The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-19
Lily Hands in July Sun.


ct can forgive plain face in wo-
man. but 1 cannot forgive ugly hands"
So murmured a twentieth century So
cietv man. THE face shows intelli-
gence. even though it be plain. But
the hand. if neglected displays so
many disagreeable traits that it is posi-
lively unforgivable."
An unforgivable hand is bad thing
for any woman, not only because it is
an index to her poor personal groom
ing. but because it is not pretty to
look at
There have been many recipes given
for a pretty hand. One is that it
should have long, slender, smooth fin
gers. each one crowned with a long
pink nail.
The nail should be twice as long as it
is wide It should be pale pink, quite
pastel shade; and, at the base, there
Should be half moon of crystal color.
There is no unsightly tip upon the
perfect nail, but it is pink to the end,
except for the slightest rim of pearl.
The fingers should taper right from
the hand to the point, and the hand
itself should be firm and white, with
palm that is deep pink. The veins
should show in the back of the perfect
hand. but the backs, instead of being
knuckly, should dimple. The dimple
comes by the use of creams and proper
exercise.
The nails, besides being long and
pink and showing moon at the base,
should be cut into a pointed oval so
that the shape resembles that of a fill
bert nut
Unless the nails are long, unless they
are pink. and unless they are cut into
the long, oval shape. they will not be
pretty.
There is the nail of the business wo-
man which one sees occasionally. 1t
is cut off square like that of a mans.
But this makes the finger look stubby'
and it is not a nail that can be adj
mired
The flbert shaped nail is always be-
coming and it is a shape that can be
worn by the woman in any walk of
life. Its point is not too sharp for
daily use and it is not too difficult for
home manicuring.
The pointed nail, which is adopted by
the society woman, the woman of leis-
ure. is undoubtedly the most beautiful
of all. for it makes the fingers look
long and absolutely tapers them. But
it is difficult to preserve and unless it
is kept exact, it looks ugly.
If you are in the habit of employing
a manicure, by all means adopt the
too sharp. She viii understand how
to make it look sharp with point that
is slightly blunted.
The manicure is an excellent woman
10 patronize, providing always that she
understands her business. With good
manicure to assist you, there is no rea-
son why you or any other woman
should not have pretty nails.
The matter of caring for the hands
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that of skin treatment. No matter how
carefully the nails are kept they will
amount to little in the general aspect
of the hand if the skin be not fair and
clear and free from freckles and spots.
But there are a few things to be re
membered in shaping the NAIL things
which you can observe for yourself,
or tell your manicure to observe.
On certain hands you see protruding
nails with spaces between the nail and
the finger as though the nail had been
wrenched loose from the finger tip.
Dust settles in and a continual clean
ing and scraping follows.
To avoid this, begin by not clean
ing the finger nails. That sounds odd,
does it not? Perhaps it would be
better to say, begin by cleaning them
in a new way.
the nail is attended to, why not try
this method?
Take a cake Of soap, and let it come
to a lather in hot water; and when
there is plenty of softened soap with
lot of clear, hot suds, let the suds
run in under the nails. Lightly touch
them to the cake of soap, and then,
with the soap in under the nails wash
the hands thoroughly.
A fair I
practice Of washing her own fine
laces, and she assures her friends that
never have her hands looked so dainty
and pretty as after they have been in
the hot Soapy lather half an hour, with
ammonia thrown in, and plenty of
borax. and little washing soda.
Nails that are rinsed in hot water
and soap for half an hour at a time
are certainly clean. They are soft. too,
and the cuticle can be pushed back:
and if there are roughnesses they can
be removed now.
Next comes the dub of pink salve.
And finally the brisk rubbing with pol
Usher, with plenty g Pink powder upon
it.
Finally the hands are washed again,
and the manicurinE is done.
owes it all to habit she formed of
washing her hands in grease.
Before she begins upon her hands
and after a morning upon the golf
links she takes a small bottle of vase
line, and, dipping out teaspoon of it,
she smears her hands with it and goes
through the motion of washing them.
Soon they are covered with a soft, oily
substance and round and round she
works them, one over the other, until
the dirt is all loosened.
Try it the next time you have a pair
Of dirty hands, with the dust ground in
and some spots that will not come out.
no matter what you do for them. and
note your results.
A young woman who embroiders a
great deal was in much distress over
the appearance of her forefinger. It
was discolored and stained with the
colored silks and pricked with the
needle. Into the roughness there had
crept deal of dirt which would not
come out with soap and water.
She was advised to try the oil bath.
and. getting a bottle OF vaseline. she
went to work, with the best results.
When you have gone over and over
your hands in this way, then it is time
and wash the hands well, rinsing them
to try soap. Take cake Of oily soap
with clear hot water