Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-08-30


1t is perfectly natural for a fastidi.
GUS woman to worry about the looks
of her hands 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
womans charm, while the one that
looks as II it 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 IL she used
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 emollient soap containing
much oil is needed, at least for the
toilet. A cake Of old CASTLE soap,
shaved to a powder and then boiled
to a jelly, makes a 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
can be perfumed and made further
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 It's effect.
Rheumatism is caused in this way as
we'll IS 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,
it is 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
a 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 If wiped and the
hands will get little extra rest. Save
them all you can't Is your duty.
For this dishwashing with gloves,
for busting and all other "redding
up the hands are helped if they are
creased before the gloves are donned.
When putting up fruits they are saved
a lot of staining If they are first an
nointed in this way, for the emollient
used sinks into the skin and SO keeps
the stain from becoming deep seated
When a party is imminent and the
housekeeper feels that she must give
her hands an extra beautifying so that
she will look well in her short-sleeved
frock, after giving her hands and arms
a thorough scrubbing let her rinse
them off in a bowl of fresh water con.
tanning teaspoonful of benzoin.
which bleaches the skin to some ex.
tent almost instantaneously. If the
hands are browner than the arms, pay
more attention to them, rubbing the
benZoin water well into the skin, but
seeing. too, that it Is not strong
enough to bite. Then go over the
hands with the skin of a freshly-cut
cucumber, rinse off the juice, dry the
hands partly and then rub in deli
cate hand lotion such as is made by
six parts of rosewater to one of glyc-
erin. The lotion will plump the skin
and add to its whiteness. 1t will also
help to keep on the powder, If that is
to be used on the hands and arms.
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