The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-04

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il is perfectly natural fer a iastidl'
Gus woman to worry about the looks
OF her hands when she is so Maced
that she must do hard and dirty
work. The hand that shows the signs
OF domestic drudgery does not add to
woman's charm. while the one that
looks as ii it was lain in pink cotton
all It's life does. Yet the working hand
can show a deal more character than
the soft, pinktippcd, unused one. and
the energetic housewife. with a mini
mum Of daily care can kee, her hands
in better shape
Much Of the beauty o. the hands
will Gepend upon the quality of the
SOAP used for the toilet. an as to that
the housekeeper's hands would re-
srond far more quickly - her little
moments Of daily care if she used a
fairly good soap for her housekeeping.
The cheap soaps supplied for house
h1cUIHS uic sAOHe WIN "AN"'i, ""u
their constant use will ruin the best
skin. TO preserve and promote the
Wilderness and dclicacy of the hand
Skin. mild cmollient soap containing
! much oil Is needed. at least for the
toilet. 4 cake of old CASTLE soap,
shaved to a powder and then boiled
to Il jelly, makes 4 very gentle and
thorough cleanser for the hands. A
finer soap is made of the best white
curd soap and old CASTLE. in the pro-
portion of onc.scventh of the latter
to siN-sevenths OF the former This
can be pcrfumcd aud made further
helpful with the addition Of one ounce
of essential oil Of almonds 70 four and
Il half pounds of the soap
The dish pan must answer for many
sins, for through constant immersion
| in ho;. greasy water hands once pretty
are ruined every day When the house
koener goes from hot water to cold
too. she does her hands still greater
| Injury, for the sudden change of tenn
pcraturc is very balcful in It's effect
| Rheumatism is caused in this way as
well as salt rheum and score OF
other hand annoyances. The skin
hardcns and discolors and the hands
soon look wca,hcr-hcaten and old. As
| to dish washing with the bare hands
| il is sheer nonsense, and the house
keeper who washes up" in this man
nor deserves pretty much all she gets
| The drug store and the other shop:
have rubber gloves for this very pur
pose. dish mops are cheap and b!
making Il little pad for The neccssar,
holding of the dish while 1t is bcint
moppcd the hands can come through
a dish washing spree without the lcas
injury. Have two pans of water, one
for washing and one for rinsing, ant
then let the dishes drip dry in one o
the metal racks sold so cheaply. The!
Will be cleaner than if wiped and thu
hands will get little extra rest. Saw
them all you can't Is your duty.
For this dishwashing with gloves
for busting and all other "reddini
up" the hands are helped If they arr
creased before the gloves are donned
When putting up fruits they are save'
a 10, OF staining if they are first an
nonted In this way. for tho emollien
uscd sinks into the skin and so keep
III. stain from becoming deep seated
When a party is imminent and tn
housekceper feels that she must CIV
her hands an extra identifying so tina
she will look well In her short-sleevc,
frock, after giving her hands and arm
thorough scrubbing let her rims
them off In a bowl of fresh water con
tanning teaspoonful of benzoir
which bleaches the skin 10 some OK
tent almost instantaneously. If th
hands are browner than the arms. pa
more attention TO them. rubbing tn
bcnzoin water well into the skin, bu
seeing, too. that II Is not stron
enough to bite. Then go over IN
hands with the skin OF freshly.cu
cucumber. rinse off the juice, dry tn
hands partly and then rub in a del
cate hand lotion such as is made b
six parts Of rosewater 10 one of glyt
erin. The lotion will plump the ski
and add TO its Wilderness II will ais
help to keep on the powder. II that
to be used on the hands and arms.