Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-24
MEN WITH PRETTY NAILS.
There Arc Plenty Of Them to he Seen In
Washington.

"Men are no longer ashamed to have
their nails attended to-" said - fashion,
able manicure specialist to a Washing
ton Star reporter. Eyes, indeed, they
used 10 be very much so. Fourteen
years ago, when | first came To WASH
ington, my occasional male customers
were wont to dodge into my shop in o
smeaking way, as if they feared detec-
ton i'm the act. Let your fingers rest
in this little basin of warm water, II
you please. But, as i was about to
say, that has all changed. Very many
gentlemen. about half ms many as ladies',
come TO me TO have their hands treat
ed. Nor, if they happen to be seen here
by any Of their friends, do they feel
abashed.
"You see people have come to con-
slider il as much a matter of course TO
have their nails attended 10 as 10 have
their teeth kept in order. Once upon a
time il was regarded as nothing out OF
the way to have decayed teeth, and
toothaches were a common complaint.
Let me take your hand and dry il in
this towel, so. | have quite n little
arsenal of weapons, you observe, Tor
pairing the nails and other necessary
operations. Take notice how delicate
Nv these little curved scissors can be
employed to trim away little bits OF
superfluous skin around the nails. As
! was remsrking, it is the thing now
to have the hands manicurcd. The
most fashionable people have their
nails put in order regularly once q
week.
1.-The art of manicuring originated in
France and was brought TO this
try about tittecu yUarss aSu- n httso
while before that it had become the
fashion on this side of the water. for
ladies particularly, to possess sets OF
tools for improving their own nails.
II you were TO have ar opportunity OF
comparing the nails of well-bred peo-
pie to-day with those of a generation or
two ago YOU would be astonished to
find what an improvement there has
been. Now that / have made the
tins of your nails nicely rounded and
smooth-edged by rubbing with this
bit of emery cardboard it is time for
you to put your hand back into the
water for a moment. Then this young
lady will finish it while begin on the
other hand. When two of MS work
together in this way we can finish with
a person IN twenty minutes, whereas
it would take me an hour TO do it
alone.
French people are always more
| careful about little matters of personal
neatness than the English or Americans
that is, the gently folks are at all
events. My best customers to-day are
foreigners of the legations. 1t is they
who have done most TO make manicur-
ing fashionable in Washington. A
good many people, especially ladies.
come TO me every fortnight or SO TO
have their t~oenails attended 10. No,
it is not usually because they have
anything the matter with them, but
merely for the luxury of the thing and
the beutifying 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 hat it is to ac-
complish with a few moments Of at.
tion each day. pushing the skin back
around each nail whenever the hands
are washed and trimming them care
fully. The finest manicuring imple-
ments are imported from Europe.
Now | will give the nails of your
other hand a final polishing and you
will be finished. DO they not look
nicclyi"