A BEAUTY DOCTOR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1968, 12 October 1888, Page 3

A BEAUTY DOCTOR.

There is (eayß the '• New York World") a woman m New York v ho has a growing clientele of patients coming to her to bo treated for ugliness They miy be m perf ct health physically, but not quite at peace m their minds because of defects wbich rer.der them un^lea&iog m the eyes of tr>eir fel'ow mortals, and she ministers to this mind diseased by curing as far as is possible tho comp'oJnt of plainness Woccen co to her to bo made thinner or stouter, to have their oolor heightened or reduced, to be treatrd for ugly oomplexions, red eyes, thin hair, round ' shoulders, and all 'he physical faults which make the difference between b autyand the lack of it To women who are too stout she recommends a bath of salt water id the morning, two or three handfuls of rock salt being put In the bath overnight und allowed to disso ye. They must be rubbed down with a heavy Turkish towel after this salt bath, and are to sleep on hard beds, while the only internal treatmentsbe prescribes is congress- water and a grain or two of masted coffee to be chewed half an-hour before meals, which will greatly lessen the appetite for food. She | suggests a diet of cresses, lettuce, and spinach, with desserts of Iceland mopß jellies. Thin women ehe feeds on carrots and parsnips, and doses them with a few drops of acid phosphate before meals to Rive them an appetite for the muffins, brown bread, oatmeal, and fruit that are to foim tba greatrr part of their diet. But what she principally relies upon to a-id flesh to thin girls is a p'ntof sweet milk to be drunk every night just bef re getting in'o bed Bb© orders off the coreets of ronnd shouldered girls, aid puts them into braces instead, with daily exercises on a pulling machine to help on the good work ; while awkward and heavy girlu are given a bar over which they are to jump many timeß every d*y. When a woma > has become too florid, fhe is fed on PBBsafras tea and given hot batt>B ; and the pale wormn has her baths cold and a bottle of claret each day. Ihe •* beauty doctor," as she ia called, has effected some wonderful cures of plainness, and m Beveral cases has taken entire charge of a woman for six months, witti the result that at tho end cf that time her friends scarcely knew her, «o greatly had her appearance ohanged There is talk of an infirmary or private hospital being established near New York, of which the temty doctor is to have charge, and whero women will go, toundergo thorough treatment for ugliness This female beauty cultivator Is very stern and dictatorial, and will immediately give up a eiae if her directions are not followed to the letter. She has great hopes of her hospital, where her patrons will be directly under her eyes and she can see that her ideas are carried out. She holds that there Is no exonse for thorough ugliness, and that It can be to a great extent made a matter of will with a woman whether ■he will be pretty and pleasing or not,