Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

a week. This is particularly necessary in
the winter time, when the skin grows
yellow. In summer the hands are bleached
by the sun; they are washed by the dews
and they are frightened by outdoor life.
sand and wave. meadow and flower pollen
bleach the hands. But in winter they
suffer from the curious y~euowness which
comes when the hands stay in the house
Hand bleaching can be done with q
cut lemon rubbed on as one would rut
soap on the hands. II must all be washed
off with good soap and water Immediately
Lime Juice and water bleaches some hands
A very effective bleach is peroxide OF
hydrogen with a little water added; and
the pure juice Of a cucumber is unequalied
anywhere.
IN the hand studies we use a little
carbolic lotion. We take a basin Of warm
water and into 1t we drop a very few
drops Of carbolio acid. / use ten drops
to a big jug or basin Of water. The hands
Jingle Just a little and the coat OF tan and
yellowness comes off.
ClOride Of Lime and Soda.
"A good hand bleach used in the Paris
manicuring studios is made by taking
cloride of lime and washing soda and mix
ing them to a foam with a little water.
This is quickly rubbed over the hands and
then thoroughly rinsed off. 1t must moi
be used too freely.
THE washing fluids bleach the hands
The hands of women who work at the
tubs are generally snow white. The final
rinsing Of the hands should be thorough
and many women find a little bath spray
just the thing for taking off the last traces
of the bleach.
In these days, when most women take
a hand at homework, 1t is well to know
that vinegar removes odors from the hands
and takes off the grease left by chatting
dish cookery. A woman whose chatting
dish suppers are famous has a way Of rub.
bling strong cider vinegar over her hands
before she ~retires. Then comes a strong
hot water wash, and finally some good
Sleeps fat made into a creamy lotion with
almond oil is applied.
18th daily manicuring of the hands is
important. But the scissors should be USED
little or not at all. The daily shipping o.
the nails tends to destroy the texture Of
the nail, while 1t ruins its shape. One,
in ten days Is often enough to clip tn,
nails.
Nails cut to points are now in style
But the point should not be sharp or claw
like. II should be slightly rounding at tn,
tip. The point is attractive If it is exact
but it requires care and patience to keel
1t so. Better have the rounding nails o
the domestic woman than the pointed mai
of the society belle unless you can keel
it right.
'The trick now is to show the moon a
the base of the nail. 1t should show
silvery CLEAN the instant you see the lady
hand. All nails have the moons, but /
is sometimes a great deal Of work to ex
pose them.
Manicure at Night,
IT like to manicure at night. It !
easier to treat them then. 1 can shape tn
nails. polish them, rub a little emollien
into the base of the nail and then slip on
set of kid fingers. In the morning tn
hands are positively glowing.
II find that hands yield speedily to goo
treatment. Give me a pair of hands an
let me massage them, working from tn
finger tips up to the elbows, and in a fey
days 1 will have hands that are nice to tn
touch. 1 place the elbows on a pillow an
1 work as the girls work in a dry good
store when they fit gloves. 1 rub gentl
downward from the finger tips. Mean
while 1 keep moistening my hands in
very soft cold cream.
Few women know how to line glove
with glove paste. A heavy pair of glove
is needed and the gloves must be cut dow
the back. The paste is spread on tn
inside Of the gloves. which must be sewe
up after the hand is laid in them. 1t
well to slip on a pair OF rubber gloves owe
1 all. I take rubber gloves several times to
! large and cut holes in them for ventilation
l These 1 draw on over the heavy kid gloves
The deaf and dumb depend upon tn
fingers for their speech-the fingers an
the language Of the eye. Society womel
, particularly those in English society, al
coming to recognize the sign language {
the hands. They let the hands speak whe
: the tongue is inadequate. Words seel
a slim when one can follow the motions
1 a pair of pretty hands instead.
v Sit with your hands open,' 1 say
my -patronesses. Don't clinch your fiji
gers. Let your hands relax and be COG
$ 1t is the only way to have nice hand
Humor your hands. They are almost {
great a power for argument as your fac
e And-don't let them get out of condition