The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-05

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1uAN NATS OF ringer Nails.
4 3SNothing betrays the careless woman
| sooQer than her nails, and nothing
shows refinement better than the same
! possessions. Hands with beautiful
nails always please, and the eye dwells
on them with a peculiar satisfaction.
Y for in a sense. nails are veritable Jew
Ms which decorate the fingers even
| i Mile performing the nails great Of
ftM-that of protection.
my may be classed as gems, in
deed. AAecause they have the formation
of lev Ms, being composed of flint,
silica, Mime and simGN mineral
stuffs. 1Ae cunning minera work al
out finger ESnds is all E,elded Qgether
and made. M a measure. elastic ~ the
power of gelatin. Those who desire
good. firm. bright nails, cleaning ami
polished, at the Nngey Ups should see
to it that the fooN they %2t contains
abundance of the NQailYQaMng sub
stances. Oatmeal is Que &af the best
of these foods good for n&ilmaking
and hair forming alike.
chalky liable to break, through de.
ficiency of gelatin and excess Of lime
deposits Anything that interferes
with the health of the whole body will
interfere with the shining appearance
of the nails at once.
Nails are really kind of skin. They
are skin formations, being merely an
altered kind of cuticlc. Small half
moons show at the ends of the nails
where the skin proper leaves off and
the horny protection begins. These
white curves are by some called new
nails. They are, in fact, the earliest
| portion of nail growth, being the skin
/ in its changed form, where the cells
mass together in a new way, multi
/ plying rapidly and beginning to Sc
| crete much mineral matter from the
! blood that circulateS within their sub
! stance. From the edge of the nail new
! growth pushes onward until the whole
finger end is duly protected. The
dainty nail is laid on a very sensitive
skin bed which also gives it additions.
/ The growth is nearly twice as rapid
( in summer as it is in winter in all peo-
| pie.
1t is very easy to Keep the nails in
good trim Less than five minutes
allowed them regularly each day will
be all that is required. They need
weekly cutting with a pair OF proper
nail scissors, and the cutting should
! exactly follow the outline of the fin
ger ends.
A piece of lemon used once or twice
a week is nearly necessity if nails
are to be kept Alright. The acid acts
on the nail substance with wonder
/ full effect of polishing, and it softens
| the skin marvelously that is apt 20
drag itself forward over the shining
nail surface. Any dirt about the nail,
any stain of ink or fruit, the lemon
will dispose of at once, dissolving
and decomposing the annoying marks
as nothing else will.
A little oil rubbed ove- each nail
after the lemon treatment continues
the polishing process, nourishes the
nail ana skin, eradicates the last lin
gering atom of suspicious marks. A
little wad of soft fannL is used when
applying the oil After the Gil the
hands are laved in soft water, wiped
and the nail polishing continued with
a tiny bit of chamois leather. Violet
powder or fine chalk on the chamois
is an aid to great success. Brushing
rather roughens the nails and should
be avoided Washington Star.