THE BEAUTY SPECIALIST.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 422, 3 February 1909, Page 3

THE BEAUTY SPECIALIST.

■. /.In/many .parts, of /the world:(though, not in/Wellington); there are very stringent laws to prohibit only self-styled ''beauty doctors" or. ''face■specialists" from ! practising their '''profession.":. In these countries.it is necessary 'for all'' such--practitioners to /qualify 1 at recognised colleges or for'.their calling is'regarded seriously, and!it has long been ! realised:that'quackery in this.direction is /highly, fraught with, possibloidangefbus rer suits.' A case, in point has recently/,come'to light/in London,.-where.there-are ho .laws .to prevent / unscrupulous men or. women from Carrying dn ; a/business,,the : m.ethods of-which'. are';more- or loss : full of peril to..their customers.. In .fact, all. 1 the English papers have been. publishing ■ full details ' of' the fraud of the'' 'face - specialist'' who, practised: in •■ Old Bond; Street under ; the name of ■ Madame Auguste. ~.According to ;her/advertisements and apparently- genuine testimonials; / /there was hot/a. facial blemish-that she could not remedy .or■obliterate.:.,' A customer,'whose good looks were somewhat marred by smallpox pits on her nose,,'read and believed these advertisements,./arid placed: \_herself ;in Mada'me's.: hands.'. •■' After, suffering /agoniesfrom the.treatment' She was subjected to,.shb was.forced to call in/a doctor, who/was just in ' time' to J save/her from, the .permanent disfigurement of ; a 'hole' through'the side'-of lier.nose,':caused, ho said, by. a strong caustic -irritant.-' Naturally she sought legal remedy, arid, in the, course' o.fitlie trial/details of. a "living advertisement" of over 7.0 years of age were given. It. iippcared she was an old .woman-wEo' was k/ept'pn/tlie premises "under constant; treatment for'.'wrinkles. . ' When Clients'were not present one side' of her face; was covered/with planter, .which, temporarily eradicated the fatal signs, of old, age, though; .sb/ortlyyafter:its removal, (in order to. catch' a.&ussbrii§_r)',/the.,^ u'ritilj-thV .next'customer arrived, and needed the evidence bf.'tbebpnjviricingjSnect.acle..., .One.witness,-;rna.dai.most.' flattering reriiarks': about the'cure for's'piall-pox/marks/slre-had "obtained; ".and ,for, ; which she' paid 60':guineas,. ..'.'When' the counsel' for the plaintiff remarked that the marks/were still evident, that:.was admitted, but it was. claimed they had been -much worse : previously. The jury awarded.the; lady with the damaged; nose a verdict of £500.'