Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-22
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valuable for the same purpose
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70 render them Thick and ugly. and 70 Leave
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GREASE their tendency TO brittlsns.a
Sit down At Least for quarter Of a. hour
With yos,r rnanieurius implements. ssmAl
howl Of warm water, 3 soft napkin or towel
and have ready good soap and well made.
firm nail brush
Tepid water and good unscented soap
should be used to wash the hands, while II
RIycerine agrees With you . little applied
% the finger nails and back Of the hand
(wet) il always soffsninS in eject
File each side of the top of the nail slight
", rub with the emery paper, taking care
never to use file or emery on the dat sur
face Of the nail, after which little PAnga
or cold cream Eiay Be well rubbed In
Rsst the fingers Of one hand for fsw
moments in the bowl Of water; dry them
softly and quickly, then with the little
scissors trim the nails at each side, cutting
them all around. once . week being sum
Gent
II the hands have to be plunged into hot
water q little club moss powder rubbed
over them in advance will be found an ex-
celIent preventative Of the skin, a. it keeps
them more or less dry, and at all events
protects the pores from too sudden relAxAr
ton and opening.
The proper nail Is clear. thin and yet
arm 1t should grow closely at the sides
Of the finger. reach just over the top 70
very long nail is most unsigh.ly, no matter
what fashion dictates) and be 50 trimmed
a. to make graceful aIch or curve at the
top, tapering down closely 1t each side
Very hot water must Dc avoided. except
in cases Of severe chapping or frostbite,
when it should only be used with glycerine
jelly, rubbed in thoroughly while the hand
il still hot, after which wash OF in tepid
water aud dry as completely as possible to
avoid redness or purplish hue TO the skin
The hands should have their own proper
exercise should be well manipulated at the
Joints once or twice at least during the day,
TO promote both frmness and supple move
nent, and although too frequent or nervous
gesticulation should be avoided, whatever
increases grace or easy motion il to Be Dc
sired and cultivated.
Where glycerine cannot be employed use
q good cold or Panga cream, rubbing it in
thoroughly, especially around the nails
where there may be any loose cuticle. At
night this application should he left on,
and if the hands are very rough wear loose
kid gloves with the tips Of the fingers cut
of, to give ventilation and prevent dry
look to nails or finger tips.
The only really necessary tools for mani
curing are the curved nail scissors, the file
(which is generally in combination with .
small BRUSH the chamois leather polisher
and strip of emery paper, half dozen OF
which can be purchased for twenty-five
cents from any professional manicure.
Some of the pink nail powder and good
Panga cream should also be ut hand
The scarf or loose skin around the edge
of the rail should not be cut unless abso-
lutely necessary, as it not only does increase
| a tendency to crack and produce hang nails.
| but it coarsens the skin and Injuries its pro
tective quality for the nail. But each day
| the scarf skin should be pushed back and
| the finger at that part carefully manipu-
lated and pressed into shape, while an ap-
| plication of Panga cream at the roots will
| in almost all cases harden and doctor q
jagged looking or loose skinned Mathew
| York Herald