The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

bargains at a comparatively low
price.
The girl who has had the linen fad
for even a few years is in condition
to accept a proposal with unclouded
serenity, and face housekeeping with
out a misgiving. A well-filled linen
chest is calculated to inspire even the
most inexperienced of young house
wives with moral courage.
Every we'll groomed woman takes
great care of her finger nails and her
hands. We cannot all have pretty
hands, but we can have well-kept nails
and white skin. Well-kept hands and
nails are an evidence of refinement.
For the woman who desires to mani
cure her own nails all that is needed
is nail file, an orange wood stick
and a set of nail emeries, which can
be bought by the half dozen or by the
box. Some nail salve, pink nail powder
for polish and q piece of chamois skin
are also necessary.
The art of manicuring, says the New
York Journal, is not hard to learn.
You must attend to your fingers every
day. Never, never bite your nails. Do
no cut the cuticle, for that only makes
it grow thicked and ugly.
Manicure the nails in this manner:
First dip the hands in bowl of warm
scapy water; CASTLE soap is best. Soak
them for few minutes, then wipe
them, pushing the cuticle downward
instead of upward. Take the little nail
emery and carefully file the nails in
curves, not pointed. Use the scissors
only to cut down in the corners of the
nails, but never cut either the curve
of the nail or the cuticle. Push the
cuticle down softly with the orange
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the nail, wrap a small piece of cotton
wool upon the orange stick, and dip it
either in lemon juice or a bleaching
fluid and scrape the nail. After filing,
scraping and pushing down the cuticle,
dip the fingers in the soapy water
again. Wipe them dry.
Now comes the polishing. Put on a
little of the nail salve and polish each
finger separately with the channels or
nail polisher If you have one. Then
dip in water again. Wipe and put on
the powder and polish again. Be care
ful not to get too high a polish on
the nail, for this vulgar. If the skin
around the nails has a yellow appear
ance, use more of the bleaching fluid.
If the hands are ehapped, use this So
luton:
One-third glycerine; third bay
rum; one third rosewater.
Shake the mixture we'll before ap-
plying.
If the hands are red, little can be
done; but try rubbing with cold cream.
Hands may be index to character
and to birth. The hand with long,
tapering fingers is the hand of the wo
man who is artistic, musical and in
tellectual. The hand that is short,
dimpled and broad belongs to an in
dolent persona woman fond of lux
ury.
Opening and shutting the hand slow
ly will make the fingers stronger.
Doubling up the fists and moving them
sideways will also strengthen the
hands. Fencing and club swinging
VIII increase the muscles of the I'm
gers and wrist. So will piano playing.
IT the hands are soft and white, the
nails curved, pink and smooth, it does
not matter so much about the shape
OF the hand. If, however, your fin
gers and hand are wellshaped you are
especially fortunate.
The women of Germany, says the
chicago Chronicle, are perhaps a little
SLOW in asserting their rights to the
advantage of the higher education,
4here Is no country where the emanci-
patton of woman, which forms the
great feature of modern life has made
SO little progress as in Kaiser Will
helms domains. An amusing instance
OF this occurred some days ago in the
Prusslan Chamber of Deputies, on an
Interpolation as to the right of women
to take part in political meetings. The
minister of the interior. with his hair
on end, his face pale with emotion and
a voice quivering with excitement, re-
piled that although it would not le-
gally be permissible to bar the door
against woman DESTROYS of attending
political gathering, every possible
means should be taken to prevent her
from speaking. In other words, he de-
clared. amid cheers from the greater
part OF the house. that women. like
children, should be seen, but not
heard
Womenphobia has always been a
German characteristic. The admission
of women into the civil service met
with the most violent opposition In
Germany long after female clerks and
telegraphists had been successfully
employed in England and in France
The right of women to practice medl-
cine wa scaled in question only three
years ago, when a committee of ex-
perts declared that the idea was too
preposterous to be seriously discussed.
In 1899 proposal to esta blsh gymna-
STA for girls was likened by the Prus-
sian minister of worship to "a little
spark which should be put out at once,
lest it should break into a fame" But
there are many signs that even the
German woman is growing impatient
OF her part rs upper houSemaid, and
in the consciousness of being a think
ing entity. with separate life of her
own, demands to take her share In the
national public life.
The wife of WI Ting-fang will be
greatly missed in Washington, says a
Washington dispatch, when she re-
turns to China in consequence of her
husbands recall. Many Oriental won-
en- have resided here who are pleas
antly remembered, but none of her sis
ters from the East has succeeded in
making so much of an impression on
society as Mrs. WI.
Small of figure, with the fiat nose,
broad cheeks and thin lips of the Mon
golian, Mrs. WI has luminous brown
eyes that would grace any face. Her
expression denotes decision and char
acter. Since her husband was ac-
credited here in May, 1897. she has
been a central figure in official life.
She is, indeed, quite as remarkab BILE in
her way as her husband and is cred
tied with having ability and force of
character not generally associated with
the women of her race.
Mrs. WI comes from one of the most
ancient families in China and Is of
pure Chinese blood, her origin and
rank being indicated by her costume.
The gorgeous eagle embroidered upon
her breast is one of the most import
ant features about her dress. as it in
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