St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-20
THE HANDS.
Manicure Manipulations That
Make Them Look Graceful
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and Pretty.
At the West hotel bath rooms every
Tuesday may be seen quiet, unassum-
ing little lady, who might easily be
passed by as one of the patrons of the
place, especially since the Turkish
bath is becoming so popular among
Minneapolis society ladies that large
number go there every Tuesday. But
the lady in question is not exactly a
patron of the place. In fact. she is one
of the progressive women who believe
that almost any avenue of employment
is open to woman if she have deter
minatiOn and perseverance enough to
overcome prejudice. This lady is a
chiropOdist and manicure. She brings
her little case of instruments and treats
her patients as they come from the
bath. Fashionable shoes have aided i'll
making plenty of work for the chirOpO-
dist, and not few Minneapolis girls
have their corns treated once week in
order to avoid any pain or discomfort.
and at the same time go right ahead
wearing high heels and patent leather
toes.
After being thoroughly steamed and
rested, the manicure provides a pleas
ant way of spending an hour and max
ing the passage less sudden from
dreamland to actual life. The finger
tips are Immersed in dainty Sevres
bowl filled with warm water. Then the
attendant, with her little tray of instru-
ments, pushes back the loose skin at
base of the nails and trims the edges.
RoSaline cream and powder are rubbed
over The nails with chamois pad,
until they glisten like rose pearls.
Eastern ladies are quite particular to
have their nails manicured at least once
week.
Don't you think lady can manicure
her nails at home just as well as to have
professional treat them?" was asked
of handsome brunette, who, comfort
ably enscounced amid several elder
down pillows. was reading "John Ward,
Preacher" while awaiting her turn.
ooh, yes, | suppose So," she said Ian
guidly. lifting her long silken lashes,
''but it's so soothing to the nerves to
have your hands trimmed and brushed
and perfumed by some one whose bust
ness it is to know all about such things.
You know women like to be cared for
and waited upon. wish | were in an
Oriental court and had a half-dozen
maids to look after my toilet. Lite
wouldn't be such a bore as it is in Min
neapolis." was the frank avowal of this
American girl, as she settled herself
afresb to muse over theological ethics,
made enchanting from the certainty
that no such experience would befaH
beauty and wealth, as personated by
herself.
Ladies having a manicure form a
good illustration of human perversity
Here is weighty dowager. whose hands
in her youth made intimate acQuaint-
ance with the scrubbing brush and dish
pan. Now, after years of prosperity.
the hands are-nOt fat, of courSe-but
plump, their nails remaining broad and
blunt. as of yore. The little manicure
industriOusly pOlishes and trims those
nails to some semblance of artistic
shape. But the dowager may be heard
directing IN shrill tones; ''NOw don't
trim my nails to a point. / want them
way. You don't understand how | want
them at ALL"
So she goes away with ner nails and
hands looking as stubby and common
place as before. But she has had her
own way, and woman is ever happy
wren that result is accomplished.
The artistic and aesthetic damsel per-
sists in having her rOseate' nails trimmed
to look like tabby's claws, and then
wonders why people don't like to shake
hands with her. Occasionally the sensi-
BILE girl says: Now, just trim my nails
any way you like, SO long as you make
my hands look graceful and pretty"
That is Just how they look when the
manicure finishes.
But al good things come to an end.
So one by one the pushes and furs are
donned there is a ripple of laughter
and gossip in the corridor, and the
coterie have scattered to fresh fields
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