Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-09

New York letter the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The idle, fashionable woman has taken
to n new diversion. She polishes her
nails. She extends her hand to you with
great frequency nowadays, and always
with the back upward and the fingers
Strengthened out. This is because she
wishes you to observe the nails, which
shine like glass, and are of a delicate pink
hue. Who knows what started this man
ia. Nobody can ever discover the origin
OF such things. The dIstemper breaks out
somehow, and then extends from person
to person. The New York woman Of
leisure, whether she be left in the city, or
is to be found at some near seashore re-
sort, now spends about four hours day
at work on her nails. Her tool is an arti-
Gle somewhat like the wooden handles or
holders for blotting paper-a narrow strip
Or ebony, ivory Or lndia-rubber, with a
knob on one side and a surface of cham
ois skin on the other.
Some OF these polishers are fancifully
made, and $40 is not an unusual price;
but cheap ones do the work as well, and
homemade article answers the purpose.
The best Of them have device for haudi-
ly fastening in fresh strips Of Chamois
skin, but tacks will do. The essentials are
a polishing substance and plenty Of indus
try. A mixture is sold in the stores at a
pretty high price, and 1t has a beautiful
name and label, but it is simple compo-
sitiOn of rotton.stOne, oil and rouge. Any
body can mix it for herself. 1t is well to
give these directions plainly, because pail-
polishing will be sure to reach the West
before many weeks, and then the fair
readers OF the Enquirer will know how to
doit. The stuff is daubed on the rubber, and
as5iduous friction does the rest. The rot
ten-stone and oil smooth and polish the
the nails, Just as metal, bone and ivory
are made to shine by the workmen, and
tine rouge impart5 plnklsh color The
enthusiastic industry displayed by the
women IN this summer amusement is
wonderful. They rub, rub, by the hour,
usually in parties, making this employ
ment take the place Of needlcwork. There
was once an old woman who scrubbed her |
kitchen floor until she wore her way
through and fell into the cellar, breaking |
her back. Something like this will hap |
pen to these nail polishers, for nails can
not thicken by growth as fast as they are |
now being secured away. The polishing |
is not all done on tinger-nails Oh, no!
The toe nails of the bellies are beautiful |
too. What is the use of spending time |
and labor in making their toe.nails pink |
and glossyP Well some Of them have bus.
bands, bear in mind. But more than that, |
this Is the season when most metropolitan |
women bathe more or less at the sea-shore |
and show their feet in doing so. Time was
when the female bather MD the corns bun
ions and little unshapelinesses OF her feet |
in slippers, or stuck them out OF sight in
to the sand when not in the water, The |
attractivenCss of the FURNISHED nails are
deemed by her to compensate for amy |
blemishes, and so she fakes pains to show |
her feet. The change is a marked feat
ure IN the surf scenes at COney Island |
where thousands OF women are in the wa |
ter every afternoon. Many OF them may
now be seen sitting on the sand, with their
toe nails glistening proudly in the sun.
The increased attention to nails has
naturally extended to their shape, and the
greatest care is bestowed upon the matter
of cutting them. Long and narrow nails
are considered prettiest, and, to give them
the desired proportion, they are trimmed
somewhat to Il point, while ut the roots
the skin is cut and pushed back as much
as possible. Gloves are not worn at all
this summer, even at the full dress balls
at Long Branch and Newport Mitts of
all coors from white through the whitest
huPs to plain black, extend from the el-
bows to the knuckles, leaving the fingers
exposed There is all the more reason,
then, for rendering those fingers slightly
Really beautiful fingers, if you will take
the trouble to convince yourself 10y Obser-
walton, are scarce indeed, much more so
than handsome faces. The plump beauty
usually has fingers as blunt at the ends as
drum sticks, while the fingers other ether
eally slender sister are about as bony as a
skeletons. Thus it is a good year for
pretty fingers, that do not need a tight
glove to squeeze them into good shape.
Rings are more than ever in vogue.
bangle rings, with jinglets to them, are
about the only novelty in that line.