THE TOO THIN NECK

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1681, 18 May 1904, Page 24

THE TOO THIN NECK

What a trial and trouble a scraggy neck, to use a plain and common expression, is to the average girl! A smooth, firm neck and full throat, and an absence of those terrible ‘‘salt-cellars,” is absolutely essential td a girl’s beauty, no matter how pretty her face may be. To some girls, of course, the defect may not seem a serious one, but to those who go out and about in any degree it is a matter of ranch importance, for it makes. the Wearing of evening dress a misery, and, to the sensitive girl, an impossibility. And yet the thinnest of necks and the ugliest of salt-cellar® can he made beautiful by perseverance and proper treatment. Many quick and sure systems have been brought forward at various times for the redemption of the female neck and throat, each of which claims a distinct advantage over all others. But without doubt, the most safe and sure method is by massage. The movements are very simple, and, in the absence of an operator, can be carried out by oneself. Place the hands under the chin, and, pressing firmly, hut at the same time gently, into the tissues, make an upward rotary movement, working up to the back of the ears. Repeat the movements for fifteen or twenty minutes every night before going to bed. Look in the glass while the movements are being performed, and you will see the flabby throat disappear as the muscles are lifted. If the hands are soft and moist no emolument substance is required, and the best efforts can be produced without such aids. The specific effect of massage upon the muscles is'to encourage their development by increasing the blood supply. The well-nourished muscle becomes full, firm, and elastic, while the impoverished muscle is limp, flabby, and lax. If the muscular structure is vigorous and healthy, the fatty tissues are well supported, the skin is smoothly stretched, and there are no furrows, no crows’ feet, and no flabby double .chins. The reader who resorts to this method of treatment, however, must be warned against expecting to see vast improvements in the course of, say two or three days. To bring about the desired result by massage requires time, and, above all, perseverance. To restore the beauty of the neck and throat it is necessary to restore the muscles to vigour, elasticity and strength, and this can only be done by tbe slow and sure method of massage. The neck may be made smooth and firm by certain fattening processes, but; a fat throat never looks young, and is apt to grow ugly. Moreover, the woman.who has a fat throat in youth in very apt to pass her later years bemoaning a flabby double chin, or a hideous set of furrows just under the chin.