, 1880-09-05
MANICURE.
An Artist in FInger-Naf1s-De11care
manfpu1attons Requ1red-A New Chs

4 beautiful hand Is certainly the rarest gift
OF nature, and not one woman in ten thousand
possesses one Complexion, eyes, nose, mouth.
teeth. hair, ears, and figure are much more fire.
>quently seen In perfection than Is the plump,
snow-whte, and satin-soft hand, with Its rosy
palm. delicate knuckles, and taper fingers, each
tipped by a nall so dainty and transparent that
the hue OF the blood creams through In the
faintest pink,-a hand, In short. that Is shapely,
tender, and nude to be petted and kissed; not
the gnarled, freckled, and stuh-anRered hand
SO often seen, knobby about the joints, fes-
TONED with hangnais and horny with calious
Jumps, bumps, and protube1ances, and only
respectable looking when tucked away In a
glove where its color, shape, and deformities ara
hidden from view.
OF course the hand is with difficulty kept in
shape. even If naturally we'll formed: is subject
to multitudinous accidents which dishgure it,
and is so exposed and so much used that all
its delicacy and tenderness are soon lost 1t
therefore nAy be said to require more attention
than any other member to keep it In agreeable
order.
IN ANCIENT TINES
the cosmetic art was as much applied to tha
beautifying Of the hands as to the adornment Of
the face. Emulsion OF bitter and sweet alnonds
were used to wash them In, rendering the
akin plant. smooth, and white; the hairs
were plucked out one By one with tweezcrs; the
ppsnl. the neIIa ~er.. carpnfni'y ,arnd md ths
edges OF the skin about them cut smooth. Then
accortiinr to taste-tha PersIans fucfinfnc "a
ii1 Tesmiiio11, the Romans to rose, s t6o carthasin-
taus to saffron, and the Greeks to Natures own
rtce1 hn 70 .iesca1dei rn nnr own fav wherrin
he the Persian | % BELLE stains 81 her w anger-tlp lps with
and the 1.ircassian odalisouo in the harcm nt
Stumboul anoints her palm with ra1cst altar,
bathes her lily~whtte fingers in the milk ofasses,
viii an unguent prepared from tho
reddest Of the roses OF Adrianopla
The Mexican belle oi day spends hnif her
in q mixture OF oatmeal, crushed almonds, and
cream. and protecting them from Insects at
night by gloves saturated IN giyeert9ee@ Or or on: h
has been made profession In France, and sew
eral OF the prominent followers OF the art de-
prospered by the perquistts thereof that they
arc enabled to exact large fees in advance
Among the most famous Of thesu Is Madame
* rranrs Ynr eino1e oners.t7on. she has
nurnhn-S ~ rag,,tar Tfsftors whose hands and
naIls na have q aIreatiY passed under her super s
vision. and most Of these are usually Delegated
ants ~ whom sha hns several. and Who acs
Strictly n according to her direction. ~
r,hieogo fo in1fnti1cn the divine art and esrnb-
iishcd herseif ~ IN Wabash avenue. Tho,:ah Pari-
sian BY birth. she married an Envlishrnan, and
eent e she IL nov a widow. and nronoses to draw
ern,,nd her IN Ch;cnvo aa fasnnnnhfe cIientets
% haa Modame Thaf3e sn Prris.
ToTnnrT ronrasenrativa called ,1nun her
vasterr;av r. aacertain soTna tacrs in regard "a
hestna1;lar profession she bss sdoptcd. he found
her ra he a blonde and verV demure uttlo
wnmnn ~ Those hahtnai IONS r. c.,nversatfon
w"s nnt mnch ohove a s1h,sner ="
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to put the hand IN proper condi1oq, sne sa1o,
land one requiring great nlcely OF louch. 10
give the rounded and UNIFORM shape 70 the base
OF the natl-to file away fngroWin9 portions and
clip the projecting sKln-fe4mlEe years OF psac-