New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
WOMAN, LOVELY WOMAN.
Did lou Ever Stop to Consider How Beautiful :s Graceful Woman Looks While On 8 Stairway? Hence the Ankle Specialist

Dld 0u Ever Stop to Consider How
 Beautiful :. Graceful Woman Looks
 While On 8 Stairway: Hence the
 Ankle Specialist.
 (kansas City Star).
 Ever since the slit skirt began some years ago to demand her 'serv- ices, the anklc specialist has been kept busy rubbing cncroaching fat away from nicely built ankle bones,
 She is coining money. the ankle masseuse, and bids fair to supersede the Vernon Castles in making money out of feet.
 Very quietly, almost secretly, the woman who sculptures shapeless ankles into shapeliness has plicd her trade, At first she dared not display q sign, and was supposed merely to transform faces and impart to wrin- king hands and nec1s atr appearance of youthful roundness. But you were told by your best friend that the new beauty parlor had some one who could do wonders with ankles-- take every ounce of flesh off them, and in such a short tlme.'
 If your ankles weren't the hony kind you climbed the two flights, and were told when you reached the se- cret parlor within a parlor that the climb was just the thing you needed to reduce your ankl lcSe but that you must be careful to set your feet down every time. When you ventured the observation that your foot couldn't be set down flat in a high -hceled pump you wore told that it could if you let it extend over the edge of the step.
 Thereafter you religiously did so, finally acquiring the habit when going up stairs. and with it. a somewhat un- desirable gait in stair ountinS. Did you ever stop to consider how beau tiful a graceful woman looks when she is ascending or descending the stairs? I think that is largely re- sponsiblc for the new custom of feat uring staircases in American homes, and for the very old custom of feat uring them in Italian gardens.
 Safely up the stairs ana in the dim little "parlor" the ankles are freed of their covering and critically exam incd by the expert
 After enduring the scrutiny for few moments, you anxiously inquire;
 Do you think you can reduce them? DO
 Why, yes" is the response, but it will take a little time and some work outside, you know"
 The truth is, you haven't seen those ankles for several years, except in 8 mirror, but you recall with great dsstfnctness how slim they were once upon 8 time. You thrill with the thoqogfxt t3yat the s1imncss may be re- stored
 Tho massage begins. Always the strokes are toward the calf, Being curious to know why you are told that the upward stroke has tend ency to remove the fatty growth in the direction of the finger strokes Of course, most of it is disposed of altogether by this means, but part of it Is much better to have it cling to the calf than to the inStep. You agree with this and sink back on your cushions to enjoy the manipulation of your superfious tis sue and to dream of the day when you shall be able to wear frock that reaches just below the calf and which. with a heavy band of fur all ! around the bottom will have a tend 1 encv to make your reduced ankles l appear still moro reduced. You carry with you from the l "narlor" a rather formidable list of l instru ctions for the outside work, but YOU faithfully perform the exercises recommended always with visions of I that f,1r-triDl ed skirt in mind. As 1 a child you slept in curl papers quite 1 cheerfu1Iv the day before your birth 1 day party and you haven't lost your ] femininity.
 ] Now there are several ankle spe- 1 ciaJties in New York city, and a l street sign may be expected any 1 minute in Kansas City.