Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
PROPER HANDS.
Strong, Quick and Clever Yet shapely,
Smooth and Presentable.
How to Keep the Nails Beautful-A Good
Manicure Commands Fair Price
for Little Exertlon.
BY SHIRLEY DARE.

refnements, is of French origin. The
ehiropidist was Indispensable to great
people before, as large, obese and equity
personages found 1t dificult often to see
their feet, let alone the care of them.
The chiropidist to Louis Philippe, NJ.
Slit, a clever artist in his way, con-
ceiyed that it would be an excellent
thingz;to expend the same skill on; the
Hands of high personages which we're
always in evidence, and history tells US
not always as well kept as they might
be, as was given TO the toe nails OF MS
least Christian majestysf.s That the idea
was inspired, and added one more charm
to the existence of nobility, is evident,
for no one, however bourgeois or pleps-
ian, ever submits his hands to skilful
manicure without signing to have the
operation repeated as part OF the daily
routine. So readily does luxury lay hold
on the human taste, and so true Is hous-
seau's saying that 1.-the superhuous Is
the only Indispensable. Monsieur SIT
was thorough in his craft, for his meth
DDS remain in favor with the best society
abroad to the present day. They diner
in several points from the practice OF
American manioures, and secure the oest
results in preserving the comellness OF
the hands and finger nails.
Manicuring proper includes the atten-
ton 10 the hands fully as much as the
nails, which are all the ordinary operator
| spends much care upon. So many lovely
| things have been said and sung about the
beauty of the hand; such spell lies in
| the touch, the sight of fine hand,
smooth as curd, white as bisque, soft as
| channels, that most men and women
covet to add it to their personal graces.
| For even mans hand can be strong
| and quick and clever, while yet shapely,
smooth and presentable. A woman
needs fair hands to charm with, and not
more for this than to pursue her feminine
arts of needlework, painting, and above
! all of caring for children. and the sick.
| The sweetest memory of q mother is her
gentle look, the next her kind voice, the
| third the tender, silky touch of her
| hands in WEAKNESS or illness. We talk
| of a magnetic touch, because the same
warmth and vitality which conveys feel
ing keeps the skin aIl&, and thin, because
often renewed. Constant growth, re-
newal and throwing of of tissue, Is the
condition of fine muscle and SKIN. rms
growth may be stimulated and aided by
A neglected hand y which is solely
convenience to its owner, may be sur
pt4singly improved by continuous care.
1 The first point 10 70 make sand keep it
clean. You may think your hands well
washed, yet after submitting them to q
smanicure they come out so much winter
dihRt one feels they neyefNere clean be-
4 fore. To put q careless hand in good con-
dition may require half an Shour' g work
three times week for. a fortnight, in
which time the new skin should grow
winter and finer than before.
True, 1 can quota, the example of one
| of the Four HundredS,a gentleman who
counts his descent froniSEric the Dane,
whose wife is proud of The fact that he
spends an hour daily Gazing for his hands,
which are undeniably saristocratic and
sffaultless in condition. But with most OF
BUS, life is too short and full OF pressing
duties to allow more than the minimum
of time for cares which must be repeated
datlr, and fifteen minutes day for the
hHffds is wantom waste. EVE minutes
spsnt once week trimming the nails OF
fingers and toes is all that most of us can
| afford. time being scarcer than money
But the daily toilet should be made
with military dispatch and military
neatness.
Soak iIl-kept hands in hot bathing soar
suds with half teaspoonful of borax IN
the water, which acts wonderfully in re-
.IneYing CRIME. The hotter the water
fss8 sooner it will remove CRIME and OLD
| particles. / think the use of stiff brush
on the back of the hands, as well as the
use of vaseline at night, fosters the
growth of hair Those who have used
the rubber hand brushes will never wani
ANYTHING else, Rubber clings to the
surface with sort of suction
and carries away every trace OF
CRIME with it. The common washing
powders of different names quickly bleach
the hands, but leave them harsh anc
dry unless rubbed with lemon juice OF
vinegar and water. A strong solution O.
oxalic acid should be Kept to remov'
deep stains which result from cutting
lsLruit or vegetables. though there are rev
which resist washing soda. There arr
! some which defy cynide OF potassium
winch will take out stains OF iodine, AMI
I line. or nitrate of silver itself. Being
most powerful poison, its use should 81
confined TO such stains as nothing els'
: will remove.
Having whitened the hands and dried
them we'll, let us proceed TO soften them
Half the harshness Of the skin comes o.
half drying hands after washing them
] aud the best use of almond meal come
lin. 1t is nice to rub on the hands Will
rinsing them, rubbing the backs with !
as If it was soap. But while the hand
N still feel moist from the towel, rub IN
dry almond meal over them, giving tn
backs little friction, and they are LEI
: in a delightful state from the soupcon o
oily powder, worked into the pores. Tn
! callous growth around the nails is to 5'
rubbed dowd with pumics-stone o
still better a hne sandstone. Or star
the emery wheel of the sewing niachin
> and rub the fingers down with 1t. Il
time the little sandstone worked by foo
power will be one OF the manicure In
! dispensable aids The small grind stone
. for kitchen use serve good purpose i
) rubbing down rough or horny hands t
, smoothness. Not only do they wear ava.
: roughness, but the friction stimulates til
J skin and supplies the hands. The Roman
knew most that was worth KNOWN
about the toilet, and they Used pumtc
aud sandstone all over their bodies TO Sc
cure the marble smoothness OF flesh "
hear OF but seldom see.
Warts ara so easily destroyed, 1t
needless to suffer from them. Touc
them repeatedly with the coiorless tinct
ure OF iodine, or with nitrate of silver
retouchsng with the latter as fast as To