The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-05
WHITE HANDS.
If You Would Keep Yours In Gondi.
lion Folio wing These Instructions.

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lion roiio wing These Instructions.
The summers sun, golhng and tennis,
and yachting and rowing, make a deli
cate white feminine hand as brown as
that of a worker in q bayfield,. There
are some people who take pride in these
signs of outdoor enjoyment. but the
average woman prefers to keep her
hands in a dainty condition. Tan and
sunburn certainly coarsen. as well as
discolor. the skin A little care of the
hand. however, will keep the flesh white
and soft. and the nails we'll rounded and
polished. and give the hand that appear
ance that is a sure Indication of refine
ment.
Today a well-cared-for hand is not
N Indication of a useless woman, but
rather of one who has learned to pre-
serve her hands by careful m-anicuring.
The well-bred woman never uses tight
gloves. Nothing is more indicative of
the backwoods breeding than the crush
ing of the hands N a glove two or three
sizes too small-a fallacy of our grand
mothers. The glove today Is fitted COM
fortably to the hand. All the best MAX
ers of gloves make a variety of widths
as we'll as a variety of sizes-a long
fingered as we'll as a short-fingered
glove. so that it is IN easy matter to fit
the hand, though one does not keep a
mode N Paris.
If the hands are kept in a perfectly
healthy condition by avoiding tight
gloves. it is not difficult to keep them
white and soft. though one may engage
in a variety of household tasks. To whit
en- the hands which nave become dis
colored by the sun and wind. nothing is
better than the old-fesh.oned mixture
of honey, lemon juice and cologne water.
This may be kept mixed in a ~fanciful
little Jar on the toilet table for the pur-
pose. Just before retiring, wash the
hands In warm water, using white Cas-
tile or some other pure soap. Among the
French soaps. the iettu~a o and that
fragrant CONNECTION of odors called Bris-
as de la Parnpas are especially soothing
to the skin. Do not on any account. use
any of the cheap scented soaps. Where
economy must be consulted white Cas-
tile is tine only safe soap. The thorough
washing and stearning of the hands, Is
clean. ard they must be th~orougriy
clean before any SINE or bleacher
of the skin may be applied effectually.
A cold cream made of oil of almonds is
Invaluable for sunburn. and It Is very
easily made.
Purchase from the druggist half an
ounce each of white wax and ~rna
and four ounces Of Oil of almonds. Put
them in a marmafade jar and set them
in a pan of warm water. Let the water
gradually simmer around them until the
wax and sperma ceti are melted into the
oil of almonds. Then add two ounces of
violet extract, and pour the mixture INTO
a porcelain Jar with a cover. Set this in
cold water for its contents TO harden;
Keen il covered to prevent the violet
extract from e~vaporating. This is much
better than the cheap cold cream COM
~rc-ly sold in shops. which is made from
lard.
When the hards are white. but In
cIined to be hard, they may be. render
ed soft simnly by the use of glycarine;
When this is irritsttng TO the sktn, 1t
OUGHT to he diluted with. one-nalf us
blrik of rosewater. Coat the hand tnnr-
oughly with his glycer'ne and sprinkle
| them with oatmeal lust before retiring
end wesr a nair Of wash-leather-- gloves.
Take rare always that. the hands. ave
been thnrorIgh1y washed and steamed in
| the beginning. A hran.ooultice was a
| famn11s remedy. used for 'tan by the
hea Of olden times. who took great
eare TO keep their necks and arms fair
| and free from tan or sunburn. rms
| n~or,It,ce is etill used by rnan.tcures. II IS
made of EQUAL parts of g,veerine ina
hran. heated IN with 2 ntae holllne
bread ard milk p~ouItice. i should be
onni;a5 freely over the hauds. end. COW
ered Nv > pair Of gloves fastened, frmlv
aro,nd the wrists. Otherwise the bran
no;gbt dry and sift ont. Where the arms
bnt.a become tanned, It Is a rood nlan
III annIy this poultice, coverins tram
WITH a long Da3r of nr~oHsnuet|l re
| o}oyas. which nav have aI~aady oone
service in evening