Evening journal., 1904-08-24
Care for the Nails

Longing for lovely hands is natural
It is a recognized fact that French wo-
men possess the most beautiful hands.
The hand itself is neither too Fat nor
too thin. but exactly in proportion with
the long. slender tapering fingers while
the nails are Of a beautiful delicate
pink their charm enhanced by the
pretty half moons at the base of each.
with the view of learning the secret
of some Of the beautiful hands in Paris
once called upon the best known man-
icure of the French capital. and asked
her to tell me her method of dealing
with hands which had grown thick or
fate, with the fingfers short and square
I'm the first place" she said IL get
a basin of skin food, or soft sweet OIL
and M 1t until the hands are almost
covered. This makes the fingers soft
and oily. and after a time ] lift them
out. and give them a thorough washing
with very hot water and very good
soap.
1T Is no half hearted washing. but a
real scruhbing in which a little flesh
brush plays an important part. IL
takes fifteen minutes to shampoo the
hands as they should be shampooed;
Tor one part of the process is 20 mi the
nails with soap. which must be rinsed
out with hot water The hands are
then dried and little skin food rub
bed IN. But. the most important part
is in the drying of the hands. In the
method Of drying you can tell a good
manicure from a poor one. a poor
manicure viii mop the fingers a little.
sopping off the water with "a cloth. But
the good manicure works right tho
other way. He takes "A big soft towel
and rubbs back the skin al the back
Of the nail. He keeps pushing and
driving all the while pressing the skin
back until the base Of the nail is re-
yealed. blue and pretty and the little
delicate half moon shows.
Do Not Cut the Nails.
III you want pink nails a little rouge
IS put upon the nail. and II YOU want
them very bright, the polsher is used.
But II you prefer them dun then leave
them just as they are.
How do / improve the fingers them
selves and make them slender and ta-
pering? BY taking care Of the nails.
1t is "a great mistake 10 clip or cut
the nails, II you want slender fingers.
The French women allow their nails 10
grow TO great length. and as they
do not keep clipping them. they become
very curved, delicate and extremely
pretty. once IN "a while Il may be
necessary TO trim the nails a little. but
80 Is done as slowly and carefully as
though one were trimming the eye
lashes.'
rs there not a great danger OF the
nails breakinE?"
yes. bue II a woman is careful. she
will slip on an old pair Of gloves when
working I'm the house. The nails
break when opening a drawer. when
one is dusting; handling one's toilet
articles. etc. But II woman will pro-
tect her hands at these times. she can
keep her nails long, and this means
that her fingers win taper.
Il have had customers come to me
with short. stubby fingers. so fat as &c
be out Of shape. They had mic,
hands. or would have had nice hands
had their fingers been properly treated
on Investigation l found that the nails
had been clipped off at the side agaI
and again. until they formed no sup,
port for the finger tips: and the flesh
thus deprived of its natural nail. ha,
sunk down and was all soft and shape
less
I advise n course OF treatment co
those fingers which never fails. I pu
the hands I'm gloves with Instruction.
10 have them so encased as long az
possible. At the end Of two weeks thl
nails would be long and the fingers