Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-14
CARE OF THE HANDS.

1t is perhaps more difficult to find pref
ty hand than pretty face, not that we are
born with an uglier hand than face, but be-
cause the hand becomes coarse and rough
from the work it has to do. Curiously
enough, also, less attention is given the
hands than the face, although they really
require more care, precisely on account OF
their exposed position and the hard work
they are frequently called upon to do And
yet a white and delicate hand is very
charming, and worthy of quite as much
attention as the face, if not more; and even
a cook may have less coarse hands if she
will by always using glycerine or honey af-
ter washing her hands, and by never using
coarse, yellow soap, but a little bran or
oat meal, (Which one can keep in the soap
stand) instead of soap, and which will clean
the hands quite as well as soap and keep
them soft at the same time, whatever may
be the amount of work she may have to do,
and to whatever exposure to heat and cold
the hands may be subjected. The same
precautions may be adopted by ladies, who
occupy themselves with any rough work
in the house, and moreover they should all
wear gloves, which will, more than any
thing, keep the hands soft and clean, and
thus dispense with the necessity of too fire.
quent washing. Many ladies, however,
who never do any kind of work have
coarse red hands, especially during the cold
weather, and they make them worse and
redder by holding them to the fire, causing
them, also not unfrequently to crack and
chap. Better rub them with little laven-
der water or eau de Cologne to restore
warmth and aid to make them more del
icate and soft. l would, moreover, advise
ladies who have naturally rough, coarse
hands to rub them at night with cold cream,
and to wear loose, long gloves: Another
thing, never use soap, unless this be used
with almond paste or meal. It is better,
in any case, to use only almond paste or
honey and almond paste, which you can
procure already prepared at any of our
great perfumers The only objection to
these pastes and meals for the hands is their
expense, but economical ladies can dispense
with them by using glycerine and honey
instead of almond paste, and plain bran
and oatmeal instead Of almond and fancy
meals.
Should the hands become hard or horny
through any unusual work, the best thing
is to wash them for the time with pumlce
stone and lemon. Lemon, indeed, is al
WAYS good for the hands. 1t cleans them
as we'll as soap, and makes them soft. 1t
also prevents the skin growing up the nail.
if the fingers be we'll rubbed with it after
washing. Apropos of nails, never use
pick or file to them. Clean them with
brush, if required, but they should never
be allowed to require brush, nor will they
require one if the hands are frequently
washed and the fingers well rubbed with
the half Of lemon, into which the fingers
are thrust and turned until the nails are per-
fectly clean. Lemon not only prevents the
skin at the root of the nail growing upward,
but it also prevents the skin shedding at
the sides of the fingers. When cutting the
nails, care should be taken to cut them the
shape of the fingers themselves and neither
longer nor shorter than the finger. Very
long pointed nails are as ugly in their way
as very short and square nails The use of
cold cream and gloves at night will also
preserve the nails soft, and prevent them
from cracking, which they will do if the
nails are not hard.-Eachdnge.
THE RELIGION DEMANDED BY THE
TIMEs.-'The world needsa religion to-day
that will make mans word as good as his
note; that will make its possessor pay one
hundred cents on the dollar, sell sixteen
ounces to the pound, thirty-six inches to the
yard, four pecks to the bushel, and one hun
dred and tWenty-eight cubic feetto the cord;
that will make workman do a full days
work for full days pay, whether the eye
of his employer is upon him or not that
will make capital dlsgorge the hons snare
of all profits and divide them equally and
justly with labor; that will cause the manu-
facturer to cease from adulterating his goods,
the clerk from purloning from his employer,
the official from embezzling the funds com
mitted to his trust; religion that will
make men honest, upright, pure and trust
worthy in all the walks of life; religion
that not only makes men happy, but also
makes them righteOuSO
A BOLD PREACHER.-The boldness of
Samuel Davies will be illustrated by sim
gle anecdote. When President of Princeton
college, he visited England for the purpose
of obtaining donations for the institution.
The king George II.) had the curiosity to
hear preacher from "the wilds of Ameri-
ca" He accordingly attended, and was so
much struck with his commanding elo-
quence, that he expressed his astonish-
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