The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04

rs OuI faces 90, anu IUl0k Tue man
ner of using them and the genera
Eeatness or sloveniiness which thel.
ON ners impose upon them. are apt t.
be revelations of the inward life.
For instance, there is Amy, q rest.
less, nervous and excitable girl, whose
hands are never still q minute when
she is awake. She is always clasp
ing and unclasping them, taking vi
books and laying them down, fussing
witt her hair or her dress. and show
ing il unmistakable ways that she
has no basis of quietude in her OWL
nature. There is Lucy, who cannot
sit beside friend without possessing
herself of the friends hand, squeez-
ing it and fondling it rs one strokes
. kitten, and near Lucy sits Fannie
with q yet more Objectionable habit
of handling everything she sees; OBJ
jects of art, curios fans, or other deli
cate things in other peoples houses,
or in the shops, articles meant to be
looked at, but not intended to be
touched. Fannie's way is sure TO rem
der her persona non grata wherever
she goes.
George Eliot, describing Dorothea
in Middlemarch, says: Her hand and
wrist were so finely formed that she
could wear sleeves not less bare of
style than those in which the blessed
Virgin appeared to Italian painters"
If you look at some favorite pic
ture Of the Madonna, by Raphael, you
will see the sort of hand that Dor
othca had. Such hands can lie peace
fully crossed in ones lap, or, if busy
! with the pen or the needle, they still
retain their feeling of calmness.
1T was all very well for Dorothea
to have had those statuesque hands, 81
exclaims Marjorie, but just fancy that
|! she had been in my case, and had
dishes to wash, beds to make, and
sometimes pieces to iron. Although
am schoolgirl have to help my
mother with the housework, and kitch-
en- work spoils pretty hand" am
aware that many girls think just as
Marjorie does about this. have even
known girls who shirked household
tesks and allowed tired mothers t.
grow more tired instead of trying 10
ease their burdens, simply because
they feared to ruin hands of which
they were vain. You would never do
this, am sure. you girls who are
reading this talk.
1t is possible that hard daily Labor
without intervals of rest may coarsen
ana enlarge az girls hands, but few
of us are exposed to this danger. With
little care, girl may work in the
garden, may sweep, dust, or, If neei
be, scrub, and may wash dishes three
times a day, and not injure her hands
in the least. Gloves may be worn
in the garden. India rubber gloves,
fitting tightly to the skin, are good
protection against hot suds, and
dainty dish washing, which is preeml-
nently q lady's work, is greatly helped
by the use of a mop. For pots and
pans there is an iron dish washer
which is more radical and thorough
than cloth in ones hand. II you
are troubled with rough. red or cal
lous hands, If they crack in frosty
weather. or the skin peels off, be ex,
tremely fastidious about your toilet
soap. Wash the hands very thor.
oughiy with soap of good quality,
rinse them in tepid water, and be sure
to wipe them dry. If hands are al
ways wiped until all the moisture is
gone and absorbed by the towel, they
will seldom crack. The use of cold
cream, we'll rubbed into the ekln at
night, especially around the finger
nails, softens and whitens the hands,
ans good plan for a girl is to slip
such hands into loose pair of gloves.
AT old pair of her fathers or broth
er's gloves answers admirably.
While l am about it, let me eau
ton you not to wear dress gloves toe
small for you. or that fit too tightly.
Ipstead of making your hand look
smaller, tight gloves exaggerate it's
size. Gloves should be long enough
to fit the fingers comfortably, and
should come up we'll over the wrist.
am rather old-fashioned, and do
not like to see young girls putting on
tEcir gloves in public. Ones out
door toilet should be fully completed
before one leaves the house. know
school where girls receive dement's
If they go out to walk or make calls
without putting on their gloves first.
Every young girl should have on
her dressing table q manicure set.
This consists of small pair of curved
scissors, a nail file. an orange stick.
a chamois polisher. and q little box
of mai; powder. When about to trim
/, the nails soften them by dipping
the ends Of the fingers into warm
soapy water. File the nails first,
gently press back the cuticle with all
orange stick, rub them with q little
vaseline and polish the nails with
the chamois. A girl who neglects
cleanliness in the daily toilet Of the
hards and nails is either Indifferent
to bathing and to- the proper care Of
the body. or else her cary surround
ings have been unfortunate. OBJ