The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-12
IDEAS tor 1Wolnen.

saess are few women who are not abb,
to have beautiful hands If they will onls
give time and intelligent Thought to tn,
subject.
Next in CHARM, to, a beautiful face is {
well-kept. soft. eakin hand. Yes
speaking--for a clever, woman can pu'
as much expression into a well-Srained
graceful hand as she throws into her eye.
or mouth.
One cannot have a pretty hand. how.
ever. unless one is willing to cultivate
il and keep it ever in good condition
Eternal vigilance is the price of mors
things than liberty. and a beautiful hand
may be placed in the category.
First. the requirements of the hand
should be ascertasned. for. what wou.d
suit the skin and halls of one person
would be entirely unfit for those of an
other. No two skins are just alike. One
is fine. the other is coarse. while a third
is all notified and queer looking. And
every kind Of skin, be it commonplace or
only queer" requires different treat
ment. If people only knew this many
an otherwise pleasant looking skin would
be saved from the ruinous application of
a variety Of harmful things they have
been rubbed upon them.
First and foremost for a soft. white
hand. a healthy tone Of body is neces-
ssry. One should eat nourishing foods
and drink plenty of liquids, not only at
meals. but between them. Lack of nour-
ish,nent produces those fabby. loose-skin-
ned haras that one finds so unpleasant
10 shake.
Now. as to what to use on the skin.
For rcd. rough hands glyeerine should
never be used. It increases the redness
and clogs up the pores of the skin. For
a hard of this description a pomade can
be usad which is made OF cueumbers. Cut
into try p Gees a pound and a half of
peeled cucumbers. add a pound of highly
clarified lard. some new milk and four
teaspoonfals of white honey. Let this
simmer gently over a slow fire for ten
hours. then squeeze through q muslin
Ieg or fire sieve and press into a pot.
Bathe the hands in very warm water,
wipe them very dry. rubbing softly, not
roughly, ard then rub the pomade in
slowly and gently
Fer a smooth, c-lose-grained skin. gly-
cer.ae ard rcse-wster is q splendid ONT
i4ens. 3notaer nonie-made pognaee is this:
Bitter almond. four ounces; honey and
gly1erine. four tea~spoonfuis: yolks of
u sO&A See-@ . AA-@O@ SGtE kt-@ArA 1fA-At NAtA
de. cologne and lemon Juice, Two ounces.
Sleeping gloves must pc worn at night,
as they are great ads to the softenins
process. ard also as a matter of clean
Iness. These gloves can be bought a.
a yeryttrafling outlay, and should not only
lie Wei ventilated. but SHOULD be several
lines 700 large, so that there is no pres
sure. C~1t-off kid stoves are often used
by tFt economical. pu. they are rarely
loe<e enough to allow the ~uniinpeded cir
e~aiation eff b,acd tnat is SO necessary for
q gocd co-dit on.
1ne pea,aae should be well anbsd in
10 the hands before the glove is put on.
A better pan. however. and one widely
adopted by women Of fashion. is TO turn
the gloves inside out. rub them well with
Geld cream or pamade. ard then slip the
hand iato the covering thus prepared
1sr 1t.
TIE housekeeper who does ner own
heuscwe-N before the many requirements
OF her daily rounds Of duties almost de-
spa rs OF having q hand fair to look
upon. If she will be careful to use
gloves whenever she sweeps or does any
CT the rougher work. and gives the
nightly attention described above. she
may nave narcs as fair and trim as the
ialest Of her sisters. lne of her duties
the Washing of disfics-is a decided pro-
moter of softness, and il she VIII be care
full TO wipe the hands perfectly dry after
eaen dish-washing occasion she will find
one case at least where duty means
beatiss.
AS TO the nails. it will repay even the
most economical woman to let a manicur-
ist care for her nails until they are in
excellent condition. After tisat she can
take charge of them herself, and by the
daily touching up keep them up to the
mark. The careful pushing back OF the
skin so as to uncover the pretty half
moon. OF white should be done daily.
Hanging pieces of flesh must be cut away,
ard the nicely shaped nail must be rub
bed brlsksy every morning with a piece
Of channels. in order to preserve the de-
: red polish. Andslast. but not least. re-
member to keep the hands always warm.
Nothing cuts and d~fsfigures them like
Geld, and nothing IS SO beautifying as
heat. 1t is said that certain Partisan
bellies sleep with their hands inclosed in
tiny mnffs made for the purpose. Con-
tinuous warmth is absolutely necessary
for a perfect condition.
t"Tne old fashioned prejudice against
pads has lately all but disappeared. L
can assure you said a little dealer in
handmade stays, because nearly all
women use some padding now, and be-
cause of the beautiful French stufing
iInported for the purpose. Every corse-
t.ere is ready to youch that only one
figure in a dozen is withonti what we
cal holes and humps, though the pos
SCISSORS thereof nay be plump as part
ridges.
Gown about the hips, along tine snoul-
der blades, and under the arms too
rrany persons are radly filed out or
roughly seooped in, and all these short
comlngs the corset maker remedies with
clever little French pads. They are
made of the finest, hghtest curled hair.
much of it human. stitched into linen
covers, and all ready to be Incorporated
into the corset.
In Paris they manufacture and send
over thousands Of them in all shapes
and sizes, following with absolute per-
lection the who'll anatomy of the body
from hips to shoulder blades.
For a very thin woman we can wad
in the hips ard bust, making them APP
pear as del.cately curved. softly round
ed, as If nature had done 1t herself. and
defy an artist. to tell where the simu-
lated flesh was laid on.