The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

How People I'm Washington Have Thei
Hands Put In Order.


Hands Put In Order.
Washington Star
"Men are no longer ashamed to have their
nails attended TO-" said a fashionable man.
lcure specialist. ''Yes. indeed, they used to
be very much so. Fourteen years ago, when
j first came to Washington. my occasional
male customers were wont TO dodge into my
shop III q sneaking way. as IT they feared
detection in the act. Let your fingers rest
In this little basin of warm water, if you
please. But, as was about to say, that
has all changed. Very many gentlemen,
to have their hands treated. Nor. If they
happen to be seen here by any of their
friends. do they feel abashed.
''You see people have come to consider it
as much matter of course to have their
nails attended to as to have their teeth
kept in order. Once upon time 1t was re-
garded as nothing out of the way to have
decayed teeth. and tOothaches were COM
mon complaint. Let me take your hand
and dry il In this towel so. L have quite q
little arsenal OF weapons. you observe, for
pairing the nails and other necessary OPP
eratiOns. Take notice how delicately these
little curved scissors can be employed to
trim away little bits of supertiuous skin
around the nails. AS l was remarking, iJ
Is the thing now to have the hands mani
cured. The most fashionable people have
their nails put in order regularly once q
week.
1.-The art of mnicuriug originated in
France and was brought to- this country
about fifteen years ago. A little while be-
fore 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. fyOn were to have an Oppor-
tunity of comparing the nails of well-bred
people TO-DAY with those of generation or
two ago you would be ast0nishcd to find
what an Improvement there has been.
Now that have made the tips of our
nails nicely rounded and smOOthedved by
rubbing with this bit of emery cardboard
it IS time for you to put yOur hand back
into the water for moment. Then this
young lady will finish 1t while begin on
the other hand When two of us work to-
gether In this way We can finish with q
person in twenty minutes, whereas 1t
wOnld take an hour to do it alone.
French people are always more careful
about little matters of personal neatness
than the English or Americans-thati is, the
gentle folks are, at all events. My best GUS
tions. 1t Is they who have done most TO
make manicuring fashionable in Washing
ton. A good many people. especially ladies,
come to me every fortnight or so to have
their toenails attended to. No, 1t is not
usually because they have anything the
matter with them, but merely for the lux
ury OF the thing and the identifying effect
on, the feet. After person has had the
nails of his hands put in order once. an in
clnation Is naturally felt to keep them So.
1t is surprising how easy that 1t is to &C.
complish with q few moments of attention
each day, pushing. the skin back around
each nail whenever the hands are washed
and trimming them carefully. The finest
manicurlDg implements are imported from
Europe. Now 1 will give the nails of your
other hand final polishing and you will
be finished. Do they not look nioelyp