Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-10
Dressing Table
EN HERE is my massage cup?"
w asked my lady almost ir-
ritablv

lei madame" answered the maid
hastily. She was Just coming in with
tray of shining silver and glass which
she had been cleaning.
But what is a massage cup?" |
asked with brazen ignorance. II never
heard of it before"
My lady picked up a small object of
glass and rubber mounted in silver.
Here it is" she said "It is the
comfort of the tired, faded or even fad
ing woman's life. When we look in
the glass at nishtfall and see lines that
were not there in the morning we seize
cur massage cup and our lar of cold
cream and repair damages
The massage cup is a bell of queer
glass with a rubber bulb attached.
The squeezing of the bulb creates a
vacuum and the suction within when
the cup is applied to a we'll cold
creamed surface acts as a most perfect
form of artificial manipulation. These
small, lifeless but efficient masseuses
are mounted IN silver when they lie on
my lady's dressing table, but they are
within the reach of all i'm their un~
decorated forms "The advantage of
massage cups" added my lady, as she
showed me how the thing worked "is
that it is always within reach. while
the maSSeuSe mas to be sent for"
She took up another queerly shaped
object, of tortoiseshell this time, with
silver monogramed handle. 1t was
triangular in shape and was as mys-
terious to me as the massage cup.
This she explained "is the gratte-
langue, beloved of Frenchwomen. 1t Is
for Il much neglected member, the
tongue. Why should we treat our
.,S
The gratte- -langue scrapes the tongue
clean every day and makes the mouth
feel immaculate, It's quite as essential
to the well bred Frenchwoman as a
tooth brush! | love my gratte-langue
and | venture to say that every woman
who ever tries it will love it too"
Have you any other queer inven-
tlons-as queer as that" | asked
meekly curious
She searched among the array of
cold cream jars, manicuring impe-
ments, shoe horns, button hooks
brushes, combs, pin trays, cosmetic
dainty silver instrument which looked
like cross between dentists pincers
and a pair ol sugar tongs.
"This pulls out the tiny hairs on the
face that sometimes come from too
much steaming and massage" she said
NO it does not hurt Just ghost of
a prick, that is all. One has to have
these funny little tweezers if one uses
much cold cream"
She next showed me her spirit lamp
and it's varying array of silver curling
tongs Every sort of ware was pos
sible to this complete equipment from
the broadest effect in the ondulee to
the finest, cringllest curls. Then her
scent bottles. She had a queer, three
cornered leather and silver case, with
three bottles within. Each had diff
ferent kind Of perfume, and she called
the whole her "m0od box"
"When l feel gay | use this she
said, giving me a Whit of one. "When
/ feel sad this; when romantic, this"
There were also cut glass bottles and
atomizers filled with the same liquid
moods" l asked to see her powder
box.
"Which?" she asked me, laughing.
First she showed me a round silver
box with the usual fluffy puff inside,
The handle and stuffing had been re-
moved for she said II powdered better
without. Then huge glass bowl with
a giant puff; that was for her bath,
Then tiny silver box with little
lambs wool puff; that she carried with