Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-21
.CARlNGIFOR TIE FINGER TIPS


phia Press. The possibilities Of trans-
forming aIeally ugly hand into thing
of bsauty are greater than one would
fancy. 1t 10 like the transformation
that takes place when plain little
woman sits down beneath the arch,
skilful fingers of trained hair dresser
and observes the transition from cater
pillar to butterfly. To be an adept at
hairdressing requires natural talent
and artistic feeling that few women
possess. 10 keep the hands beautiful
and the nails good to look upon re-
quires only tho efforts of one who is
painstaking In everything she attempts,
and who loves cleanliness for cleanli-
ness sake. Unclean, ragged, coarse
finger nails are objectionable.
Maniouring methods change from
time to time. The old way OF gouging
and enipping the cutiole and torturing
the nerves passed out Of existence
several years ago, and the new French
method = which is gentleness and
daintiness itself has taken the place of
tiia more harbarous and painful manner
OF baud identifying. To do the work
thoroughly and effectively set of six
instruments,is necessary. There is the
steel file, the beyeling file of sandpapef,
an orange wood stick, scissors, polisher
and euticle knife. Tbs professional
adds to these little cushion on which
to rest her patrons hand, bowl of
water, bottle of bleach for removing
stains, and two small boxes OF jars
containing rouge and polishing pow
der These are arranged Oh table
over which has been thrown clean
white towel.
Cutting the nails makes them very
brittle, and that is why the file is pre-
ferred for shaping and trimming, But
when the nails are very long filing is
an endless and nervous task, and is
beet avoided by the use of the scissors,
following With q quick smoothing with
the file. III the file 10 used every day,
or every other day, as it should be,
trimming with the scissors will not be
necessary. When filing always 60 from
the side toward the center. Avoid
filing deeply on the sides of the nail.
as this will make it broad. By giving
1T the correct shape, the nail will be
considerably affected. and will grow
accordingly. A broad. tat nail can be
made to taper in time il it is kept we'll
rounded. A beautiful almond-shaped
nail can be made into ugly proportions
by incorrect treatment. The long nail,
or, worse still, the sharp-pointed nail,
Is never permissible Follow the lines
of the ends OF the fingers as much as
| possible, allowing only the center of the
nail to show beyond the finger tip.
To avoid splitting of the nail follow
the first filing with the use of small
beyeling file, which will remove all the
little rough places left by the larger
one, This file is madeeof sandpaper
and Is rounded at the ends. When each
| finger has been treated carefully the
hand should be dipped in a small bowl
| filled With warm suds and kept there
while the other hand ia ceing treated.
Five minutes is long enough for the
hand to stay In the water, as longer
soaking will make the nails too soft to
handle vol. 1t is preferred for that
reason TIC do the fling first. White
CASTLE soap is generally used for the
suds. IN alta H }
Beaches for the nails can be pur-
chased at any drug store, hut simple
one can be prepared at, home by mix
Ing one tablespoonful of rose water with
an equal amount of lemon juice. Din
an orange wood stick In the bleach,
and with it 60 carefullylabout the base
of the nail and under it, When push
ing back the cuticle beVery gentle, as
the tender flesh Is extremely sensitive.
Do not touch the scissors to this cuticle,
except ms it is necessary to remove
hangnails.3 Ii the cuticle is lifted care
fully with the orange stick every morn
| ing, Just after the hands have been
bathed, and il it is pushed back gently
with an old soft towel, the rough,
harsh flesh will disappear entirely in
time. Nothing is gained by cutting it
away, and the shipping is nerve trying
beyond everything to woman of quick
senses. Cold cream or white vaseline
should be applied every night and the
cutiole knife called into play every
morning. BY using this the flesh can
be broken from its attachment to the
nail, but by no means let the flesh be
bruised or broken in the work. The
base Of the nail needs more attention
than one would naturally suppose 1t
II an easy matter for the nail to form
an unEeautiful line at the base, and the
cuticle must be kept back in place in
a desirable curve. so that the pretty
half-moon is made as prominent as
possible. These diminutive crescents
are marks Of beauty, and, though few
of US know 1t, are really the result of
careful attention. Neglected finger
nails seldom have them. 1t is when
the cuticle it kept detached from the
nail and pushed back carefully every
day that they appear.
Who has not seen pretty hand made
hideous by nails gummed up with
lurid red rongeY This is because the
deeply tinted pastes aroused with reclS-
less generosity. Apply with the finger
barely enough to give q faint tint.
Follow with q dash of powder, aud then
polish each nail separately. Like the
filing, the movement should always be
upward toward the center. This avoids
getting the rouge and powder in the
cuticle, SO that 1t looks like a little
pink spiked fence surrounding the nail.
! After polishing, dip the finger in a
second bowl OF warm suds, and, with a
brush, remove powder and rouge. The
polishing sometimes brings up rough,
Jagged little points, and these must be
attended to with the orang stick and
the pointed scissors after the hands are
dried. An excellent polish is got by
rubbing the nails Of one hand In the
palm OF the other.
Careful treatment Of the nails does
much more than to make them beauti.
full. It keeps them in healthy condi.
tion and aids circulation. few
"don'ts'' might make this process Of
grooming simpler:
Don't cut broad nails at the sides,
even If q sharp corner must be left, as
the unbeautifnl breadth is thus en-,
couraged.
Don't polish to door knob brill
liancy. Highly polished, shimmerine
| naila ara ,,udxeirabia