The Jersey City news., 1906-07-10
Be YOUR 0 WN
MANICURE
Rules By Which Every We
man Can Keep Her Hands
In Perfect Order
CAUSE OF SEASICKNESS
HOW TO WARD OFF THE DREAD
ED NAL DE MER-THE GIRL
WHO WORKED AND SHE WHO
IDLED

Have you ever tried being your own
manicure? Every woman is desrous,
OF should be. of possessing pretty
white hands embellished with well
kept finger nails, but every woman
cannot afford the luxury of amanicure.
With little careful practise and per-
severance almost anyone can acquire the
knowledge to become an efficient mani
cure. ct least sufficiently SO to make their
own hands attractive.
tips n soft soapy water to which has
been added the juice of part of a lemon.
Dry TIE handle carefully with soft tow
el AID gently push back the dead cuticle
that adheres to the nails. With a good
steel clipper. which comes for the pur-
pose: clip and trim the nails TO the de-
sired length, which should not be longer
than the fingers, use q fine hair file or
an emory finger board to remove the
rough edges made by the clipper and to
obtain a perfect shape at the corners of
the nails. With an orange wood stick
that has been dipped in water to which
lemon juice has been added, carefully
you will find has been softened eonsid-
erably ny the scrubbing process. Then
carefully remove the cuticle with a
sharp-painred cuticle scissors. which will
reveal the white crescent of the nail or
the iris, as it is sometimes called.
Re-ao--.sg the cuticle is considered the
most delicate part of the treatment and
great care should be taken to execute it
well and not cut the fingers or makc
them bleed. t is said that frst-class
manicure will never cut the fingers of
her ciierts, and that her work is judged
by the ability to perform it without
causing this annoyance. After the cuti-
Gle has been removed apply very little
bit Of coed cold cream and rub it in well
TO the iager tips at the root of the nails.
Now the nails are ready to polish and
it is wei, TO advise our readers to avoid
.ga colarsf pastes or lotions that produce
a high oSs, for no well-bred woman will
permit her finger nails to sparkle or glis-
ten.
A ve-y good nail powder can be made
by mixing one part of pulverized pum-
ice etoae to three parts of powdered
chalk, rub the tow together until the
mixture becomes fine ard smooth and
then il is ready to be applied with a
chaMois buffer or the palm of the hand.
a very little Bit will be sufficient 10
produce a natural polish to the nails.
Rcrosa all traces of the powder with a
nail b-ash and If you have performed
the wo-is carefully your hands will pre-
sent yery pretty appearance.
Choose your mauicuring implements
with car. and be careful to avoid the
gaudiiy ..canted sort that are put to-
gether 10 attract the eye. Rather select
the plain is.nd to be procured at any of
the reliable cutters in he city and you
will co::.e 10 the conclusion that the
money :; vel spent
Scientifically. the cause of seasickness
is tbs disturbance of the pneulnogastric
nerve ae1aating tae digestive tract caus-
ed By the change from the firm and sta
bic feot-rs furnished by solid land to the
yieluins end insecure surface of a ships
deck. Many persons experience The same
symptoms while travelling in rapidly
moving. swaying train, says the Boston
Traveller
The effort to maintain the body's equi-
librium in these changed conditions
brngs on nausea.
In the first place. common sense should
direct ine at the outset of voyage, to
1 seek the patr of the ship that is least
affected by the motion of the sea. This
is amidships, where a gentle rising and
falling motion is nearly always apparent,
even in the calmest weather, but where
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