The state herald., 1912-08-23

1t Is perfectly natural for a fastidi.
ous woman to worry about the looks
OF her ha-sas when she is SO placed
that she must do hard and dirty
work. The hand that shows the signs
OF domestic drudgery does not add to
a woman's charm, while the one that
looks as II 1t was lain In pink cotton
all its life does. Yet the working hand
can show deal more character than
the soft. pink-tipped. unused one, and
the energetic housewife, with a mini.
mum of daily care, can keep her hands
In better shape.
Much Of the beauty Of the hands
Will depend upon the quality OF the
soap used for the toilet, and as to that
the housekeeper's hands would re.
spond far more quickly to her little
moments Of daily care II she used a
fairly good soap for her housecleanIng.
The cheap soaps supplied for house
keeping are strong with alkali, and
their constant use will ruin the best
skin. To preserve and promote the
whiteness and delicacy Of the hand
skin, mild emolllent soap containing
much oil Is needed, at least for the
toilet. A cake OF old CASTLE soap,
shaved to powder and then boiled
to a jelly. makes 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 one-seventh of the latter
to six-sevenths of the former. This
helpful with the addition of one ounce
of essential oil of almonds to four and
half pounds of the soap.
The dish pan must answer for many
sins, for through constant immersion
in hot, greasy water hands once pretty
are ruined every day. When the house
keeper goes from hot water to cold.
too, she does her hands a still greater
Injury, for the sudden change of tenn.
perature is very baleful In its effect.
Rheumatism is caused in this way as
well as salt rheum and score Of
other hand annoyances. The skin
hardens and discolors and the hands
soon look weather-beaten and old AS
to dish washing with the bare hands,
II iB sheer nonsense, and the house
keeper who washes up" In this man.
ner deserves pretty much all she gets.
The drug store and the other shops
have rubber gloves for this very pur.
pose. dish mops are cheap and by
making little pad for the necessary
holding Of the dish while It Is being
mopped the hands can come through
dish washing spree without the least
injury. Have two pans of water. one
for washing and one for rinsing. and
then let the dishes drip dry In one OF
the metal racks sold SO cheaply. They
will be cleaner than II wiped and the
hands will get little extra rest. Save
them all you CAN'T is your duty.
For this dishwashlng with gloves,
for dusting and all other ''redding
up" the hands are helped II they are
creased before the gloves are donned.
when putting up fruits they are saved
lot OF staining II they are first an.
noInted In this way. for the emollient
used sinks into the skin and so keeps
tho stain from becoming deep seated.
When a party is imminent and tho
housekeeper feels that she must give
her hands an extra beautlfylng so that
she will look well In her short-sleeyed
frock. after giving her hands and arms
thorough scrubbing let her rinse
them OF In bowl OF fresh water con.
taining teaspoonful OF benzoin.
which bleaches the skin TO some OF.
tent almost instantaneously. II the
hands are browner than the arms. pay
more attention to them. rubbing the
benzoin water well into tho skin. but
seeing. too. that It Is not strong
enough TO bite. Then 20 over tho
hands with the skin OF freshly-cut
cucumber. rinse on tho juice. dry tho
hands partly and then rub in deli.
cate hand lotion such as Is made by
six parts OF rosewater to one OF glyc.
erin. Tho lotion will plump the akin
and add TO its whltenesa. II will also
holp to keep on the powder. II that 10