Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
Winter Care of Hands

our customers expect us to regulate
the temperature OF the hands" complained
a manicure.
There are hands that are unpleasant to
touch. simply because they are always
moist. It Is a manifestation OF nervous
ness. they say. But the modish manicure
must remedy the difficulty.
Altering hands are those that are Of
the right temperature, not too hot, nor yet
too cold. Magnetic hands are Of the right
color, tending to wilderness rather than
yeiIowness. The latest fancy is for waxy
looking hands, white. smooth, not too soft,
and wholly perfect in shape.
1--WE have to consider the matter Of diet.
A customer came in the other day and
found her hands dry and hot.
"'You are hungry said 1. and you are
dieting too much. The woman who goes
without her food wan will have
hard, dry, hot hands, inclined to crack and
peel What you need Is luncheon
'"rhe LADY went to the nearest res
t%aurant, and within half an hour she was
back. BY this time her hands were too
moist.
"'You ate too much said I. ant you
ate too fast. What is more, you chose too
wide a variety. Your hands are Of the
sensitive order. Your general health is in
stantly mirrored in the condition Of your
fingers. other women may grow haggard
in the face, but you grow haggard in the
hands
Dry with ChamOis.
II took a chamois and dried her hands,
/ n - LII ILL ANaNE
dipped In alcohol. Finally 1 waved them
above her head for a minute, spreading
the fingers a little to start the circulation.
Then 1 told her to sit for ten minutes with
her hands slightly raised. By such treat
ment the color and temperature OF the
hands were restored.
II advise women with hot dry hands to
lunch on bread and butter and strained
honey. It is the best Of all foods for the
nerves. II nervous women would eat warm,
well cooked bread, unsalted butter and
plainly of pure, sweet. fresh honey they
would soon have nice hands, not to mention
well behaved nerves.
when / have a customer whose hands
are cold and clammy 1 put her on a diet.
1 tell her to lunch on hot milk. A milk
oyster stew is not as fashionable a lunch
con as 1t used to be, but 1t has lost none
Of its health giving qualities from being
unfashionable.
"If the hands persist in being unpleasant
to the touch I examine four departments
Of dress; namely, the stock, which is usu.
ally too tight; the shoes, which are gener-
ally laced or buttoned too snugly; tn,
corset, which is drawn too closely, and the
sleeves, which are not fitted to the arms.
MANY women wear sleeves that are toe
tight at the elbow, and no woman can hav,
uncomfortable elbows and be happy in tn,
hands. II the veins stand up like whip
cords you may be sure that your sleeves
are too tight. AS you stop the circulation
you bring or poor looking hands.
How TO Use Muffs.
AT this season of the year our customer,
are using muffs. They go out with thei
hands clad in thin kid gloves. The glove
are warm enough, they think because the,
carry a muff. In q little while both hand
are prespiring. Then out come the hand
from the depths of the muff and the COLI
wind blows over them. OF course, tn,
hands chap.
II give my customers these rules to OBJ
serve:
Wear warm gloves in the winter time
don't depend upon a muff.
Have big loose wrists to your gloves
IL your wrists are tight your hands will
redden.
III your hands are hot in your muf
don't take them out suddenly, but with
; draw them gradually. Sudden cold al
a will chap them.
I When you get home withdraw you
a hands from your gloves gently; rub then
together briskly and, IL convenient, III
your palms with cream of milk, whIcI
feeds the chilled skin.
Never put your hands into iced water
n don't expose the hand. to the cold.
Pointed nails are coming into style
and this means double care. II you
z nails are inclined to crack rub an emol
o lient into them three or four times a day
Y IF your nails are thin and brittle don
S rub them with the buffer. Spread a littl
cold cream on a piece Of channels an
N rub It over the nails. They will quickl
d come to shine and look beautiful.
y THE hard powders give a brilliant lustr,
but one must have hard, handsome nail
II in order to use them. The soft MALE
woman cannot use them on her nails.
/, Don't forget to bleach your hands one