The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

Pretty and clever as the masseuse was when she began her little tirade against madame, who had barred her throat for inspection, the latter gave a little shiver and shrug of the shoulders as the beauty doctor said
 How on earth do you expect to wear decollete gowns or even Dutch collars this summer?"
 That's just what I am here for" re- piled madame, ito have you assist me in this most awful dilemma, and remove the ines and blemshes, which my faith in sour ability knows you can accomplish"
 VI cannot perform a miracle admitting even that l understand my business. And besides. what made your wear your col- lars so high and tightg''
 Because, oh just because said madame, giving a Woman's reason, "and then, too, they were becoming and very smart.
 "They would have been equally becom- ing and quite as smart if they hadn't been so tight and high and made that awful ridge under your chin, and that yellow line and wrinkles galore. Your throat looks like it belongs to a woman of twice your age and as that is the one point in womans makeup which is sup posed to indicate her age above eevry thing else l am sorry to tell you that judging by your neck you would be con sidered twice your years"
 You aren't very complimentary, to say the least of it,' said madame, as she looked at herself in the mirror and saw to her disgust that everything the masseuse said was absolutely true. She took her scoldin like q little man, and esconc- ing herself in the comfortable chair among the big, soft pillows, she made ready with Christian fortitude to stand the treatment that was to be administered. The first step in this direction was an ap- plication of steaming hot towels. and be- fore they were we'll around her neck she exclaimed:
 That feels awfully good!'
 The masseuse replied: II hope this will help" as she applied a fresh bandage with the air of one making ready the thumb-screw to the victim.
 As she winched under the treatment madame observed between gasps
 Well, they certainly ought to-" and then settled herself again.
 The masseuse has some of the pro- clivties of the barber one of which is talking. especially when the victim Is tied up so that 1t is impossible to reply, and so this one began afresh by saying:
 If you had only taken little care of your throat for few minutes every night, even with wearing the high, tight, senseless collars of Dame Fashions de- creeng, you wouldn't have had quite such a yellow neck. When those things bind up your throat for, say 16 hours day, the poor little eight hours that you have to sleep and discard them is not sufficient to counteraet their bad influence. Now that the hot water has had chance I am going to use cold congresses like this-see? 2. One, two, three four of them, one after the other, and they must remain for sev eral minutes, and I can see by the way that you are wncing that the skin Is be- ginning to feel 2 glow, and that Is ex- actly what am working to produce"
 ''Then what Is going to happen?" plead cd madame from underneath the cold compress.
 T am going to apply cream or an oil," said the masseuse, and opening a brand fresh box of deliciousy scented skin food, she observed:
 q like this best of all the creams use. It has as a basis almond oil, and I take a good sized piece of the cream and rub it lin with my finger tips using a rotary motion with some force. am telling you this, as we go along so you will know what to do when you apply 1t yourself.