Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

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started in business, two years ago,
waited some days before my first GUS
toner came-a lady, who paid me a
dollar for putting her nails in order
and now | have as much as / can at
tend to, as many as twelve, fourteen
and even sixteen a day, and as each
one takes an average of three-quarters
of an hour, my hands are kept pretty
busy all day long. A great number Of
my customers are regular. That's, in
stead of coming in for an occasional
fixing up of their nails, as q man goes
into strange barber shop for a shave,
they take regular courses of treatment,
for three months at time, coming to
me once week.
"Those who artistically beautify
their digets are of the very best class
of society. They are ladies of the
highest families, gentlemen of the most
aristOoratiU clubs, bankers, brokers,
and merchants. / know of but one
politician among them.
my principal customers are ladies
of wealth and refinement. All the
members of four of the wealthiest
families of New York, from the children
up to the grandparents, come to me
once week. One of these families
has been very unfortunate in its nails.
have had to cure them of almost every
blemish, defect and bad habit possible,
but at last am happy to say, have got
them in beautiful condition"
"What do you mean by blemishes,
defects and bad habitsP'
"Blemishes include discOlorations,
white spots, and opacity; brittle and
bad-growing nails are defective, and
among the many bad habits are punch
ing at the matrix at the base of the
nail until it is rough and raised in an
unsightly and often painful manner, as
that practice is prolific cause of hang
nails; biting the nails, which causes
them to have rough edges and ugly
shape; tearing and clipping the thick
ened cuticle at the sides of the nails,
and cleaning underneath the nails with
sharp instruments, which should never
be used for that purpose. All these
things l cure; and no matter how un-
slightly the nails may be, l can guaran-
tee giving them, in reasonable time,
beauty of form and color. After they
are once put in good condition it is not
difficult to keep them so. The services
of the manicure are not necessary Oft
ener than once a week, although some
ladies come to me regularly twice every
vNyooIy Ad ynV11n %hnco rrybn ooN
careful of their nails and visit me Oft
enest are the very ones who are most
likely to unblushingly rob me of the
credit of my work by claiming it for
themselves. What beautiful nails you
have! You must have been to the man.
icure, says one lady to another, who
has just left my house. 20, dear, no!
l have no occasion to 60 to the mani
cure. My nails grow naturally that
way replies the dear, artless creature.
But have my consolation in my service
OF the beautiful-and my dollar and
half. 1t is not true, you know, that
nails grow beautiful and perfect natu-
rally. At least, 1 have never seen any
that did. Nature is not to be trusted
implicitly for the fashiOning of the hu-
man form divine, as you may have sus-
pected if you have ever contemplated a
lot of sea bathers."
"Do fashions in nails change, like
those in bonnets, for instance?"
Certainly not. There is standard
of the beautiful and artistic which can
not change. The nails should be long,
almond-shaped, pink at the base, white
at the point, free from spots, perfectly
smooth and highly polished. Where
one cannot grow long nails, round oval
ones must be accepted. Abroad it is
regarded as mark of high breeding
to have long pointed nails, the assump-
ton being that the plebeians who have
to earn a living cannot cherish and
preserve such brittle badges of rank.
In China that idea is carried to such an
extremity that mandarins often grow
nails three or four inches long, which
they protect ordinarily by gold sheathes.
' Come, sit down here and let me
show you what improvement your nails
are susceptible of, and as operate on
them you can see what my processes
are. First, the fingers are soaked in a
bath of perfumed medicated water and
dried. Then, with this file / give the
nail the desired almond shape, so.
Now, with these delicate curved scissors
trim off the superfuous cuticle about
the nails and remove the hang nails.
At this point L would remove the dis
celebrations and blemishes in tint.
Next, to polish, l spread this nail pow
der on this chamois-skin polisher and
apply briskly. See how the nails shine
now, almost like diamonds. But we
want little deeper tint, one that will
resemble the exquisite roseate flush on
the inside of sea shell. This pink
cosmetic will bestow it, and at the same
time will give pliability to the nails and
heal the clipped edges of cuticle. Once
more the fingers GO into bath of per-
fumed water, and then the nails are re-
polished, and if you thought they shone
before, what do you think Of. them nowg
Beautiful, of course, they are, thanks
not to nature but the manicure. Last
of all-the finishing touch-the Gus
toner must be perfumed. And you see
that must keep busy to get through it
all in three-quarters of an hour"
Are you not afraid that process SO