most cases. but
massage woman must have every day
or twice day if she inclines to weight.
The professional operators charge
from 81 to SIS an hour for their services,
and unless the treatment is persevered
in it is useless. That is to say, the
pounds of flesh which are effaced by
the rubbing are sure to come back
again as soon as the daily rub is omit
ted.
Turkish and Russian baths, which are
also considered necessary, are expen-
sive, and the electric baths that are
now gaining favor are twice as costly
Private work in gymnasium, such as
fencing and the deep breathing exer
cises which are said to accomplish as
much as the heavier gymnastics, all
come among the high priced luxuries
of living to be beautiful.
The specialist who undertakes the
work of making over a beauty after the
Paris method is as yet unknown on this
side of the water. In Paris the hair is
cultivated and colored, the skin is sub
jected to treatments which will bleach
or soften it, blemishes are removed and
the contour is adjusted by means of
massage
The throat and shoulders, which are
in evidence when woman is attired
for the opera, are also treated. In some
cases the entire upper skin is removed.
A cream is rubbed in which produces
a redness similar to that of sunburn,
and after twenty-four hours the skin
blisters and peels, leaving a new, fresh
skin beneath it.
The throat is one of the would-be
beauty's most importants points The
neck Of the modern woman has been
badly treated during the last few years,
as fashion has favored high stiff linen
collars with shirt waists, and with
other high necked bodices the wired
stock collars have been worn.
This has cramped the throat and
wrinkled the skin and discolored it. |
The new fashions, calling for collarless
gowns and wraps. have disclosed this
sad state of affairs, and the neck is
now treated with massage and creams
as attentively as the face
When the hair, the skin, the hands,
the arms and the form have responded
to the treatment-ahd sometimes many
of ceaseless effort pass before
results are obtained-tfe subject re-
eeives instructions as to the colors and
styles of gowns which she should wear,
the fashion to be rarely varied. The
Individual pose is q part of the beautys
Since the adage that beauty is only
skin deep has been shown TO be true,
women have become more Interested in
he work of improving their looks, not
by outward applications so much as by
7ieting, and the manipulations OF the
throat and face so as to tone up the
muscles and keep the pores well cleaned
,ut.
The. well groomed woman today often
,osts more than the we'll gowned won-
IN. so thorough and expensive are the
means employed to keep her in condi-
ion from head to foot.