The Olive Oil Cure.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 76

The Olive Oil Cure.

i The "olive oil cure" as now practised by many fashionable women has,! more to re i commend, it than .most, of >he; popular, fads, |of society... As long ago 'as the .days, .of ' luxhtious .Romans,- it was » favourite ttxiom ! that a, long and pleasant, life depended on -' two •flvidfe—-wine wrghina-nd -olive oil without. - , I The woman of. to-day has changed this •prescription somewhat, and uses' -olive oil -both- .wi&uX *nd "without. She believes it has rejuvenating properties which no ex--i pensive concoction of any "beauty doctor" can,-equal, sa»nd< alje accordingly 'buys it by the half eillon and -uses it -lavishly, internally end externally, convinced that by lubricating ier boSy inside <as well »s out ehe win succeed in keeping old ~age from the door -A -teaspoonful of -pure olive -oil taken three times a day before meals is the dose j adopted by many, women -in their^ struggle I for youth "and "beauty, ffhiß in connection, ! with a daily all-over-body massage. The tissue4railding properties of oil are well known, and it is really astonishing -the amount the skin will absorb." Besides keep- ' ing the flesh soft and satiny, it arouses <a; torpid liver as well «s other things have; been found to do, and iVthis naturally proauoes a noticeable improvement in the com-, plexion. | The woman who ns* zealously following the 'olive oil cure need 'have no fear of, j rheumatism, for the oil is a powerful sol- [ j vent, and will dissolve all calcareous matter; • and help' to eliminate it • from the system. Her -joiittts." will n*>tißO''-rekdily~- become "stiff ', or unpliable with' advancing 1 yeaTs. ; I This treatment is also recommended to ■ , the nervous woman, and her name is legion.', 1 In.,extrame>"cases->of'meura'lgia-->a>nd neuritis' ■ iti'has^m nrojnderftiJly'i'quieting" effect;^'"and wt>re and more are. women 'pinning their: faith on olive oil as a .panacea lor all ills. — New York Times. "