The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-10
NO PRETTY THROAT
With TIGHT COLLAR
NightrNotsLong Enough to
Remove Wrinkles Made
During the Day.


The masseuse looked at the throat
which her customer had barred for her
inspection with On exclamation OF I'M
patience How do you expect to wear
low collars and decollete gowns this
SUMMER" she asked
II don't unless you come to my assist
ance and remove these lines" replied
the customer brightly, with all won1-
ans faith IN the ability Of en- expert
10 perform miracles.
why did you wear your collars so
tight and so highY' asked the masseuse.
Because they were becoming and
smart" returned the patient meekly-
They would have been equally becom-
ing and quite as smart II they had not
been so tight as to leave a ridge Under
your chin a yellow line under il anu
wrinkles all over. Yours is the throat
of q woman Of almost twice your age,
and simply because OF the senseless col
lars OF the day"
The patient bore this scolding with
eQuanimity. She put her head against
the pillow in the back of the comfort
able chair, and received the towels wcr
with very hot water which the mas
seuse applied with Christian fortitude.
That feels good" she mUrmuTed-
I hope they viii help" said the mas
eeuse grimly, and put on fresh ban
dage with the air of one applying the
shumbscrew for the good of the victim.
patient with spirit as she WINGED q little
Your throat would not have been so
bad If you had taken some care of il
at night. OF course, II you wear tight
collars for sixteen hours a day, eight
hours are not quite enough to overcome
their bad influence, but still you might
have effected much by a little labor,
said the masseUse- Now that the hot
water mas had q chance, l am going to
put on cold congresses. like this, see?
Three or four OF them put on, one az
~ hnr nd nj 1nnrT IN ~
FOR several minutes. The skin begins to
feel in a glow, doesn't II, and very much
alive? Well that is exactly what we
wanted to effect
Basis of Almond OIL
Now am going to apply a cream or
an oil, as you prefer. 1 like this cream
which has as its basis almond oil. 1 take
a good-sized piece Of the cream and rub
g. IN with my finger-tips, using a rotary
motion with some force. Rub until it
has been very well absorbed by the
skin, thus. 1t takes time Rome was not
! built IN a day, and a much-abused
throat can't be rehabilitated In fore
noon
when all the cream has been absorb
ed you must sponge the throat with this
lotion that I am going 20 give you. Its
formula is a secret, of course, but IL
has tincture Of benzoin and Grange
flower water in it-and other things
lOQ SEts 4 put SOIiG ICE IN LiklS DOWA
and pour the lotion on the ice. then
after giving IL a moment 20 become
very COOL apply II with bit Of alb
sorbent cotton Now i dab IL dry with
this soft towel. and the treatment is
over for the day.
IF you viii take hand-mirror and
look at your throat YOU will find II very
greatly improved The ridge has disap-
peared and the yellow line is lighter.
There are no wrinkles and the skin is
OF healthy pink hue; but, my dear, TO
effect cure you will have to give up
those boned and net limitations OF
barbed-wire fences which you wear as
collars You cannot eat your cake and
have IL, nor continue 10 abuse your
throat and keep IL beautiful.
Tip From Dressrnaker.
Il have a tip from dressmaker that
All the summer gowns will reveal the
throat: that never were low collars
more worn than they Will be this sum
mer, and It is for that reason, sup
pose, that I have so many clients com
ing to me for throat treatments.
Sometimes when the threats are in
very bad shape all use electricity on
them. but as rule by q good cream
congresses, followed by a good cream
and sensible massage, will put them in
u know" interrupted the client i'm
patiently, but high collars, being the
proper thing at the moment how can
Don't wear them tight. Treat your
throat every. night after you take them
on; replied the masseuse. sternIy.
Moreover. a good exercise 70 nU ont
the hollows in a throat which has them
Is simply 70 say hiss over and over
again with A loug-drawn sibiIant
sound"
The client laughed.
Don't laugh. Try It. Look in the
glass some day and experiment and see
how wonderfully the hollows in the
'hroat Ill up when you take this e7Cer-
else Another good exercise for those
who expect to wear oecoIlete frocks is
10 stretch the arms out in front of one.
with the fists doubled Then separate
them as far as possible"
How many hours do you suppose ali
these things would take?'' asked the eli
ont When 1 start 20 retire I am so
sleepy that I tumble in as quickly as
possible, and II I did all these stunts
II would be the wee sna' hours, and T
should be thoroughly awake before
had finished"
Only Needs Half Hour.
Not At ALL" returned the masseuse.
- half hour for grooming at night
would enable you to 10 all the things
you should do and 70 keep yourself in
fne condition. Try t anC see IL it
doesn't"
But the client had BY this time remade
her toilet and was reacy TO depart. and
as she went she reCited 10 herself the
formula which hac been given her-''hot
congresses and cold" she Tnurmured |
cream and ice-cOld lotion, say hiss 2
million times, and try spread-eaZle
effect with the arms. Hereafter j shall |
commence my toilet for the night at s !
D. m, in which case, perhaps, T shall /
manage 10 get 20 bed by midnight, but /
who cares. 50 long as I have a throat !
81 for publication when summer and
Dutch collars come Logerher2'
LEONOhE CALVERT.