The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-20
THE III ANICURE MANIA
Rosy Nails with Suggestion of Mono
grams and Crasy-b0nes.

"Msnicure?" said a Press reporiel
to a lady who was speaking OF
Graz that is taking hold of the fash
ioDsb people in this .city;;"swhss doe'
It mean?' tra b-5gv .f asst
Why, it's the event OF the day
You are Ear behind the times II you
cannot on each polished surface o
your eight fingers and two thumb
nails chow a well defined crescent
Haven't you hear? a s1it ofroom:
Handsomely furnished has been
thrown open to sufsringpu oil, right
on Chestnut street. The surgeon, a.
be calls himself, is German with
and unpr0nounceable name, blonde
hair and mustache. He attends to
tue cniropdiat part Of the business ia
o. Of tine Tooms, while sprightly
little lady, with eyes and hair as
! black az night, does the manicure IN
the other room. I vas attracted to
it By their comical sign-a foot all
over horns on one window, with the
word 'chiropodist' under it in gilt
letters, and on the other window a
hand with the significant word
manicure under it.
"see my nails, -sin't they lovely?
and my-my-WeI,
MY FEET ARE BEAUTIFUL;
you ought to see them. At the first
visit I didn't mean to De treated, "
he said, ""bus my ieet are wonderfully
improved since | had them cured.
| can walk a couple of miles now:
and before I suffered unspeakable
torment On walking, as many blocks.
as tor my q gers, don's they speak
Tor them selves?" and, sure enough.
ten preltier, more transparent. pink
or, almond shaped backgrounds to
peariy white crescent never were
shown.
II can do it myself now, only my
right hard gets the best OF me. 1t
doesn't positively hurt, but it INIT
the most comfortable operation in
the world. The first tim6, you see,
they push aud punch and scrape
away all the flesh that grows down
over the nail and hides its beauty.
As the edges harden they trim thsm
of with very sharp, fine cu'icie sois.
sors, each time leaving longer and
clearer nail, until sufficient of the
white crescent is brought 20 view.
This nalf,moon ought to show IN
on every ones nail, and
certainly it makes sn agreeable con-
tras. to the stubby, square. oitten-off,
hang nailed 0ngers We 80 frequently
see. | know q young lady, the
daugbter of one Of Our iliustrIOus
statesmen, who died from the effects
@:
BITING HEB NAILS.
The fee particles got down DER
threat, or Windpipe, have forgotten
which. At any ale several eminent
physicians agreed that her death was
the result Of biting her nails. They
profess to cure this vicious habit. | |
believe they pu. something on them,
very bitter ard disagreeable to the |
taste. and this. together with the
pride of being beautiful, does wond
srs. l couldn't help reverting TO |
Mark Twain. on his famous Turkish |
bath. calling frantically for a jack
plsre if they wanted to wh tile him |
down any finer. l wondered what be |
would cay to the manicure. It taxes
probably nslf an hour to treat the |
bands. After pushing and trimming |
snd Cling and emery.psperlng. the
nails are bathed in q liquid that re- |
moves all blemishes. Then is applied
a bright pinky oinsm' Mt. powde..
the polisber, and finally q soft brush,
to remove the PARTICLES which hav5
been loosened by this VIGOROUS ap-
plication. Nothing now remains out
to pay your dollar and admire the
result. Il C ats only Is csnts after
the frs. treatment, and you can pull
chase the necessary outfit aud treat
yourself after that Altogether, it's
a 6ne thing, to my mind. l wonder
VIVA. mex! Who knows? it ~ , be-
come fashionable to have your mono,
gram printed on your crazy bone.