Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-07
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Philadelphia Press.
"Mspicure ?" said Press reporter to q
lady who was speaking Of n craze that is
taking hold of the fashionable people In
this city "what does IL meanp"
"Why, it's the event Of the day. You
are far behind the times IL you can
mot on each polish surface of your
eight fingers and two thumb nails
show a we'll defined crescent. Hevent
you heard A suite of rooms hand
someiy furnished has been thrown
open to suffering public right on Chest
nut street. The surgeon, ms ne Calls
himself, is a German with an unpronoup
cable name blonde hair and mustache.
He attends to tho chiropodist part oi
the business in one of the rooms, wbile
sprightly little lady with eyes and hair as
black as night does the manicure IN the
other room. / was attracted to II by their
comioal sign--a foot all over horns on one
window, with tho word chiropodist under
Il In gilt letters, aud on the other window
hand with the significant word manicure
under it.
"Seo my nails, amt they lovely ; and
my-my-well. my feet are beautiful, you
ought to see them. At the first visit
didn't mean to be treated" she continued,
"but my feet are wonderfully improved
since I had them cured. / can walk a
couple OF miles now, and before l suffered
unspeakable torture on walking as many
blocks. As for my fingers, don't they
speak for themselvesP" and, sure enough,
ten prettier, more transparent, pinker
almond shaped backgrounds 10 q poarly
white crescent never were shown.
81 can do it myself now, only my righ'
hand gets the best of me. II dosen't posi
lively hurt, but it isn't the most comtor
table operation in the world. The frs
time, you STE, they push and punch anC
scrape away all that flesh that grows dowr
over the pail aud hides its beauty. AS the
edge harden they trim them of with very
eharp, fine cutiole scissors, each time leav
ing q longer and clearer nail until sufficient
OF the white crescent ls brought te view
This half moon ought to show unmistak
ably on everyoue's nails, aud certainly
il makes an agreeable contrast TO the
stubby, square, bitten of, hang
nailed fingers We so frequently see.
know a young lady, the daughter o
one of our most ilustrious statesmen
who died from the effects Of biting
her nails. The fine particles got dowr
her throat, or wine pipe, l have forgotten
which--at any rate several eminent physl'
clans agreed that her death was the result
of biting her nails. They profess to cur
this vicious habit. believe the
put something on them very, yer
bttor and disagreeabe to the taste
aud this, together with the prid
of being beautiful, does wonders.
couldn't help reverting to Mark Twain
his famous Turkish bath calling frantical
Tor a jackplane il they wanted 10 whit
him down any finer. wondered what
would say to the manicure. Ittakes pro
ably half au hour TO treat the hands. AIT
pushing aud trimming and filing a
emery paperiug, the nails are bath
with liquid that removes all be
ishes. Then is applied bright p
ointment, powder, the polisher an
finally, a soft brush, to remove the par
cles which have been loosened by Il
vigorous application. Nothing now l
mains but to pay your dollar aud adm
the result IL costs only seventy five Gel
after the frat treatment, and you c
purchase tho necessary outfit aud tr
yourself after that. Altogether, it's {
thing, to my mind. wonder what mex
who knows. it may become fashionable
have your monogI q N printed on your era
bone"