Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-07-25
TO HAVE PRETTY HANDS.
Owner and Hot the Manicure Is One
That Must Take Care OF
Hands.


The fascination OF a hand that is
perfect In color Is one that cannot he
denied The stage women recognize
this and they paint their hands white,
dipping them In liquid cream and az
rerward IN powder 10 make them look
he more marblcsque, They try 10
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 appearance
even, smooth and dignihrl.
Undignifed hands are twitching
hands, hands that are uneasy, hand
that are always hddling with some
thing, hands that are always on the
move Such hands can never be ad-
mired, for they are restless, ami
though the restless moving hand may
sometimes be pretty, II is never the
stately dignihed hand A perfect hand
according to Pierrot, sculptor o.
pretty hands, must excel in these re-
spects, named in order according tn
merit.
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 II, on any account be red
Third, a perfect hand must be per
feet In shape. The palm must b.
plump, yet not pu'gy, and the fingers
must be long and tapering toward the
tips The finger cannot well 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 fnrerg must act inde-
pendently Particularly should the
third finger be inclined TO curl a lit
lie. which is always a good point in a
hand Compact, heavy, solid fingers
are never pretty.
T,'h. a perfect hand should have a
very delicate wrist, not bony nor too
heavily yeined The wrist should he
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 anu 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 well
kept cannot be beautiful 1t 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 mat
ter OF fact It plays only small part
in the appearance Of the hand It Is
something and 1t IS a necessary some
thing but II Is not all
It Is the woman herself who must
rub the emolllent into the nails at
night. It is the owner Of the hands
and the owner only-who can apply
very light carbolized lotion once a
day. II Is the owner who can put on
gloves and rrotect the hands from
crime and dirt And Il Is the owner
who can learn rp00~~ Of the hanls
The roan'oure muet sNape the nails n
match the tips Of the fingers; the
manicure may tint the nails; the
manicure NAV treat them to keen from
showing white spots aud from crack
Inc. and the manicure can make IN
the 'i'tle h'oaching rrenarHtions which
arc sn npceo7arv. R't the owner ~
the hands mrst he in'ol'irent In hor
nro ~ them or she will never have
7rct'v HANDS.