The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-02
CURES
BY VIBRATOR
CERTAIN
Men Now Turning to Device
They Once Considered Only
Fit for Beauty ParIors.

Most men still think of the cleo.
trio vibrator as beauty parIor
appliance. They have a notion 1t is
unmanly, that it is something very
nearly akin to powder puff or a
corset, or to one Of these things.
Wherefore, many men go about
with headaches which fifteen min
utes of electric vibratory treatment
would Danish, or they suffer other
Ills as great and as needless.
Not so very long ago men thought
of wrist watch in much the same
way Any chap who strapped his
time ticker to his arm was consId-
cred a fop, until the war showed
US that this idea was all wrong.
When we found out that most of
the chaps who were winning medals
for bravery wore wrist watches. the
practice became masculanized in
short order.
Something very similar is hap
pening in regard to the use by men
of the electric vibrator. Instead of
being considered Sissy" device. 1t
is gradually winning its way among
real he.men. Instead of being sim
ply an aid to beauty and an imple-
ment Of vanity, it is being adopted
as a shortcut exercising machine
by some, and by others as a practi-
cal cure for many ailments which
can be overcome by stimulating the
Amazes the Unillitiated.
1t amazes the uninitiated to learn
that stagnant circulation and con-
gestion of various sorts are at the
bottom of most of the lesser human
ills. Folk who take headache pow
ders and other forms Of dope"
cannot seem to understand THAT q
few minutes massage at the base
of the brain, across the temple and
down the spine will give more de-
pendable and lasting relief than a
dose of drugs, or that the gentle,
rapid tapping of the applicator Is
among the most efficacious Of laxa-
tives.
They do not know that many in
juries such as sprains, abrasiOns
and infections will heal much more
rapidly If the flow of blood to the
affected parts is quickened by vi
bratory massage: that badness can
possibly be arrested or overcome
through the same stimulation; that
depression and blues" can almost
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wonder machine.
We do not recommend or argue
that the electric vibrator is cure
all.
Cure For Minor Ills.
In any case of serious ailn1ent it
should not be used except under
the supervision Of physician or
competent nurse. But we do say,
and it can be abundantly proved,
that the stimulation of the circula.
ton by electric massage is one OF
the most efficient treatments Of
minor ills and that on this account
alone the vibrator has a place in
every home.
This point of view is what Is
taking the vibrator out OF the
class of vanity" appliances and
making it a mans device quite as
much as a woman's. Anyone VINO
is acquainted with pugilists and
trainers of athletes appreciates
this point. In the training camp
the vibrator is quite as prominent
as the liniment bottle. Those whose
living depends upon physical tit
ness were among the first to UNI
derstand that these machines have
practical and masculine uses.
So do not carry along the idea
that a vibrator's place is in the
inexperienced boudoir. 1T is to-
days he-man's first aid to health
and pep.