Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-07

Coombs of New York / have not decided
! yet which l think the most striking thing
about him-whether it is that wonderful
red necktie, his silvery hair or his exqul-
sitely manicured hands. You don't catch
him smashing any of the rules of etiquette
by cleaning his nails with his tooth pick,
as l saw Mr.. Simpson of Kansas doing one
cay. Gen. Bingham of PENNSYLVANIA is
another gentleman who never offends the
canons of good taste by cleaning his nails
in public; I'm pretty sure his are attended
to by professional. Mr.. Baily of Texas is
as careful of his nails he is of that i'm
maculate shirt front and the smoothness Of
his foot ball hair"
Your Mr.. Duburow has beautifully kept
hands, Elaine, observed Bobbie, suddenly
which remark about paralyZed Elaine.
My Mr.. Duburow! Why, 1 never spoke
to the man in my life!" she demonstrated
well, he represents YOUR 'deestrict
she retorted, gleefully.
Il rise to a question of the highest privi-
lege," interposed Louise. Everybody is
out of order. | asked a simple question
about what to do to keep my hands from
looking as though L scrubbed floors for a
living, and you all are discussing the mer-
its and dement's of men who make part of
their toilets in public. 1t isn't nice of them,
l must admit, but goodness knows they
need some distraction, or they would go
crazy in the midst of all that turmoil /
wonder if Mr.. Crisp doesn't wish that the
governor of Georgia had appointed Mr.. Reed
to the Senate instead of himself 1t wouldn't
be half as interesting In the House though.
with Mr.. Reed out of it. l think"
Biting the Nails Cure.
rs that germane to the subject?" asked
Dorothy, mlschlevously. OF course the
girls all laughed, for they know that Louise
would rather talk politics than eat.
Il yield fifteen minutes of my time to the
lady from Chicago" she said in true con-
gressional style. as she dropped among the
cushions by Noras side. Then 1t will be
time to adjourn
1 don't think that 1 have any sovereign
remedy for the hands, except it be to give
them the same care that one does the other
points OF ones toilet" began the lady from
chicago. Il do know, however that with
proper care you can break yourself of bit
ing your nails, and at the same time soften
ana smooth your hands till you would hard
~ know them yourselves. Mothers are to
blame when children grow up with a pro-
pehsity TO bite their nails. If the skin is
Kept pushed Clearly back at the root from
infancy up no child will feel an inclination
to bite its nails. If this is neglected the
SKIN adheres to the root and as it grows
out 1t pulls the skin and breaks it. forming
those painful things called hangnails The
ulsagreeable sensation this causes makes
the child put its fingers in its mouth ana
tne hrst thing you know the nails are nib
Dled back to the quick You cant see tha
half moon on Rose-in- blooms nails at Ali
ana consequently they would look stubby
even II they were not bitten Off If she will
SOAK tnem well in warm, soapy water and
press all that dead skin back and keep that
up for month, she will never think of hit
ing her nails again, unless she neglects to
attend to them. The nails should be mani
cured by that l mean trimmed, the skin
showed back from the roots and then pol-
lsned well at least once week l like to
pollsh mine little every morning.
III you can afford it, a professional can
Tx up your nails once month, but it is
not necessary; you can do it as we'll as
most OF them and a great deal better than
the average. Always use the best of soap
cheap soap is sure to make your skin
rougn. WASH your hands we'll with the
nan brush, and then rinse the soapy water
OH and dry thoroughly. A mixture of bay
rum and glycerine or of glycerine and rose
water in equal parts is one of the cheapest
ana simplest remedies that / know for
rough hands Put it on at night after wash
ing the hands. as l have suggested / have
been told that men are quite fastidious
ABOUT the appearance of woman's hand.
ana that they are inclined to think that a
woman who is careless in attention TO her
nails will not make an economical wife. 1t
Is an odd idea. but am not sure that there
is not ground for such an opinion A We
man who is untidy in her person would not
make a good housekeeper and a woman
VINO is tidy would keep her nails in good
shape Then there is the matter of protect
ing one s hands when out of doors.
The Use OF Gloves.
There is no more reprehensible breech
in public ungloved. Some women outrage
all rules of good taste by going barehanded
for the express purpose of displaying their
handsome rings. l once woman who
compromised matters by wearing her rings
on the outside of her gloves If the ring
must be displayed l think 1 prefer this
method When gloves first came into favor
they were themselves jeweled, and later
they had holes left in the lower part of
the finger for the enormous rings that
Elizabeth had gloves like that, but 1t is
a vulgar love of display that leads to the
adoption of such a fashion,
gloves cost such an awful lot of money
Elaine" complained Nora. Nearly the
think"
Il can easily believe that" was the
smiling reply. Mine would cost me a
fortune if used them as you do. and most
girls are quite as careless. Gloves are not
made of cast iron nor of rhinoceros hide.
They are made of delicate skin that re-
quires careful treatment; you handle them
as though they were indestructibe India
rubber. 1 always buy good gloves, and
then / know that they will hold their shape
to the very last. l shun glove sales for
there is always a good reason for selling
gloves at loss and the shopkeeper is
not the one who is going to do the losing.
Cheap gloves are not made of kid. but of
inferior skins, and those that are not ruin
ed in the cutting and making are spoiled
in the dyeing; add to this sewing with
get your moneys worth at any price I
buy reliable makes of gloves that are war
ranted, and / always have them fitted. If
the thread starts at single seam or If
they pull little crooked anywhere 1 will
not have them, for they are not selected.
and the shopkeeper is simply palming off
poor gloves on you. L am as careful to
have my gloves fit easily as am my Shoes
for a tight glove will make one supremacy
miserable. l always use glove powder, and
put my gloves on as carefully after they
are mended as before.
As to Mended Gloves.
81 take them off by turning them wrong
side out; 1t is only on the stage that so
cicty' people tug their gloves off as though
they were skinning a fish, After my gloves
are off, 1 pull the fingers in shape and blow
in the hand: that nils the glove out, and /
leave il to ii y for a few moments, then /
pull the fingers fiat and lay them away in
the long glove box, or sachet l never fold
or roll a glove up. If my gloves are Soiled
when l remove them / put them away till
1 can clean them. l never wear a soiled
glove nor a glove with a rip in 1t, but /
wear it as long as l can patch or mend II.
l think it was in one of those remarks able
literary productions of Mr.. Ward McAllis-
ter that l read that no lady would wear
a E1ended glove He evidently knows only
those women who love to display their
wealth il clothes that smell of the shop
AMI from which the new never has a
chance TO wear. sensible woman never
wastes anything, be she rich or poor; and
if the chamberlain of the four hundred cd
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