Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-02
BEAUTY OF HANDS.
How to Treat Thorn So ms to Mako Thel
Real Pretty.

How to Treat Them So rs to Mako Thorn
Real Pretty.
All the poets have written about
beautiful hands, all the painters have
given to the women who represented
their ideals the most lovely hands, and
lovers all over the world dilate on tn q
slender and aristocratic or dimpled
hands of those who ruled their hearts.
1t has been said that it takes five gen.
erations of gentle breeding to form q
beautiful hand; but this may be
doubted, inasmuch as some of the most
delicate and best-shaped hands are FIRE.
quently seen not only among women
who work, but among women who do
manual labor. But" says somebody
excepting the hands in perfect order
means great deal of trouble" Well.
it may require little thought al
first, but it is regular rather
than troublesome treatment that Il
| necessary. If your hands have gotten
into n bad condition just begin by Civ
ing them, for week or two, a bath
every night. You laugh at the idea Of
n bath for your hands, but it is n spe-
cifc kind of bath you want, for YOU
| are treating ten good little workers
and trying to get them in good condt-
| ton.
So from the druggist get enough sill
yer sand to cover the bottom of a basin,
and on this pour very hot water.
throwing in some small pieces of soap
so that lather is quickly formed
q, Then put in both hands, enduring the
| hot water, and wasping one hand over
the other for about ten minutes. After
this dry them with soft towel, press
\ ing down with it the skin that is
| around the nail, and which this treat
| ment had loosened. Then use some
pleasant cold cream. straw berry or
any other unguent that you
fancy, taking a little at a time
and rubbing it SO we'll that
your hands will entirely lose that
unpleasant, greasy feeling that often
comes. The next morning give them a
good bath in tepid water, with soap,
using the nail-brush, but not using il
too roughly. If your nails are inclined
to be brittle, rub little vaseline on
each one every night; this will soften
and whiten them and cause the often
sive skin which grows about thei1
roots, as weeds about n flower to be
easily pushed down. The professional
manicure is given to cutting this skin
do not believe in this. If it can not
|
with small towel or with small
stick, then it needs the softening treat
ment that comes from vaseline or one o.
the creams. Once You begin to cut the
skin it grows with great rapidity, and
from my own experience I can say thai
J. you will have sore and bleeding nail,
{ that are neither pretty nor necessary
: If a stain comes on your nails n little
lemon juice will quickly remove it II
your hands are inclined to get red
learn to hold them up rather than
down, and remember that tigh
lacing will not only make n red nose
but will also max red hands. A chile
has, curiously enough, a keen appreci
alton of beautiful hand and will no
ticc it and grasp for it sooner than /
. will beautiful face. You know
my dear girls. as we'll as 1 that tn
> beautiful hands in the world are thos
that are not only perfectly kept bu
which do lovely service, smoothing tn
, brow of the sick, touching gently tn
sad wounds and knowing how to ex
| press by gentle pressure that which
the lips may not speak. 1t is the heart
own way of telling of sympathy.-La
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