Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
.PED|CUR|NG POINT S
Connection Between the Feet
and the Complexion.
q O M E CHIROPODY
EVERY WOMAN CAN CARE FOR
HER PEDAL EXTREMIMEs.
Practical Suggestions in Learn
ing How to Have Hand
some Feet.
q O M E CHIROPODY

Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton.
One of Diana's pet theories in regard to |
her complexion is that If she wants 1t clear |
and radiant she must take very particular |
care of her feet.
She has found out that there Is an init |
mate connection between feet and good |
looks. 1t is only when the former are in |
perfect condition that she is going to look |
her best. Quite as much as the face and
hands do they need daily BATH the occa- |
sional application of soothing lotion and
stockings that fit, well as shoes that are
neither too large nor too small Every per-
should keep in use at least two pairs
of shoes to be worn on alternate days, since !
a single nights exposure to the air is !
usually insufficient to free the shoes from
moisture.
Once week visit should be paid to the
chiropodist, Or better still, every woman
should learn the scientific care Of her own
feet, or the art of pedicuring, an art that
Is quite as easily learned that of mani
curing.
The tools required are clippers, chisel,
gouge, file emery board or strip, cuticle or
chamoiS poisher, a small alabaster box of
cold cream and another one of nail powder.
Clippers are safety scissors. The nails of
the toe should be cut square; If rounded like
finger nails there is danger Of their grow
ing in. and nothing is much more difficult
or painful to treat than an ingrowing nall.
1t usually requires surgical attention. After
cutting the nail, use the file and also the
emery strip to bevel the edges and correct
any roughness and Irregularities.
If the rim of flesh around the nail needs
trimming, raise it up with the cuticle KIN fe
and cut with the cuticle scissors With the
ebony stick the nails are cleaned and the
flesh at the base of the nail pushed back.
Scissors should never be used to clean a
nail, as they may roughen or break it,
thereby causing dust and dirt to cling to It.
The buffer, or polisher, is used after a
little of the rouge-tinted cold cream has
been applied and a busting of nail powder.
A bath of warm water and sap, 1t should
be mentioned. pre- cedes this little ceremony
of pedicuring. The chisel and gouge are
used TO operate on corns and callous places.
A piece of pumice stone is also part Of
the pedicure outfit With this. callous
places rubbed down and cotton wool
should then be bound on and kept until a
cure is effected. Soft corrs may also be
treated in the way. little soap
cerate spread on a piece of lint or soft cloth
may be placed as a dressing between the
toes and renewed daily. This in time will
cure soft corns. Slightly moist en- with vine
gar with tincture of iodine, every second
or third day; this will also remove corn.
A bunion is kind of corn swelling on
the ball the chief joint of the great toe,
resulting from pressure and the irritation
produced by friction. The treatment for
corns also applies for the most part to bun
ions, but in consequence of their greater
extent, and the greater degree of irritation
accompanying them, the cure is more te
dious. When there is much inflammation
poultice should be applied. When Of
slight character a piece of perforated plas
ter should be worn. This is made of vul-
canized India rubber in the form of fiat
tened hollow ring, the hollow portion be-
ing distended with air, or stuffed with cot
ton wool. Above all, the feet should be
soaked in warm water frequently, and easy
fitting shoes should be worn. Applying a
solution of equal parts of collodion, tincture
ia; al
iodine alone will often cure corn or bun
ion.
The Common Causes.
The common cause Of corns is continued
pressure or friction on the projections Of
the bones from tight stiff or ill-ftting
shoes or boots. This suggests the means
of prevention, which, in addition to cleanli-
ness. consists essentially of wearing easy
fitting shoes. Before attempting to treat
a corn 1t should be soaked for some min
utes in warm water Then be pared as
close possible without causing pain or
making it bleed. Take out much of the
central portion Of the base, incorrectly
called the root" as possible. The pared
surface of the corn, and particularly it's
central and upper portion, should be new
touched over with little tincture of iodine
If the skin Is not broken
Ligatures of silk will sometimes remove
large corns. The silk Is applied as close
to the base of the corn as possible, and is
frightened daily until the corn drops off. An
other way is to apply small blister to the
corn. After 1t has been removed the deli
cate exposed surface must be dressed with
an emollient spread lint. This is kept
in place by a small bandage.
The dsagreeable odor sometimes notice
able about feet is due to unnatural perspir-
alton, insufficient attention to cleanliness,
the wearing of cotton stockings and nom
ventating boots or shoes The feet should
be washed daily in warm water and soap,
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vinegar are added. Thin wooden stockings
should be worn-a fresh pair daily. The
stockings, too, may be sprinkled with salt
cylic acid, tartaric acid or tannin. Chloride
of lime, sal ammonia. common salt lit
tie vinegar. either one Of these may be put