Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-02


had.growing nails are defective, and
among the many bad habits are punch
ing AT the matrix at the base III the nail
until it is rough and raised in an un-
slightly aud often painful manner, Ms
that practice is y prolific cause OF hang
nails; biting the nails, which causes
them to have rough edges and ugly
shape; tearing and clipping the thick.
ened cutlcle at the sides of the nails,
and cleaning underneath the nails with
sharp Instruments which should never
DO used for that purpose. All these
things cure; aud, no matter how un-
slightly the nails may he, l can guaran-
tee giving them, in n 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 N eoessary often
or than once week, although some
ladies come to me regularly twice every
week. As q rule, those who are most
careful Of their nails and visit me
oitenest are the very ones who are most
likely to unblushing)y rob me Of the
credit OF my work by claiming il 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, oh, dear, mol |
have no occasion to 20 TO the manicure.
My nails grow naturally that way re-
plies the dear, artless creature. But
have my consolation in my service of
the beauilul--and my dollar and half.
IL is not srue, you know, that nails grow
beautiful and perfect naturally. AT
least, | have never seen any that did.
Nature is not to he trusted implicitly
for the fashioning o( the human form
divine, Ms you may have suspected il
you have ever contemplated n lot of
sea hathers."
"Do fashions IN nails change, like.
those III bonnets, for instanoeS"
Certainly not. There is standard
Of the beautiful and artist, which can
not change. The nails should be long.
almond.shaped, pink at the base, while
at the point, free from spots, perfectly
smooth and highly polished. Where
one cannot grow long nails, round oval
ones must ho accepted, Abroad il is
regarded ~ u mark Of high breeding To
have long pointed nails, tho assumption
being that the pleheians wAo have to
earn living cannot cherish and pre-
serve 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 sheaths.
"Come, ait down here, and let me
show YOU what improvements your
nails are susceptible OF, and M lope-
rate on them you can see what my pro-
eessos are. Flrst, the fingers are soaked
in n bath OF periumed medicated water
and dried. Then, with this flo give
the nail the desired almond shape, so.
Now, with these delicate curved scissors
| trim of the suportluous cutiolo about
tho nails and remove the hang-nails.
AT this point would remove the disool.
orations and hlemishes in tint. Next,
TO polish, ] spread this nail.powder on
this chamberlain polisher and apply il
briskly. See how the nails shine now,
almost like diamonds. But we want n
deeper tint, ono that will resemble the
exquisite roseate flush ON the inside of
sea shell. This pink cosmetic will be-
stow II, and at the same time will give
pliabllity To the nails and heal the clip
ped edges of cutiole. Once more the
fingers 90 into bath OF perfumed wa
ter, and then the nails are repolished,
and II you thought they ahone before,
what do you think Of them now Beau
tiful, of course they are, thanks not to
Nature, but the manicure. Last of all
the finishing tonch--,he customer
must be perlumed And you see
must keep busy TO get through II all in
three-quarters of mn hour
Are you not afraid that n process 30
simple as this seems to be will be taken
out of your hands by your customers
for Themselves, or by rivals who will
learn il from your
"Not Mt all. All | could teach them
would not harm my business. Not one
person IN ten thousand can use tho left
hand 80 lightly, steadily, and effectively
III would be required to put the nails of
the right hand in order. Two hands
arc needed for the job. And, NJ for ed
ncating other manlcures, have no fear.
Indeed, ! would be pleased ~ see more,
IN they would tend to cultivate the pub
lie appreciation Of the importance OF
the art practice, and ! have no reason
to dread competition Nobody can
shape the nails as / can. IL Is not 80
simple thino NJ people generally i'm
agine. There Is something, too, in the
knowledge Of my recipes. DO use
bitter Things on the fingers to break the
habit of biting the nals2' No, not at all.
| simply makethe nails no beautiful that
even a thoughtess child will have suf-
iicient force Of will TO refrain from spoil.
ing them. Look Mt your nails now, sir,
and bite one Of them II you can find
TIE heart to do 30, defy you TO do It,"
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