Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25

them will be softened by the warm wafer
and can be removed thoroughly and easily.
The First Touches.
Rnt first of all. after the siege at the
sink wash the hands with tepid water and
toilet soap to rid them of the suds of harsh
soap which you have been using in the
kitchen. Possibly you have a sensitive
skin which crinkles from being in the
water so long. To rid it of the unpleas-
ant feeling and appearance. rub the hands
with a softening lotion; then go to work
with the orange-wood stick. An agreeable
lotion is made in this way: Melt together
two ounces sweet almond oil and one
ounce white wax; remove from the stove;
beat adding gradually three drops altar
of roses.
Later in the day you will find all kinds
of stains creeping in under the nails, about
the edges of them, into any cracks That
there may he in the skin. busting with a
cloth is very harmful to the hands: unless
you take pains to avoid the troublesome
results.
lust as soon as the work is done cleanse
your hands. In some cases 1t VIII require
a bit of lemon juice to DO this. Fruit ana
vegetable stains are made fast ana lastlns
hv soan picking over raspberries for in
stance is a labor which leaves its marks
for week if the hands are washed with
SOAP Immediately after. Instead OF Urls
take a lemon or d green tomato ana work
To remove the dark stains with the acid
Juice before washing in the conventional
way. ,;,,
If the stain is merely that of ordinary
dirt such a. comes from busting ana sweep
ing an odrinary soap and water SCRUB is
sufficient if it is prompt. Give the CRIME
time to work in, and 1t Is not so easily
worked out. Never, no matter what inc
temptation clean the nails with the steer.
This vicious instrument scrapes the CRIME
AWAY and leaves the nails white for Time
but it has scraped the delicate under sur
face of the nail in the process ana .ne
next CRIME adheres more firmly II you
have been accustomed to the steel II Will
be very hard to break yourseif INTO using
the orange wood it seems to nave no eject
at first; the dark line is not removed by IL.
But wait until the nail grows out and
new surface appears; then the stick will
take effect.
A Frequent Annoyance.
The hands of the housewife spend so
much time in hot water and are so much
exposed to the weather, what with hanging
out clothes and so on, that chapping is a
frequent annoyance. Wear gloves as much
as possible. You can easily arrange to do
this when hanging the washing on the line
1t is nothing but foolish to do this on a cold
day with hands which have just come from
the almost scalding water. If the chappinS
will come in spite of wise precaution, use
good solution occasionally and you will have
little trouble. A mixture of so centigrammes
of tannin with 100 grammeS or rose water
and 20 grammes of glycerine will cure a
stubborn case of chapping.
The polishing paste and powder are used
only once week by most people. The
houseworker will probably find herself in
need of these twice a week. Apply the
rose-tinted and tinting paste in small
quantity to each of the ten daintily cleaned
nails rub it in with buffer kept for the
purpose, and consequently stained with the
paste; remove the paste clingfng to the skin
at the nails edges with a soft cloth; dip
another buffer into the powder and finish or
with a rub of this, which gives a diamond
like shine. The highest polish is not in
fashion now so refrain from rubbing with
too much ardor. The polish will return to
the nails at any time after Wasning me
hands if you will give them a moments
dash with the buffer. 1t is popular at pres
emit to rub the nails upon the palm, but