Frownies were created in 1889 after Margaret Kroesen discovered that her
daughter Alice, a concert pianist, had developed unsightly wrinkles and frown
lines. With a desire to maintain her youthful beauty and stage presence, Mrs.
Kroesen created Wrinkle Eradicators (as they were first called) by
employing the basic principle of fitness to the muscles of the face. At the
time, there was no thought of producing them for anyone else but herself and her
daughter. But Alice, after using her mother’s amazing invention, was a living
testimony, and it became clear that women and men everywhere could benefit from
these Wrinkle Eradicators...now called Frownies.