The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
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good. tust according to the taste and the
skin of the one who manages them.
The worst pair of knotted hands, the
most u%nsichtly pair of hands. the most
gnarled. the most twisted. the most
shrunken hands. as well as the reddest
and most freckled hand, can be treated
easily and speedily.
The first step In the treatment might be
the bleaching of the skin. and while this
is going on the hands can be pumped out
a little.
BLEACHING THE SKIN.
The skin of the hands can be bleached by
the mitten which is worn nightly.
/ This mitten is filled with a bleaching
paste and is slipped on the hands and worn
until morning.
The paste whitens the skin and softenS
it, and makes it fresher to behold.
Oatmeal is n great whitener Of the skin
and enough oatmeal to make the water
milky can be used as a rinsing water
every morning.
Bran is also a whftener and all the meals
act as cieansers and softeners.
The great enemy to the hands is soap
for the reason that soap is never or very
seldom properly rinsed out of the skin.
1t is necessary for the cleansing of the
hands. but unfortunately. 1t is too often
left on the skin.
A little piece of pumice stone, tied to the
dressing table with a ribbon. a soft nail
brush. "A sitter brush for the palms of the
hands. and a good soap are among the es-
sentials for a pair of pretty n
of course there is the dish of bran; and
there should be the bottle of perfume to
give the hands hat final scent which
makes them SO sweetly charming.
The whitening of the hands Is a thing
which might keep a woman constantly
employed.
7 cotAnnf Ia Iooa %n-dny, 60 1oct oil thu
season. but each morning the hands should
be treated with the mealy mixture n the
soap and the softened water.
Each morning they shout be rinsed and
rinsed n rinsed again, until the skin is
very soft and white.
Wome whose hands have begun to
shrink should never go to bed without
treating them TO a liberal allowance of
skin cream.
This should be masasged into the hands
until the skin is very glossy.
There Is never any danger of greasy
hands for the skin of the hand is peculiar
in that is absorbs creams and lotions very
rapidly and, in a few minutes, 1t will all
have sunk into the flesh.
MAKING THE HANDS SOFT.
vaseline is good for the hands. II one has
no other creamy. mixture. but . very good
soft cold cream is much better.
1t can be SO well rubbed into the flesh
that the hands will feel like down.
Those who are troubled with hard finger
tips and whose nails have flesh growing
Up around them and whose moons will
not show. can remedy this defect or this
Illness Of the nails by dosing them with
the pure oil Of sweet olives.
Fill q bowl half full OF olive oil and soak
| the finger tips fifteen minutes in II, night
and morning, or only at night until the
nails are soft and pliable.
Soft nails are usually considered . Door
feature of the hands for It il supposed
they will break easily.
But this is not the case. Nails that are
properly shaped do not break at all: and,
IL ones occupation is Of a nature which
breaks the nails. they should be kept
short.
But If properly shaped. curved as they
should be curved and and properly treated,
they can be kept very nice and very long.
A great many persons prefer the cleSelI