The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-14
THE HANDS IN WINTER.
How They May he Kept From Chap
ping.


Most women whose hands are now
occasionally exposed to the weather in
winter suffer from chapping, says the
Chicago Chronicle, or, what is almost
equally as bad, the hands become red
and swollen. The chief reason for
these annoying but common accompa-
I niments OF cold weather is that the
skin, losing its elasticity because of
a lack of natural secretion at a time
that atmospheric conditions do not in
duce perspiration, become unduly dry
and contracted, and so Is liable to
crack 1t is tender skin that will
do this because tender skins are thin
and delicate and cannot stand what
rougher ones WILL
Another cause Is carelessness In dry
ing the skin after washing 1t, partic-
ularly II 1t Is washed Immediately be-
fore going out into the open air or d.
rectly after coming in.
Very many persons in cold weather
dare not wash their hands either be-
fore going out or Immediately after
coming in. for II they do, even though
the water they use be warm, their
| skin will burn so as to be painful, and
| II VIII look red besides.
They may avoid such an annoyance
| IL they will rub on the hands little
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remain on a moment or so and then
remove 1t with a soft, old handker-
chiefs, either OF silk or cambria.
Another delightful emollient for the
hands, arms and neck is fine oatmeal.
Put 1t into flannel bag boil II and
then place II in the water intended for
, ablutions, or 1t may be kept dry in
Jar on the toilet table and some rubbed
on the hands whenever they are wash
ed. Honey rubbed into the skin still
wet. drying 1t in as the skin Is dried.
is also a. preventive of chapping.
II hands were dried more carefully
there would be less roughness OF the
skin. A good plan is 90 dry the
hands well, after using the towel, with
an old, soft silk handkerchief, which
will absorb any moisture left.
Glyeerine is an old friend, but as
alone 1t Is irritating to moist skins 1t
should be diluted with rose water or
pure water-one part of glycerin to
three parts of rose water II about
one dram of acetic acid is used to one
ounce of glycer1n 1t helps to remove
almost any stains from the hands.
IL a woman is wise she will take
the precaution to wear gloves when
busting a room or doing any kind of
work that will soil her hands.
Not every woman can have perfect
hand, but every woman can have a
beautifully kept hand. The perfect
hand, according to Firenzuola, an
Italian author OF the sixteenth GEN.
fury, who wrote a Dialogue on the
Beauty of Women" has fingers long,
slender, tapering somewhat toward the
tip. The nails should be transparent,
like pale rubies among pink roses and
leaves of pomegranate flower, not
long, not round nor altogether square,
but of fair shape and with very
slight boss. uncovered. clean and
we'll kept, so that at the base the lit
tie white crescent is visible.
Above, beyond the flesh of the fin
ger, an edge should be seen as wide as
a small knife Is thick, without the
smallest suspicion OF black at the tip.
And the whole hand must be OF a ten
der, firm surface, as though 1t were Of
fine silk or of the softest cotton.
Tapering fingers are Indispensable to
the perfect hand. eauty often takes
great pains to acquire this shape. Nine.
Patterson Bonaparte's hands and arms
were celebrated for their beauty-a
beauty preserved even to extreme old
age.
In order to keep their shape and color
she wore long gloves continuously day
and night and at night she also wore
ten little thimble-shaped caps Of sill
yer. which kept her fingers finely tap
ering.
Queen Victoria was also noted for
the beauty of her hand and arm. Age
is no wise affected the beautiful curve
of wrist, which was not the least at
tractive feature OF her remarkable
hand and arm.
An old writer, talking about Mary
Stuart, tells how beautiful and white
were her hands. and adds that when
she was in trouble they looked very
pathetic and helpless against her black
gown.