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 after the departed masseuse, she is very apt to lose some of the soothing effects of the treatment and to set the worker down as careless and disorderly. I have known more than one masseuse to lose good customers just through this little fault of untidiness. I admit that "cleaning up" is not nominated in the bond, but it is one of the little things that hold custom.

Body massage is the most complicated of all, and must be studied faithfully on scientific lines. It is employed for the relief of rheumatism, bad circulation, sciatica, nervousness and all diseases arising from congestion. It is invaluable, particularly in the case of children, for liver and bowel trouble, and it is employed to reduce inflammation and swellings from strains, bruises and abcesses, where there is no skin abrasion. Engagements are secured through physicians in private homes and in sanitariums, particularly those patronized by nervous patients or chronic invalids. An expert masseuse recommended by a physician of standing, receives as high as five dollars an hour, but she can take only two or three cases in a day at the most. Training for this high-grade work must be secured through private lessons or in a hospital training-school, in connection with special work in anatomy.

In the preceding pages I have tried to show to girls who have never given the trade of the