Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-02
WOMAN AND HOME.
oMETHIflG ABOUT BEAUTIFUL AND
FAULTLESS HANDS.

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A beautiful and faultless hand is more
rare aud unusual gift than beautiful face,
and now that the fashionable young woman
Is expected to display a very mannish dis
regard of the delicacy and whiteness Of her
fingers and to blister and burn them through
the summer months playing all manner OF
outdoor games guiltleSs Of gloves, their ugh
ness presents quite a formidable problem
when the return TO the frivolities and fun
OF civilization demands a sudden transforms
ton from summer sunburn TO winter snow
and softness. A pair of brown strong hands
clasped about a canoe paddle or welding a
tennis racket with strength and skill as well,
present a more charming picture to the
masculine mind than those same brown
hands folded in idle grace over the frills of
dainty house dress aud looking all the darker
and coarser in contrast; and the tender touch
of a woman's hand never could arouse any
OF the ecstatic thrills which the new school OF
nOvelists delight in depicting IL the hand was
hard with callouses, rough with half healed
oiSttiH, Tue l'teSSlou NptlNtleu
ly suggestive Of the cares OF a CRATER
No; woman's hand, 10 be the thing of
beauty the Creator designed it to be, should
have a delicacy Of coloring slenderness OF
outline and a touch like the sweep of a but
terflys wing against the breast Of rose.
Besides, an ungainly, i'll kept hand is like bad
grammar-hardly reconcilable with the idea
Of gentility. II is hardly possible to materi-
Qhanpa ha SIN Of ban bt,t IL -
said that, II sm..ll tapering thimbles be put
upon growing child's fingers each night and
held in place by tight gloves of kid, that it
will, il persisted in number of years, make
them slender and shapely Few people, espe-
cially those young enough TO be affected by
IL, would submit to this treatment, and it is
hardly warrantable, as n white, blue veined
hand, with nicely polished nails is a delight
10 the eye, while its shape may he and is an
index to the owners character which he who
runs NAV read
OF courge every lady keeps her hands clean,
and IL is hardly necessary to mention that
perfect cleanliness Is the first requisite to a
soft and white hand. This cleanliness Is only
brought about by two or three daily scrub
bings with n brush, and with the vigor usually
applied TO remove the Crime from the little
fist Of the proverbially small boy No matter
how dainty may be your occupation, the
water used should be warm, not hot, aud the
soap be generous in quantity and purest Of
the pure in quality. There are several effica-
cious remedies for whitening the hands used
by their advocates and inventors One Is
the use OF lemon juice and glyceriue; mother
which is very highly recommended is Indian
meal and glycerine; and still another is the
country girls lotion, sour buttermilk, whose
acid removes stain and sunburn, and whose
oil Is peculiarly beneficial in making the skin
soft and smooth. Any preparation used at
night is more efiicacious IL kid gloves are
worn, and perhaps no wiser and less harmful
process can be suggested than the careful
cleansing through the day with warm water
and CASTLE soap, and the application at night
OF rose water and glycerine covered with kid
OF rubber gloves.
Handsome nails, which display a crescent
of white at the base and a delicate pink tint
throughout, are AS much a gift as the poets
genius or the artists skill but one visit to
the manicure will enable you to see how even
the most ugly ones may be attractive and
pleasing if nice care Is taken to trim away
the rough skin at the base, which should never
he done without first soaking them in warm
water, 10 file the edges in "a smooth curve,
following the outlines OF the finger tip, and
10 polish the surface every day Probably
an hour each week devoted to the care Of the
nails, with little time spent each day in
polishing and cleaning them carefully, will
keep them in nice order. and they should
never be cleaned with any kind OF a sharp
instrument, ms that roughens the surface so
that they retain the dust which drifts under
them.
1t is said by salesadies in glove stores that
lady who can wear a No. glove is as un-
usual as one who wears a No. Il shoe, and
that large hand looks better smaller gloved
ia mousquetaire of undressed kid, because
OF the loose folds about the wrist, and that
tight sleeves are as unbecoming TO "A large
hand, whether gloved or ungloved, Us low
heels to II long foot.-New York sun.