Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-05
MEN WITS PRETTY NAILS.
sAcre are n MY ct TIer' to BE Seen In
Was ,ekngts.t.

Men are no longer ashamed 10 have
their nails attended 10. SaiJ fashion
able manicure specialist TO Washing
ton star reporter. Yes, indeed, they
used 10 be very much SO. Fourteen
stavs ago, when ! first came 20 Wash
ngton, my occasional male customers
were wont 90 dodge into my shop IN 3
,neaking way, as il they feared detec
ZION i'm the .,.. Let Your fingers TEST
~ This liJ.- Basin Of warm water. II
-lH please Iut, as ! was 2Gout TO
say, chat has MI changed. Very many
gentlemen. p bout halt as many as ladies',
come to mo to have their hands treat
ed. Nor.it they happen to be seen mere
by any OF their friends, DO they feel
aba>hed
You SEQ people have come to con.
slider X as much a matter OF course ID
aaye their nails attended % as to have
their teeth kept i'm order Once upon
time it was regarded as nothing out OF
She way &C. have decayed teeth, and
toOthachcs were a common complaint
Let me take your hand and dry IL IN
this towel. So. .haye quite a little
arsenal of weapons, You observe, Tor
pairing the nails and other necessary
operations Take notice how delicate
~ these little carved scissors can be
employed To trim away little bits of
suurrtluous skin around the nails, As
i was remarkiug, IL is the thing nov
90 have the hands manicured. The
most fashionable people have their
nails pat i'm order regularly once y
week.
The art of manicuriug originated in
France an" was brought 90 this coun-
try about fifteen years ago, A little
while before that it had become the
fashion ON this side of the water, FOX
ladies particularly. TO possess sets ct
tools for improving their own nails
Ii YOU were to have an opportunity OF
comparing the nails OF weii-ore8 eo-
pie to-day with those ola generation or
two ago YOU would be astouished 10
lind what an Improvement there has
been. Now that / have made the
ips of your nalls nicely rounded and
smooth-edged by rubbing with this
bit of emery cardboard IL is time toI
yuu to pul your hand back into the
water for a moment Then this young
lady will finish it while begin on The
other naud When two of us work
together I'M this way we can iulshwitE
a person In twenty minutes, whereas
1t wound take me an hour to do II
alone.
French people are always more
careful about little matters of personal
neaness than the English or Americans
that is, the gently folks are at ali
events My best customers to-day are
foreigners of the legations. Ii is they
who have done most 10 make mauiCur-
rg fashionable in Washington. A
good many people. especially ladies,
come to me every fortnight or SO to
have their toenails attended to. No,
~ is not usually because they have
anything the matter with them, but
merely for the luxury of the thing and
The beutifyin- effect on the feet. After
a person has had the nails of his hands
put in order once, an inclination is
naturally felt TO keep them so. 1t Is
surprising how easy that II is to nc
2omplish with a few moments Of at
tion each day, pC.hiug the skin back
around each nail whenever the hands
are washed and trimming them care
fully. The finest manieuriug impie-
ments are imported from Europe.
Now win give the nails of your
other hand a final polishing and you
will be finished. DO they not look
nirplyfn