The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
CARE OF THE HANDS
AND FEET

two ounces; pulverized punice. one
half ounce; take 600, enough to color
pale rose. Mix in mortar and sift
through fine sieve.
Polish with a brisk movement back
and forth. After both of the hands
have been manicured, wash them thor
oughly, using a nail brush, and then
give the nails one more polish with the
buffer. If a highly artificial polish is
deSired-and strictly speaking, this is
not considered very good form-apply
the liquid enamel for which / give the
formula below. using a tiny cameps
hair brush and rubbing lightly over
each nail.
RECIPE FOR LIQUID ENAMEL
FINGER NAILS.
Paraffin wax. sixty grains; chloro-
form, two ounces: oil of rose. three
drops; carmine enough to color bright
pink. Mix the carmine with the oil of
rose, add the chloroform and uaraffin
wax; apply very sparingly.
Some of the points TO remember when
manicuring the nails are: Don't use a
sharp instrument under the nail. Don't
clean the finger nails with a cuticie
knife. Don's use "a nail brush unless
absolutely necessary, and don't polish
thin or brittle nails too severely.
ANOW LOL Illldny > ISSI.f lnere mas
reVer been a time when women have
been so conscious of having ugly feet
and have been So anxious to overcome
this disagreement in hygienic and ma
tural ways. The woman who wears q
shoe too small and too tight for her.
who wears very high heels on the street
and suffers tOrmentS with them. has not
even the satisfaction of being in fash
ion. She is either vulgar or very fool
ish, and even Fashion finds no excuse
for her, and dear knows that the tickle
dame has whimS and fancies enough
and excuses for most OF them. The
very latest of these eccentricities is the
anklet or chain bracelet worn on the
ankle under the stocking. Of course
such an anklet only graces a perfect
foot with beautifully formed arch and
wellformed toes. Many people are
complaining just at present of pains
IN the arch of the foot and in the back
Of the leg. AS often as not this is
caused by a badly made or worse fit
ting shoe, one that Is slowly breaking
down the arch of the foot. Flat foot is
acquired by the wrong shoes, such as
are not built TO support a high instep.
To counteract this a support of leather
elastic and yet firm, is placed in the
bottom of the shoe. This braces up the
instep and at once relieves the pain
Massage is a wonderful method for
soothing the aches Of feet that have
been improperly shod. as we'll as the
pain that comes from overexertion-
long walking or standing. Unfortun-
ately it. is impossible to massage ones
own feet properly, but that massage
does not require an expert; almost any
one can do it If she have sufficient
strength and willing hands. The sore
feet should be first bathed in a foot
bath with a handful of common wash
ing soda to a foot-tubful of warm wa
ter. Soak the feet in this for twenty
minutes, then dry thoroughly Be sure
anG dry between the toes. Spread a
little oil over the palm of the hands and
rub the foot. beginning at the toes OF
the left foot and rub upward toward
the leg. Where there is the least sigr
Of an ingrowing nail the patient should
go TO a skillful chiropodist Distort-
ed Joints are always caused by shoes
which are too short for the foot
One of the following powders will be-
found effective for excessive or odorous
perspiration:
No. 1-Oleate Of zinc. Y once: pow.
dered starch, 1 ounce; salicylic acid,
scruole.
No. Beta naphthol. y dram: dis.
titled witch hazel, 4 ounces. Apply vel
to the skin.
When the feet become fatigued In
summer time they will feel fresh and
easier If the soles are rubbed with a cu
| lemon. And in cases where they show
a tendency to swell apply the following
powder after the bath:
Lycopodium. 3 drains; alum 1 dram
tanpin. 30 grains. Mix thoroughly anc
dust over the feet.
Every woman knows that she cannot
| hope to look cheerful or feel happy il
her feet are troubling her Many of us
have been martyrs to tired and sore
feet, and the martyrdom has shown ir
our anxious and irritable faces Some
of the simple remedies given above ar
all that is necessary to keep the feet ir
good and healthful condition.
Copyright, 1906, by T. c. McCIure)