St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-05-06
HINTS FOR THE TOILET.
Some Valuable SuHEestl0ns for the
the Care or the Hands and
the Hair.

women with pretty hands usually
take better care Of them than those
that are not 20 blessed. However, most
any woman can escape having atten
tiUn drawn to the fact that her hand:
are not especially beautiful by taking
care Of them ana making them as pre-
sentable as possible. In the first place,
in order to make them limber-a word
you know. that is the first cousin to
grace-the fingers should be exercised
every day by doubling them up to a
fist. then opening them, and stretching
them out as far as possible. Repeat
this movement one hundred times
counting three each time the fingers
change position.
At night the hands should be soaked
in very warm soap suds. made from
pure CASTLE or olive oil soap. After
this they should be carefully dried, us
ing almond meal or oatmeal to render
them relvety. Their they should be
rubbed very thoroughly with lanoline.
This can be bought in bulk at the drug
stores in whatever quantity is desired !;
or it can be sbough, in preparation
which is a better way 10 use ii. Lano-
line is pronounced bv physicians to be
a pure and excellent skin food. After
THIS is rubbed in ths hands should be in
serted in loose air of kid gloves over
night. In the morning wash carefully
and dry with almond meal. OF course
it is not nect ssary TO rub in the lanoline
every night Of one's life. After the
hands are once put in condition. it is
not difficult to keep them so.
The skin about the nails should be
pressed well back. using a dull instru-
ment that will rot cut nor irritate it.
The crescent at the bottom of the nail
gauges the distance at which the skin
should be pressed back, as this should
always be in sight.
\ good recipe for making rough or
hard hands soft, and also for whitening
them, is to take one cake of tallow
three inches square. one cake of bees
wax one inch square and piece Of cam
phor gum the size of hickory nut.
Melt and mix. When cool rub on the
hands. using plenty Of it. draw on
pair of gloves for the night This is
also excellent for chapped hands.
why. how awfully thin your hair is
getting!" Every now and then some
supposedly helpless woman hears that
remark addressed to her. She looks
up in defeated kind Of way and says:
Il know it is. but don't know what to
do about it,
The difficulty usually lies not 50
much in the fact that she cannot help
herself. but that she negIects to do so.
This is deplorable mistake, as moth
ing adds so much to a woman's beauty
as lovely coiffure: in fact some women
almost gain a reputation for being
beautiful solely because of it.
In the first place great care should
be taken in the shampoo-that no in
furious ingredients are used. and also
that the hair is dried in the sun. fanned
dry. or at least by a process that does
not scorch it. Drying quickly by great
heat is ruinous. Then. too, it must be
that shampoo mixture
that is excellent for blonde may be
very bad for brunette. For instance,
ordinary washing SODA dissolved in the
water is good for very light hair. 1t
1oes not take the life out of il as does
peroxide of hydrogen-it bleaches it
Just slightly. 1t costs but few cents
/ pound. and if not used too strong is
not injurious. However. it can easily
De seen that this would not do at all
,or brunette, as it would fade the hair. |
I the hair is split at the ends it should
,e cut off an inch or two. as the split
ing shows that the roots are not able |
o nourish its full length.
Brushing the hair is excellent for it, |
md essential for its life and gloss. If
t is inclined to drop out, make solu-
ion of one pint of alcohol. one-half-
lint rain water and s5 cents worth of
Iuinine. Apply every night. This is
| long tried and excellent rtmedy.
Where badness makes its appe arance
AXE one quart of pure water and let it
ome to boil. Remove from the fire
nd add FIVE cents worth of glycerin
nd five cents worth of spirits of cam
,hor. Bottle for use. Rub well into
he scalp before retiring. This is excel
ent for badness and to prevent hair
rom falling out.-Detroit Free Press.