The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-15
FADS IN MANICURING.
BUSINESS MEN WHO DEVOTE ~rv.
DAY To NAILS.
Fcfhses and FancIes In rolfshtnx
and Sharpening the Naiis-Mans-
csres Muss Have A Good Menu
cries A Rarb~rs--A Grovvinx Pro-
fesatea for Women.

There are two OF them now. two visiting
manscures. and they SO about together
making hands beautiful. where only one
went heretofore.
People complained that mantcurtrr
took 200 long. that they had 10 give up tao
much time to it said the senior partner.
now Jessie does one hand of a customer
while do the other. and the time is short
ened Just one-hals."
"of course. We couldn't do II II we didn't
work exactly alike" pat IN the younger
girl. hut Miss NJ. taught me- and now I
am sais expert as She
Do YOU have many customerss" she
was asked
An we can attend 10. and particularly
on Sundays. business men are az leisure
then, and they like To have their hands
done without the Trouble OF gciug out to IA
manicures. A great many ladies, also.
put OF having their nails attended To until
We 80 on Sunday morning to do their has
bands Often the children la the family
are manicured at the same time
do we have trouble with the ..hiidrans
Very seldom. except that they gee tired OF
sitting still. A great many children ara
given into our charge because they bita
their nails. Manicursng liz a sovereign care
Tor that A lady said the other day that
she had put hitter aioes ON her little girls
fingers and had tried everything she ever
had heard Of to prevent the childfs nib
bling her nails. and that nothing stopped
her until her hands were put in our care.
Is II the powder we put ON the nailse
No. she would not mind that IL she could
stand bitter afoes. Nanicuring makes tina
nail so firm and smooth that there Is
nothing for her TO catch hold OF 20 bite
IL takes a great deal Of practice and
deal OF patience 10 make a good mani
cure. she went on. Some girls never
can learn. A manicure must have good
memory. Some customers like their nails
pointed and others like them rounded:
some want them cut Just as short IA can
be- and others want them left rather long.
BY the second or third time we work for
them We have found out their preferences.
and IL would never do TO forget and fsx A
man $ nails square who wanted them oval
or give them high polish IL he wanted
them dull"
do many men like their nails poll
ished?'
Not many. In fact. the majority CT
our customers prefer that their banda
should not show the touch of manicure
at all They would rather have people
think that they took care OF their nails
themselves
why is II that some manicures charge
more for doing mems hands than for do
ing women,s?"
Simply because they think the men
have more money to spend. or that they
will be more liberal. Mems hands are no
harder TO work with. In fact, many men
Keep their hands heater than women do
l know the moment I look AT a hand
whether will have trouble with IL or MOI.
The hands OF fair person with a thin
skin are likely To bleed easily, and | am
very particular about cutting the cuticie
around the base of such a nail. Hands
"A Fs a. ian ma IA
lessness- Another person with a strong.
somewhat tough skin can bear hard treat
ment. and his nails will be all the better
for II.
There are a number of manicurcs going
about who really have neither skin nor
Judgment. They take few lessons buy
the requisite implements and start out IN
the business without having had practice
enough TO know anything about IT. They
get along somehow, because their charges
are less than the best manicures charge.
This treatment OF the hands certainly
grows In popularity. The rooms of a
reputable specialist In Broadway are
thronEed every afternoon with business
men. patrons who stop In to be attended
on their way uptown. and there are APP
pointments for every interval In the day
man seated In front OF a manicure
table. with an energetic young manicure
on each side OF him. rubbing and trimming
and fling his nails. makes an interesting
picture
DO we have fussy people." repeated a
manicure giri In response to the question.
Well occasionally; some have pet fingers
that they want shaped differently from
the others. Other customers insist uron
our holding the scissors the way they
think they should be held, and then COM
plain that we hurt them. Some ffckle pea
pie change their style OF nail every few
weeks One lady who has been coming
here steadily for three years has never
been pleased yet I have never known a
man to be fussy."-New York Tribune.
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