Paddles Provide Cool Massage (Sep, 1940)
Paddles Provide Cool Massage
Whirled by a flexible drive shaft connected to an electric motor, paper paddles in a new beauty device massage the skin. According to the inventor, the paddles create a circulation of air around the area being massaged, thus overcoming the objection of heat created by the massaging action. The device is intended for use by operators in beauty parlors and barber shops.





Mm-hmm.
Looks like an old-fashioned microphone.
I guess the past had some freakydeaky beauty parlors and barber shops.
“Slap Slap Slap Ouch Slap Slap Slap Ouch … ” %-)