Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-09-10

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The most scrupulous cleanliness is
needed for the health and beauty OF
the feet, and so a daily bath and
comfortable supply of stockings are
required. The best results are OBJ
tanned by putting on fresh pair Of
stockings every day, and in case Of
profuse perspiration they should be
changed at least twice day. If the
stockings are washed out immediate
ly upon being taken off, six pairs
would make an adequate summer sup
ply Silk is undoubtedly the best
stocking material for hot weather, this
being cooler to the feet than cotton
and permitting the shoes to slip on
more easily. Gauze cotton is the next
best thing in point of softness to the
foot. and three pairs of quite fine stock
ings in this material can be had for
one dollar. Lisle, even in the finest
qualities, is to a certain degree rasp-
ing to the foot, causing often, besides,
a most disagreeable burning.
Women in the smart set go to the
pedicure for the removal of corns and
callouses, but these Affections can be
treated at home and there are special
baths for softening the horny places
and for resting all the feet. One is
made with ordinary washing soda
about half cupful to gallon of wa
ter-this being for softening the cal
louses preparatory to their removal
with a knife or file or pumicestone,
for all of these tools are used. A bath
J with a pound of sea salt will harden
and strengthen the feet Camphor Is
} useful for massaging, thus reducing
swelling, while massaging the feet
and ankles every night with olive oil,
) will, as the beauty saying is, keep
them young. All care lavished upon
the feet tends to keep them in good
, condition, even If the work consists
only Of dainty polishing of the toe
nails When these are neglected they
harden and coarsen sometimes chang.
ing their nature and shape entirely.
: Before ministering to tormenting
corns, bunions and callouses the feet
must always be soaked in a softening
bath, after which they should be
scrupulously dried at every point
particularly between the toes-and
then powdered. A good and cooling
foot powder, by the way, is one of the
greatest comforts one can have in
summer, and there Is scarcely a drug
store that does not keep several
brands of it. A foot powder which
can also be used to advantage on per-
spring hands, and which is very con-
: venient for gloves, is made after this
, formula:
Picnic acid. .........................10 grams
Alcohol ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20 grams
6larcn .zUU grams
florentlne orrls ...................l 10y grams
Essence OF violet ............,.... grams
Dissolve the acid In alcohol; add
the violet essence, then the starch and
orris root
[ A special powder for perspiring feet
, Is made of one ounce of alum, two
, ounces Of powdered orris root and five
ounces Of rice powder. Where the
! perspiration has an unpleasant odor,
however, a powder with lycopodium is
: better than any other, and such sorts
are kept at all drug stores of any size,
this condition being recognized as
J something of a disease.
t After the bath, attend to the corns
/ or callouses at once, trimming the
, nails only as often as is needed. They
should be cut square across and left
little longer than the flesh. If there
are soft corns, several foot baths a
day are needed, also larger shoes, and
: in extreme cases it may be necessary
r to place bits Of absorbent cotton wet
7 with some healing lotion or salve be-
} tween the toes. For relief from Bills
tiers the excessive pain of corns and
other callosities, this simple pomade
r is highly recommended:
Melted mutton tallow .......... IN ounces
Mugwort, freshly gathered and
bruised OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. drains
Mix thoroughly and rub the whole
, foot with it. massaging it well into
the skin
A good bunion lotion is made Of two
; drains each of carbolic acid, glycerin
and tincture of iodine.
Flatfoot is a condition much recog.
, nized just now, and in severe cases
, 1t Is as reforming as lemeness. It Is
not always recognizable at first, only
the pain and difficulty in walking be-
Ing perceptible; but after while the
, arch of the foot breaks down and then
the beauty of it is gone SO when
feeling a definite pain in the instep
II is wise to wear strong-soled shoes
! with a stiff spring in the instep. as
these Will counterfeit the weak ten
, oency of the arch. Inner soles with
/ high arches are also sold for the pur-
pose, while doctors recommended foot
exercises for strengthening the mus
cies OF the arch and its supports.
But, to go back to the mere COM