The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
BEAUTY DOCTORS.
Men Comprise 50 Per Cent. of Their
 Customers.

From the New York Sun.
 T don't mind telling you" said beauty specialist, that nearly 50 per cent of OUT customers are men. Men try to make you believe that they do not care how they look. But, as a matter of fact, they are just as particular as women
 "Every day men come in to us and say: T am bothered with wrinkles in my face. What can you do for me?'
 We take stock of the imperfeotions and set to work to right them.
 Men are very appreciative of what you do for them. If you massage a mans wrinkles and make his face glow with fresh color he will thank you
 I look a hundred years younger he will say, and he will go away with a pleased look upon his face
 "A woman, on the other hand, will sit and study her face and look troubled.
 Have you really taken any of the wrinkles out? she will ask. and will they all get back by the time get home?'
 "A woman has little tact and no grati- tude where the beauty doctor is con- cerned. It is useless to point out her improvements to a woman. She always wants more. But man expects noth- ing and is thankful for what he gets.
 "A man came in here the other day. He had been travelling and he looked tired. He was clean shaven, but his face had a worn look, and we told him so. Fix it up said he. And we did.
 We got out some hot cloths and we steamed his face. We rubbed some good skin food into 1t and we spatted 1t until it began to look plump. When we got through he was as pink as a rose.
 I look fine,' said he appreciatively
 We told him we had not finished with him. Then we went to work to make his skin clear. We took a tiny pinch of pow der and, spreading it on our palms, we went over his face, rubbing the powder in.
 Tt is astonishing how much you can rub in and what a difference it makes in your looks. We rubbed powder into that mans cutio.e until it was smooth and clear. Then we slapped his cheeks until they were pink.
 I haven't looked like that for twenty years, said he.
 And we renewed the slapping so as to bring a tiny touch of color to his chin and the tips of his ears. Meanwhile we manicured him and, in doing this, we took care to preserve his hands as nearly as possible in their natural state. We tried not to give the hands an artificial look We merely gave them a fine groom ing.
 "The backs of a mans hands should be whitened in much the same way as his face. But there must be no loose powder left upon the backs of the hands. All must be rubbed off.
 ''rhen a tiny drop of perfume is rubbed into each palm Men love to be mani cured in this manner. It is much su- perior to the old style of merely giving the nails brilliant polish.
 I've aim to make a man acceptable to the eye of a woman. There is no need Of giving a man beauty treatment un- less he is really going to look better.
 We have hundreds of men among our patrons. And once to become a patron is to remain one forever Women get tired of their beauty doctors and like to make a change but a man never changes.
 we take man and reduce his weight. Then we teach men how not to be bald.
 There are just seven hairs on the top of my head, said a man customer.
 Never mnd,' said the operator. AS long as there are any at all, we can call the other roots back to life Hair, you know, is hard thing to kill
 "Then she went to work massaeing her patients head. She rubbed it with her finger tips, massaging in a little oily tonic, and she woke up the roots by supplying them with the food they craved.
 In a little while the tiny growth of fuzz began to appear. and then it was only a question of time when there was hair, and enough of 1t to comb.
 Men get bald because they are rich. That is a queer statement, but it comes out true. There are many bald-headed rich men. Poor men do not get bald half as quickly.
 "The laborer who works all day with felt hat pulled down over his head has g heavy head of hair. But his rich neigh bor, the Wall street broker. has no hair at all It is largely a matter of money and environment.
 "The rich man gets up in the morn ing and rubs his head with rough towel or two. and rasps 1t with comb. Prob ably he goes over if with a couple of mill itary brushes and in other ways annoys | the roots. In the course of ten minutes