The Washington times., 1923-12-06
BLACK OXEN:-:By Gertrude Anterior

to the hidden processes of my
body; and can assure you that
It excited me FAR more than the
renewed functioning Of my brain.
The treatment induces flesh. and
as I had been excessively thin,
my skin, as flesh accumulated,
grew taut and lines disappeared.
Ny eyes, which had long been
dull, had regained something OF
their old brilliancy under the
renaissance Of brain and blood,
and that was accumulated. My
hair"
do you mean to say that It
restores hair to It's natural
color?'' demanded Mrs. Tracy,
who had been pluclxing out
bleached hairs for the past year.
THAT would
TT does not. But my hair is
tho shade that never turns gray;
and Of course my teeth had al
! ways been kept in perfect order.
should never in any circum-
stances be fat woman, but the
active f1nctioning Of the glands
gave me Just enough flesh to
complete the outer renovation.
Ny complexion, after % many
years OF neglect. naturally need
cd scientific treatment Of an
other sort. but that was still to
be had In Vienna"
"Ah!'' The exclamation was
sharp. Here, at least. was some
thing they knew all about ana
Systematically discountenanced
DO you mean that you had your
skin ripped Off" asked Mrs.
Ruyler.
Certainly not The skin was
simply softenea and reinvigor.
ated by massage and the proper
applications.
They were too proud to ask
for details. and Mrs. de Lacey,
who was stout, glanced trium.
phantly at Mrs. Ruyler, who was
siouter. You mean, Mary, that
one has to be thin for this treat.
ment to. be success"
"That cannot say. / really
10 not know what the treatment
would do to q stout woman OF
middle or old age. The internal
change would be the same, but.
although additional flesh can be
kept down by medicaments and
diet, doubt II there would be
complete restoration Of the out
lines OF face and neck. A woman
OF sixty, with sagging flesh and
6istended skin, might once moro
look forty, II the treatment wee
successful, but hardly as young
as I do. I was particularly for
tunate in having withered Still,
I cannot say. AS told you.
many women Of all ages AMI
sizes took the treatment white
| I was in Vienna. But they arc
too scattered for me at least to
obtain my data on the results. I
knew none OF them personally
and was too busy to seek them
out and compare notes.
But with me-" She leaned back
anil lit a cigarette, looking ove-
her audience with mischievons
eyes. with ms it has been a
complete success mentally, ply.
s!cally-"
Mentally Alert
Yes, and how long will it
last?" shot out Mrs. Ruyler. She
was as strong as "a horse and as
alert AZ she had ever been, and
her complete indifference to re-
tuvenation in any Of its forms
gave her q feeling Of superior
contempt for all those European
women who had swarmed 20
Vienna like greedy flies at the
scent Of molasses-no doubt ID
undergo terrible torments that
Mary Zattiany would not admit.
But her objective curiosity on thu
subject Of youth was Unsuitable
and she read everything that ap-
peared In the newspapers anu
magazines about It, not neglect
ing the advertisements. II she
had sent for a facial masseupe
she would have felt that, she
had planted a worm at the root
Of the family tree, but the sub
ject was unaccountably interest
ing.
Mary Zattiany, who understood
her complex perfectly, shrugged
her graceful shoulders. ''It Is
too soon to reply with assurance.
The method was only discovered
some six years ago. But the
eminent biologists who have
gwen profound study to the sub
ject estimate that It will
last for ten years at least,
vixen it can be renewed
once at all events. OF course
the end must come. It was not
intended that man should live
forever. And who would wish
tit"