South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-16

win eventually, and that the sloveny, unkempt
person will be appraised severely by the keen
quick survey of prospective employer or by the
young maiden whom the careless looking young
man may adore
How rapidly is the world growing toward this
idea Beauty holds the stakes, it were, and
1t behooves every young person TO make the most
of herself or himself. Perhaps this is only the
forerunner to of beautiful men and women,
for AS a man thinketh, so he is
The surgeons knife also Is being used 70 ban
ish wrinkles DR.. Leroy K. Stoddard is one Of
the surgeons who accomplish this feat lie
demonstrated his ability recently IN New YORK
City before newspaper men. Dr.. Bourguet was
interested witness.
The operation seemed entirely painless. AS
he worked he talked. explaining his every move
ment- First he injected q per cent. solution OF
cocaine in the eyed, and then, with a deft cut,
incised away a bit of the flesh under the lid
where a wrinkle had formed He made several
such incisions. When they were done he calmly
and, one might say, artistcally, sewed up the
incisions. But the remarkable part Of 1t was
that the flesh cut away caused the skin to drop
right back into place.
DR. Stoddard used a safety blade 70 cut
the stitching out of the lid of the patients eye
which had been treated q few days before. He
said that the work is so delicate that the knife
he had among his instruments had not done the
work well enough, day ne substituted
razor. Since ne has always used this imprO-
visation.
Judgment Of the exact amount of ths tissue
to be removed is the most important adjunct to
successful Notwithstanding surgery, said the
surgeon. But the secret of its success, that
which makes it scarless, is its first move. That
cut must be made with lighJning-like speed and
fine dexterity. Otherwise. the operation would
be unsuccessful"
DR. Stoddard told Of instances where facial
disf gurement had acted q deterrent 20 success,
and told how the surgeon with his knife opened
the door of opportunity. He told of a lawyer
man with lucrative practice, who suddenly be-
came afflicted with a fatty growth which, never
theess, soon worried him SO because OF d facial
Disagreement it caused that it began to prey on
his mind The growth made a slight bulge
around the lawyers eyebrows and caused him 50
much anxiety that he finally became self-con-
sclous and retired from pleading cases before a
jury. he finally prevailed on 20 see the
facial surgeon. and today IS again practising ais
profession
TINS science is not a new one by any means,
but has just about reached the stage Of perfec-
tion. Sad cases Of terrible Disagreement often
were caused by quacks IN the past, quacks who
pretended to be able 70 do the things with the
knife that the facial surgeons nowadays are
accomplishing. But this class Of fake surgeons
has been practically wiped out through the eff
forts OF the self-res pectlng and sincere facial
surgeons who realized that they could never hope
to achieve success until the fakirs had been ban
ished Great help given the Investigators
by accredited surgeons, and many Of the quacks
sent to Jail for PRACTISING surgery without
proper credentials
DR.. Bourguet deeply impressed By the
skilful way in which Dr.. Stoddard performed the
operations. He said that some Of the American
surgeons methods were new to him and thas he
would report what he saw 10 the French Acad-
envy Of Medicine and Surgery.
Il am pleased to see that the American sur
geons have made such great progress" he said
The war was a great help 70 US Frenchmen
Some Of the things did with the knife were
remarkable. Some Of the faces we reclaimed
had been entirely shot away Now we will give
to the human race in peace the benefits Of the
lessons we learned ia war;