St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-06-23
TO HAVE PRETTY Hands.
Gunner and Not the Manicure Z ons
That Must Take Care Of
Hands.

The fascination Of hand that ID
perfect in color Is one that cannot be
denied. The stage women recognize
this and they paint their hands white,
| dipping them in liquid cream and A.
terward in powder to make them look
the more marblesque. They try to
have hands which look as though
sculptured out of stone. The hand,
seen from the wrong side OF the foot
lights, must be firm in appearances.
even. smooth and dignifed.
Undignified hands are twttching
hands, hands that are uneasy, hands
that are always fiddling with some
thing. hands that are always on the
move. Such hands can never be adj
mired, for they are restless, and
though the restless moving hand may
sometimes be pretty, it is never the
stately dignifled hand. A perfect hand,
according to Pierrot, q sculptor Of
pretty hands, must excel in these re-
spects. named in order according to
merit. "A
First, in smoothness or quality. The
skin must be perfectly even like mar
BILE.
Second, In color, which should be
according to the style of the complex
ion, white, cream, brunette or olive. II
can also be pink, or rosy, but never,
must 1t, on any account be red.
Third, a perfect hand must be per-
feet in shape. The palm must be
plump, yet not pudgy, and the fingers
must be long and tapering toward the
tips. The finger cannot we'll be too
long, nor too tapering. the longer and
more pointed the better as far as the
hands are concerned.
Fourth, a perfect hand must be
graceful. The fingers must act indie
pendently. Particularly should the
third finger be inclined to curl lit
tie, which is always good point In q
hand. Compact, heavy, solid fingers
are never pretty.
Fifth, q perfect hand should have
very delicate wrist, not bony nor too
heavily veined. The wrist should be
round and without the wrist or
knuckle bone.
In looking at the hand closely there
is a sixth point which must be noted
and this Is the shape Of the fingers.
They should be round and not fiat.
And the nails must be long and
curved, not round and sharp.
Seventh, the hand should be per-
fectly kept. A hand that is not we'll
kept cannot be beautiful. It should be
kept not only very well indeed, but
very intelligently. Many beautiful
hands are spoiled by the lack Of in
telligent care.
Women usually suppose that mani
curing is the whole thing. As a mat
ter of fact it plays only small part
in the appearance Of the hand. It is
something and 1t Is necessary some
thing but 1t is not all.
It is the woman herself who must
rub the emollient into the nails at
night. It is the owner Of the hands
and the owner only-who can apply
very light 7carbolized lotion once
day. It Is the owner who can put on
gloves and protect the hands from
CRIME and dirt. And It IL the owner
who can learn repose OF the hands.
The manicure must shape the nails to
match the tips OF the fingers; the
manicure may tint the nails; the
manicure may treat them to keep from
showing white spots and from crack
ing; and the manicure can make up
the little bleaching preparations which
are so necessary. But the owner Of
the hands must be intelligent In her
care Of them or she will never have
pretty hands.