The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23


dim. Tho more ySu ScsAps y sRA worry
n, tho TnOrs yon rub and scrub 4, che ghofe
ycu rap The cuticlS tbs better IL win be.
"A mans skin 70 lovely simply oecanse
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s'If The woman who complains that hev
hands arc yellow and dark, and who says
she cannot get them white, would wean
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.RWyhen a man xashea his hands he
draws q big basin Of water, n he takcs q
cake OF soap and Eoes over than. He uses
up q cake in q few washings, and his nands
are lathsrcd until the akin " penetrated
with the soap.
Then he draws another basin Of water,
IN which he rinses on the soap, and maybe
q third basin for q Anal washing. He does
this, not onCe Q day, but three or Tour umee'
with a woman IL 10 different. She
seldom washes ber hands with soapends+
II h too much trouble and b must roll up
her sleeves and take OF her rings.
"A woman came IN herr, The otner Gay:
wore braoelets. She wanted her, hands
whitehead, and she said she would give
500 n they were rs white a. mint
Have patience, madame l said, n
then I went 70 work upon her bands
81 took q basin Of hot water and l put a
very few drops Of carbolic IN b waeer.
In this preparation / soaked her fingers
Then / took them out and dried them
and called for q hot water THIS time
I soaked hsr hands In soap Jelly thinned
with water, and ! added q little borax 70
soften the water. This I followed with q
hand scrubbnG brush BY the timc !
had got through. her hands were at sast
ten .hsdss Whittier: aid -.nd 7
will fnish UP tho Job for you
s'Next day she came a We went over
her hands With lemon juice and water,
half and hall. followed BY a long soak IN
lots Of soapy water. NJ which We 1S :
water soothing and the borax softened II.
SIT was an admirable bleach, and We
turned out my lady In an hour with n
as white as milk. She was delighted.
don't believe shc knows TO this DAY
that IL was all . matter Of getting them
1--WE believe In teaching children to
keep the hands clean. Most little girls
are told that soap 10 injurious. They use 10
only whom II is strictly necessary. But IN
you that soap 10 the best friend q woman
can have. and they advise her 10 use
plenty Of il, and a. often a. she can.
s'About shaping the nails, there 10 a
new fad. The best shape b the horse
shoe shape: This u acquired by using the
1T is made Of orange wood, and IL is
shaped at one end precisely like the hoot
Of q horse. IL is nat and the outer edge ~
shaped like a horseshoe. This is used 10
shape the nails.
THE time TO shape the nails IL directly
after the hands have been washed. The
outicle In now very soft, and 1t oan be
pressed back n pressed down.
You can really make Il any shape you
desire, simply by pressing 1t with the horse
shoe orange wood stick. As a rule, the
stiok shapes IL correctly, n all you have
to DO Is 70 press hard.
But don't press hard enough to mako
white spots or marks. The white marks
that come at the base Of tho nail are merely
little white scars. They are caused by
pressing the orange wood stick too hard
upon the soft part Of the nail.
s'About shaping the nails, there Is an
other thing 70 be asked, lie II best 10 shape
them pointed or rounding2 Or In IL best
/ arm inclined TO the last oourse, and 1 am
shaping the nails TO DC the fingers.
II had q customer the other day whose
nails were cut rounding, jupt to the shape
q her finger tips; They wsrs long; but
tips. They we're pink, right down TO the
very ends, for I understand the art OF
making the nails pink.
when / tool bold Of her the nails were
ragged and white, and they showed great,
untfdy yellow ends. Nothing could q v
been moro unattractivo.
~ forced her to wear gloves until the
nails bad grown out pink, and l prevented
her from cleaning them until such time a.
the nails were tidy looking q even. In
ten days they were lovely, and they will
stay so unless she begins 20 prod them
again with the cleaner.
I am a Arm believer In the efficacy Of
good hands; and n I were q business
woman dependent upon myself would
have them. While II were q woman
aspiring to social leadership I would not
them as part Of my stock in trade