Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-10

| that their toilet necessaries are such as will I assist in the care of the hands. If the hand | is naturally white and delicate you have only | to guard against temporary disagreement, such as stains, chilblains and that soreness of the skin which is generally spoken of as 1 chapped hands. For stains caused by ink, I paints, fruit and other similar things, you place few drops of oil of yitriol in cold water and wash the hands without soap; or ! for lighter or more superficial stains you take little vaseline, and after well rubbing the hands round and round, you wash in warm water with soap. Pumice stone, as sold by the chemist is useful on all washing stands, as 1t smooths down any hard surfaces or rube ! out slight stains or marks.
 Another necessary adjunct to the dressing table is the little Parisian box used by the manicure, and which may be bought for a small sum of any chemist or perfumer. It contains 8 boat-shaped implement, covered in chamois leather and furnished with han E de, and there is tiny box of fine pink pow der of slightly gritty nature. You breathe ! on the nails and then sprinkle them with the powder and polish briskly on the chanois pad. But before this process is reached you must first use the other little implement, ] which is of ivory, with one end shaped al- most like pen, the other fitted with small brush. In the center is flat file, on wl.ich you carefully shape the tops of the nails, rounding them of on either side to follow I the line of the finger. Scissors should never be used for the finger nails, as by cutting them you make the nails ooaree and thick. With the ivory point you clean the finger l nails, and also gently push back the flesh to reveal the white crescent and to prevent the skin splitting and forming 'fhang nails, 1" which quickly appear if the skin sdheres to the nail.
 Wash the hands always in warm water, ! and do not be sparing with the brush or the < soap. If in cold weather your hands are ha- ble to chap, keep small pot of honey, and just before you dry the hands dip in finger and well rub the hands round and round give a slight rinse and dry carefully, dust 8 little oatmeal on them and rub off with 8 dry towel.
 To whiten and soften the hands there is nothing equal to real almond paste, and when so emphatically say real I mean that which is made from sweet and bitter almonds pounded in mortar, and not of lard or oth- CT fatty substances mixed with almond oil :, this composing the ordinary compound known as almond paste. For hands which are red and coarse the following treatment will soon effect change, but it must be per- severed in, as it is quite impossible to change the color and texture of the skin in 8 few days, and those who believe the wonderful assertions on some patent medicines must indeed be of credulous nature. Once you get the improvement, it is not difficult to re- tain, but perseverance only will attain this. Your first precaution must be to use warm 5 water always; but if you are subject to rheumatism or chilblains let it be of medt- um warmth only. Keep pot of fine oat- meal and puff on your washing stand, dry ! the hands with bath towel, rub briskly ! and dust with oatmeal. At night use rather I warmer water, apply flesh or ordinary nail brush all over the hands, and when quite ! dry apply almond paste and sleep in easy I fitting gloves. Chevrette gloves, with four | or six buttons, are preserable to kid, which \ soon become greasy on the outside. A pail of these gloves will last for months if rea almond paste is employed.
 | To make almond paste, obtain of sweet and bitter almonds each two ources, pound \ to paste and work up with half an ounce 1 of Windsor soap cut in fine shreds. To this add two drams of spermaoeti and half an \ ounce of oil of almonds; oil of bergamot | twelve drops. Subject to gentle heat, stil | well and cool in china pots.
 A mixture of honey, lemon juice and eat | de cologne is exceedingly useful to whitel the hands when discolored by sun, wind ol \ work. and may be kept mixed for the pur pose in @ small toilet jar. Take wineglass ful of each ingredient and mix well; ther pour into the jar and keep closely corked
 This may be applied night or day, and tn
 inside of the fingers rubbed with pumic I stone.
 Gold cream made with oil of almonds is
 good substitute for almond paste, but doe ! not whiten the hands so much, though i | softens the skin. To make this mix half a1
 ounce each of white wax and spermsceti; oi | of almonds, four ounces; orange or elder I flower water, two ounces. Before adding { the latter subject the ingredients to gradua
 heat, and when liquid add the orange wate I and stir gently. Stand in cold water to cool ' Col1 lar1 ff coarsen the skin, when it becomes habby snt ! wrinkles soon form. Emollients are of two kinds, namely those which lie on the skir ] and form poultice, and those which are o a light greasy nature and easily penetrate | and fill up the pores. These latter should be ! avoided; therefore the almond paste and the I cold cream of almonds should be selected ir \ preference.
 When the hands are of good color, but the ! skin lacks softness, glycerine is useful, but Il has no effect on the color. The hands may be, however, greatly improved in texture if I after the nightly wash, they are well coated | with glycerine and dipped into oatmeal ol ' we'll powdered with the same.
 | Gloves are of course necessary and should [ fit well at the wrist; otherwise the loose oat l meal becomes disagreeable. Bran is sup posed to have great influence on the skin I and some manicures advise glycerine an6 ! bran which has been strewed in water. Int
 
 | of similar type to the bran poultice whicE our at-grandmothers used on the necl | and arms, which being daily exposed b, ! the then fashionable decollete gown, wert | no doubt source of trouble to them. Some women suffer terribly from chil plains, which are not only painful, bu l when they appear on the hands cause grea disfgurement. They caused by frosted or congealed blood, which Is difficult t. | disperse, consequently the prevention Ii 1 more simple than the cnre. Immediatel,
 that cold and frosty weather sets in take
 these simple precautions: Wear high l warm under bodiees, and above all. le your dress sleeves be warmly lined, and le l the sleeves reach to the wrist. A pretty
 fancy cuff will help greatly, and flannel ol
 swansdown sleeve Things are advisable I Wear woolen stockings well drawn up b. suspenders, as cold feet affect the who'll
 body, especially the head and hands. A
 night put a teaspoonful of spirit of ammo | nia in the water, and use a loofah or 1 flesh brush for five or ten minutes; thel
 dry, and if you do not sleep in gloves wea ! warm cuffs under your nightgown, am
 white woolen sleeping socks. ! Never plunge the hands into very col
 or very hot water, and do not expose then
 to the air without stout gloves and warr
 huff. Above all attend to the wrists an
 arms, as wrapping the hands only is of littl
 avail. Long, close fitting armlets do nor
 to prevent chilblains than any outward ap
 plications. If chilblains appear in spite o or from neglect of these precautions let no | the first twinge be neglected. Get either 0
 the following mixtures and apply night an } morning, whenever the chilblain is trou | blesome, and remember that friction, com
 bined with stimulating lotion, helps to dis perse the chilblain:
 Lotion No. 1: Spirit of rosemary, fv
 parts; spirits of wine, one part. No. lo
 ton is more active and consists of tinctur
 cantharides, two drams; soap liniment, te
 drams. On the first sign of redness or irri
 tation an excellent plan is to rub briskl
 with one of the lotions named, and to cove
 the part with adhesive plaster; but frictio is earnestly advised, or if this is neglecte
 until there are symptoms of their appear
 ance, then apply lotion and friction ever two hours.
 Broken or Liberated chilblains should b washed with tincture of myrrh in water, bu
 with care and wearing warm clothing chil
 plains may be prevented, or at least will no
 reach beyond the first and easily cured stage