Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-31
MEN WITH PRETTY NAILS.
How People in Washington Have Thel
Hands Pint In Ordar.

How People in Washington Have Their
Hands Put In Order.
"Men are no longer ashamed to have
their nails attended to- said fashion
able manicure specialist. Eyes, indeed,
they used to be very much so. Fourteen
years ago, when l first came to Wash
ington, my occasional male customers
were wont to dodge into my shop in a
sneaking way, as if they feared detec-
ton 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 gentle
men. about half as many as ladies, come
to me 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 con-
slider 1T as much a matter of course to
have their nails attended to as to have
their teeth kept in order. Once upon a
time it was regarded as nothing out of
the way to have decayed teeth, and
toothaches were common complaint.
Let me take you in and dry it in this
towel, so. l have quite little arsenal
of weapons, you observe, for pairing the
Take notice how delicately these little
curved scissors eau be employed to trim
away little bits of superhuous skin
around the nails. AS was remarking,
it is the thing now to have the hands
manicured. The most fashionable peo-
pie have their nails put in order regu-
Iarly once a week.
1.-The art of manicuring originated IN
France, and was brought to this coun-
try about fifteen years ago. A little
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 If
you were to have an 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 tips
of your nails nicely rounded and
mooth-edged by rubbing with this bit
of emery cardboard it is time for you to
put your hand back into the water for
m oment Then this young lady will
finish it while / begin on the other
hand. When two of us work together
in this way we can finish with person
in twenty minutes, whereas it would
take me an hour to do it alone.
French people are always more care
full about little matters of personal
neatness than the English or Ameri-
cans-that is the gentle 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 toenails attended to. No, it
! is not usually because they have any
thing the matter with them, but
merely for he luxury of the thing and
the identifying effec. on the feet.
After person has had the nails of his
hands put in order once, an inclination
is naturally felt to keep them so. It is
surprising how easy that it is to ac-
conplish with a few moments of at
tention each day. pushing the skin
back around each nail whenever the
hands are washed and trimming them
carefully. The finest manicuring i'm
plements are imported from Europe.
Now, l will give the nails of your other
hand a final polish and you will be
finished. Do they not look nicely?'-
Washington Star.