The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-07-10
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Beauty in the Finger Tips.

The number of girls who desire te
possess pretty hands is limited only
by the number of girls in the world
Every young woman in the broad LAND
wants pair of pretty wrists with
hands to match. But how few have
them.
The wrists must be plump, though
not large, and they should be of pure
cream color. White wrists denote
poor health, while the wrists that
show blue veins and heavy cords indi,
cate a delicacy of constitution that
augurs badly for ripe old age.
The wrists of a pretty girl should
be nearly round, though they should
not be so plump as to show line or a
crease running around them. From
the wrists upward, the arm should
gradually grow plumper until it is lost
in the curve of the elbow and upper
arm, but it should he a pure cream
color throughout.
The hand, beginning at the wrist,
should widen toward the knuckles,
which should be plump and dimpled.
The back of the hand should be very
smooth and white, without spots or
freckles. The veins should not stand
oat upon the back of the hand, nor
should the hand be red or wrinkled.
A good hand has skin that is soft
without being wrinkled and warm with
out being moist. There are hands
which are so warm and soft that it is
delight to touch them, while others
are clammy, filing one with feeling
of repulsion.
If women realized how much there
is in the touch of the hand they would
do great deal more to make the skin
of the hand of the right texture. Many
hands are entirely too hot, showing
that the skin is neglected and allowed
to burn out in its natural oils. Other
hands are clammy and cold, which in.
dicate either poor circulation or
very nervous temperament.
One very pronounced case of cold
hands was traced to bad hygenic con-
ditions. To remedy this the patient
was advised to give herself hot bath
every night and a tepid bath every
morning. At the end of three days
her hands no longer perspired, and the
feeling of clamminess had passed out
OF them.
Perspiration of the hands is entirely
different from clamminess of hands,
and very frequently the perspiration
is due to some temperamental peculiar.
ity. There are those who perspire
freely in the summer time, and the
hands par:ake' Of the excessive perspir-
alton Of the rest Of the body.
For hands that perspire continually
in the summer time there are several
remedies. A little powdered borax
should be added to the water in which
one washes the hands, and, after bath.
ing, tue hands should be lightly busted
with a good powder.
Frequently, the matter of excessive
perspiration in the hands is due to an
other and very simple cause. The
patient has habit of keeping her
hands tightly closed, and the result is
a moisture of the palms.
Once teach her to keep her hands
open, with the fingers relaxed and the
palms turned upward, and the perspir-
alton will cease, or very nearly cease
There will be only pleasant moisture.
Acids will sometimes check perspra-
tion OF the hands. Let little lemon
juice be squeezed in the water and the
hands will perspire less freely. Still
another remedy is found in cologne
water.
After washing the hands, bathe them !