Show MASSAGE FOR BLACK EYES better than paint and for obliterating lite rating evidence encounter those who make a business of obliterating evidence of encounters in the shape of black eyes by painting the damaged optics no longer enjoy a monopoly of such business this I 1 was told by a pugilistic acquaintance whose experience entitles him to be regarded ss an authority on the subject saya writer in the herald massage treatment affected he said will beat paint and raw beefsteak all hollow but it should be applied immediately after the injury is received in order to prove thoroughly efficacious it does not require an expert to do it all that is necessary is to move the fingers rapidly and firmly over the bruised surface and to keep it up until the last vestige of discoloration has disappeared the explanation is easy where the blow has been received the blood becomes congested it is the blots clots of blood showing through the transparent skin that produces the black effect the pressure of the fingers gradually loosens the clotted blood which passes off into the general current of circulation and fresh and properly colored blood takes its place however as a rule the professional pug does not bother himself about accelerating the disappearance of a black eye it is a sign which proclaims the fact that its proprietor has recently filled an engagement and as such he is an object of envy to ids less fortunate brethren it is alic man about town whose occasionally causes him to forget that discretion is the better part of valor who is apt lo 10 profit most by the knowledge that massage promptly applied will remove the signs of mourning from an eye that has been in violent contact with some other fellows fist and chua obviate the naces ity of inventing a story to account for it which however ingenious will be nc ered at by skeptical and incredulous acquaintances bome of whom may have been there themselves |