The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-12-18
Your Hands.

Take care of your hands. Few things ara
as agreeable as the pressure of warm, soft
hand. The poet who remembers his best
girl, now, alas his lost girl, says:
"If the world were mine would give it all,
All for one touch of her beautiful hands"
A horny hand of itself is no credit to any
body, any more than dirty hand. Work is
a credit to all But even those who perform
the roughest, severest labor may have agree.
able hands. They owe it to others to keep
them as decent as possible. Even in foun-
dries and rolling mills, where men carry con-
stantly rough iron castings and gritty sub
stances, those mechanics who are neat have
preparation containing oil which they use
upon their hands when washing them, whicE
makes them white and comparatively soft.
II these can have pleasant hands anybody
can
That man. whether farmer or other PEI
son, who prides himself on a smoked bacon
colored fist, hard as q horses hoof, with
black nails and creases of dirt in all the
wrinkles, is not a nice man to live with.
There Is no need Of a human being having
paw like that.
Above all is the touch of q womans warm,
elastic palm soothing. Therefore, all the
sex, including even scrubwomen, should keep
their hands as pretty as possible.
1t j. easier than you think for. Don't go
out without gloves on. 1t Is not neat or
ladylike to do 50. Keep your hands clean,
but don't overdo 1t. Don't scour them con-
stantly with soap At night, Just before re-
tiring, wash them well then moisten
them lightly with water, and pour
into the palm Of one drop or
two of glycerine. Rub this thoroughly all
over your hands and wrists. 1t will make
the skin delicate and silky TO the touch. 1t
will also entirely prevent the hands from
chapping. No matter how rough your work
Is, do this every night Of your life and you
will have nice hands. Old, loose gloves drawn
IN after the glycerine is applied, and worn at
night are still better. Do not apply the
xlycerine without the water. 1t Is too heavy
and heating Glycerine Is the best adjunct
Of q woman's toilet that has been discovered
In q century. It Is extremely healing to cuts
and wounds upon the skin. Be sure, how
ever, to get q pure article. Otherwise it will
grow stale and .'smell to heaven and make
the skin yellow.
Finally, for goodness sake don't bite your
nails. Let them grow as even as possible,
then cut or file them neatly. A nail brush
briskiy applied Is good for removing from
around them whatever oughtnt to be there.
The manicures and druggists now keep neat
little sets Of instruments for the nails. They
consist Of file, scissors brush, polisher and
little boxes of powder. This Is a rosy pow
der with which the nails are polished till they
shine brilliantly. A coloring matter IL also
used which gives nails and finger tips soft
pink hue. The pointed fashion OF trimming
the nails Il all out Of fashion now So Is that
hideous, barbarous fancy Of letting nail
grow long like a vulture's claw. Don't
do it,
Trim the nails to nsa., tapsring shape
II you let them grow naturally they will
shape themselves in the is~t FORM Some
cay anybodys finger ends can be made TO
taper by squeezing and , guiding and pulling
them gently from the sides with the thumb