It is not difficult for a lady to perform certain exercises that give the skin softness and smoothness. These exercises are not meant to take the place of a doctor's special instructions; nevertheless, they often spare the lady grumbling and vexation whenever she enters her bath or comes out of it.
It is well known that massage is of many kinds: some intended for nervous ailments, some meant to remove the overflow of fat, some meant to hasten the process of digestion, and much else besides.
What is intended here, in this brief notice, is to take up the practice of massage so as to profit from it in a general, comprehensive way...
And you can, Madam, by studying these drawings at your leisure, form a clear idea of the method you are to use.
You must begin with the fingertips. They belong, one might say, to all people... wherever the gaze wanders, it is bound to come to rest upon them...
And may it not, pray, come to rest