Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-06
A COLUMN OF SMALL TALK.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.l

white Fortunately for these people, soft
white hands are out of fashion at present.
This is due to the fact that tennis and row.
ing are equally disastrous. But at a dinner
party, for instance, one scarcely cares to
draw off ones glove and display ten fingers
many shades darker than the white gown OF
the debutante who owns them. There are
various easy and efficacious ways of ''bleach-
ing" them. If glycerine agrees with
the skin it may be freely rubbed
upon the hands on going to bed,
and then finely powdered starch
busted over them. A pair of gloves should
be donned and worn during the night. The
result, after several repetitions, will be q
velvet-like smoothness and the removal of
several shades of tan. Great care should be
taken that the gloves worn are large, as
otherwise this process will do more harm,
than good. This is also an excellent remedy
Tor chapped hands, and q little borax, or
ammonia, or oatmeal should be used in the
washbasin. Or, if glycerine is not soothing
in its effects, some cold cream may be used
with the starch. Or try this: Two o.
each Of cologne and lemon juice and Or
powdered brown windsor soap mixed thor
onghly together. Or, IN o. lanolin in n
drachm olive oil, 80 grains salol, grains
menthol While damp, rub with powdered
starch. A stick of celery rubbed over the
hands will help to remove the odor left
from peeling onions Pumicestone is ex-
cellent for obstinate stains. Saltpetre
rubbed faithfully upon q wart will
efectually remove it; or acetie
acid carefully applied. After hand
ling odorous substances, mustard
water will cleanse the hands. The nails
may be whitened by using sliced lemon on
them at night, washing it off with warm
water in the morning. A slice of lemon
will remove stains from the hands, or salt
and lemon juice. Make a pomade for the
hands Of quarter of q pound of white
wax, one pint salad oil, the juice of two
lemons, half pound of honey. Melt the
wax and beat in the other ingredients.
Apply at night and wear large gloves to
bed. In the morning wash off with water
to which little oatmeal or bran has been
added. In the winter it is always well to
prevent rough hands by washing them in
nothing but CASTLE soapsuds and then dust
ing while damp with finely powdered
starch. Glycerine diluted with milk or
with rose water is very good, if good at
good condition. Everyone must own q
use it, too.
A venerable lady, now a resident of Har-
risburg, tell a new anecdote of the late
President Lincoln: A serenade was prof
fered him on. the occasion of his nomination
to the Presidency, at which she was present
as a neighbor In the town of Springfield.
Directly after the music, the modest little
parlor was packed full of people, while one
of the number, whose name Is forgotten,
read an elaborate speech Of congratulatiou.
The long, lank, ungainly figure of Lincoln
lurched to and fro before the reader. When
he finished there was solemn pause. 1t
was broken by the host He said: you've
got the biggest nose of any man in Illinois!"
which" says the narrator, quantity,
completely upset the stiffness of that
assemblage."
One of our bellies who goes to the theater
often has an interesting souvenir album.
On one of the large pages is pasted her pro-
gram with the names of the party written
at the bottom; opposite it is photograph
of one of the performances stars, the pict-
ure having been unmounted. In some
cases the actors autograph is appended.
A good soul who was entertaining board
ers in the Chestnut Ridge wandered into
the kitchen, one night last summer, and ac-
costed her daughter: "Mary, she exclaimed,
Eye jest oughter hear them folks go on, out
there on tn porch. Fust one'll call out, m
then another, ., look a that sunsetI Look
a. that sunset! An nothin' but TIL sun
goin' down, jest like 1t always doesr'
**x
Once upon time a SO ciety young woman
was horrlfied at discovering a faint odor
from her feet. Almost in tears, she con-
suited physician In detailing her mis-
cry, she added plaintively: Sand am
more than careful. bathe my feet at least
twice every day." "Then stop it," was
the gruff retort. "You're doing one of the
ease, and a successive washing only serves
70 aggravate it." He followed up this die
.um with specific and heroic treatment
~hlch soon did away with the complaint !
In like evil case, OF course the best thing is |
% consult ones doctor without delay. But |
t is we'll to rub the flesh of the whole body |
.fter bath with cloth dipped in little |
iiluted benzoin. This imparts to the skin |
/ delightful fresh, sweet smell, most
wholesome and cleanly. The daily bath |
nay suffice for the feet, but immersion in |
lot water is not only q sovereign remedy |
or sprain or strain upon the ankle, but,
likewise, for the ache that comes after un.
Usual standing or walking. A little borax
n the warm water also proves an invigora-
or.
Our grandmothers used to declare thev
ould tell lady by the way she held her
Meaning that it should be
rasped, after the old apptoved method, in
he center, hanging from the hand in a
apper point. Nowadays q woman thinks
he more carelessness the better. She now
lutches her umbrella through the middle
uetead of holding it gingerly by the tip
nd of the handle.
Saucy girls have way among themselves
suppressius antique anecdote that is even
lore disconcerting than the small bows
uondam chestnut bell When an old story
! INDUCED in the relater is brought to a
,nse OF her enormity by seeing another of
he company handing about what she calls
in honor Of the two hundredth
epearance.
Someone HIS described Olive Thorne
[iller, our authority on bird lore in pri-
ate, as 'as q large, motherly figure; the
'rt that wears shawl; you know there
rent many of thos. women, any more" It
not generally known that Mrs. Miller is
pronounced Theosophist
A late fad among fashionable folk is that
women devoting themselves to a sinrIe