The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-27

~H Is becoming more
Nh | popular with men all the time"
said a local manicurist. The
kEkI reason for this l am unable to
give. but it is nevertheless true.
Women, of course. have more advantages
al home than the men and can take better
care OF their hands themselves and a few
of them have maids whose duty is to mani
cure. But the man generally doesn't know
how TO take care of his finger nails and
consequently goes to the manicurist to have
il done for him.
"A great many professional men, espe-
cially doctors and dentists, patronize the
manicurists because it is quite essential
for them to have neat-looking finger
nails. Travelling men are another class
that pay attention TO their finger nails and
about once week they visit a manicurist
and have them trimmed up"
She was asked if women had given up
having their finger nails manicured, and
she replied:
No, indeed: women still visit manicure
parlors and it is quite essential that they
should, for it is becoming more popular
to have pretty hands now than ever before.
A woman is not contented if she has at
least a pretense of pretty hands
1T is not alone the back of the hand
which claims attention. but the palm also.
And a pretty girl. if you observe, sits not
with her hands crossed in her lap, but with
the palms exposed and the hands spread
listlessly out. 1t is a helpless and an APP
pealing, pretty attitude of the hands, this
fashion of exposing the palms; and the
girl who wants to produce an effect will
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by laying both hands in her lap, backs
downward, and by Strengthening the fingers
slightly as to show the inner parts.
The palms to be pretty must be pink. Pale
hands are not pretty and the palm that is
notified and gray blue is never adj
mired.
There palms that are dry in the
interior and which show a wrinkled and
disagreeable surface" the speaker went on.
Such hands feel very hot and the flesh
has crinkled look, as though it had been
summed and tanned and dried. This dry
ness of the palms is one of the first signs
of old age and the woman who feels it
coming on should hasten to a hand To-
ton to keep her flesh In good order.
CARE is REQUIRED.
THE remedy for this is plain. AS the
skin dries. from whatever cause the mois-
ture must be replaced. The natural oils of
the skin must be restored and the hands
must be MADE moist and pliable, soft and
fieshlike again. This is easy. but it re-
quires a little time and great deal of in
telligepce. neither of which is generally de-
voted to the care of the hands
"A certain woman l once knew, whose
| hands had been neglected until they were
yellow. blue and gray-all colors except
| fieshcolor-went to a manicure who took
a bowl of pure oil of sweet almonds and
| immersed the hands of her patient in it,
Keeping them there for some minutes she
| took them out and then gently massaged
| them until there was not particle of oil
/ on the surface. 1t is astonishing how much
| oil can be absorbed by the hands and il
| is equally amazing to see il disappear al
most as fast as it is applied. If this is done
| patiently every day for fifteen minutes al
| time the hands will begin to plump out
| and the skin TO be pretty again. The hands
! should not be washed afterwards for the
oil will surely sink in if we'll massaged.
II know of a young girl in society who
! is noted for her beautiful hands. They
/ are lovely in shape and color and are al.
ways exquisitely groomed. This young
| woman never goes to bed without washing
her hands in very hot water and soap. She
| scrubs them with a flesh brush until they
are clean. She then rinses them with hall
dozen perfectly clear hot waters. AND