The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22

1t is perfectly natural for 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
wornan's charm, while the one that
looks aB If it was lain in pink cotton
all its life does. Yet the working hand
can show a deal more character than
the soft, pink-tipped, unused ore, and
the energetic housewife, with a mini
mum Uf daily care, can keep her hands
in better shape.
Much of the beauty of the aands
will depend upon the quality Uf the
soap used for the toilet, and as to that
the lhousekeeper's hands would re-
spond far more quickly to her little
moments of daily carte If she used a
fairly good soap for her housekeeping
1.-THE cheap soaps supplied far house
keeping are strong witt alkali, and
their constant use will run the best
lFskin. To preserve and prolnote the
whiteness and deliGacy of THE hand
Eskin, a mild emollient soap containing
lImuch oil is needed, lat least for the
toilet. A cake Of old castle soap,
Shaved to a powder and then boGed
TO jelly, makes Il very gentle and
thorough cleanser For the hands. A
finer soap is made of fine best white
curd soap and old CASTLE, i'll the pro-
portion of one-seVenth of the latter
to six-sevenths Of the former. This
can be perfumed GlG made furtf er
helpful with the addition of one ounce
of essential oil of Almonds to four aad
a half pounds of the soap.
The dish pan mus9 answer for may
sins, for through constant immersion
in hot, greasy water bands once pretty
are ruined every dag. When the house
keeper goes from hot water to cold,
too, she does her haruts a still greater
injury, for the sudden change Of tenn
perature is very balsful in its effect.
Rheumatism is caused in this way as
we'll as salt rheum and a score Of
other hand annoyamaes. The Skin
hardens and discoloTs and the hands
soon look weather-beaten land old. AS
to dish washing with THE bare hands,
it is sheer nonsense, and the house
keeper who washes arp in this man
iner deserves pretty much all she gets.
The drug store and the other shops
have rubber gloves fmr this very pur-
pose, dish mops are cheap and by
making a little pad for the necessary
ihGiding 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 rfnsing, and
then let the dishes drip dry in one of
the metal racks sold so cheaply. They
will he cleaner than if wiped and the
hands will get little extra rest. Save
them iall you can't is your duty.
For this dishwashing with gloves,
for busting and all other "Tedding
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 irgt an
nointed in this way, for the emoihent
used sinks into the skin and so keeps
the stain from becoming deep seated.
. When a party is imminent and the
bonsekeeper feels that she nnust give
her hands an extra identifying SO that
she will look well in her short-sleeved
frcck, after giving her hands and arms
thorough scTubbing let her rinse
them off in a bowl of fresh water con-
tanning a teaspoonful Of benzoin.
which hleaches the skin TO some ex.
tent almost instantaneously. II the
hands are browner than the arms. pay
more attention to them, rubbing the
benzoip water we'll into the skin. bat
seeing, too, that it is not strong
enough 20 bite. Then go over the
hands with the skin of freshly-cut
cucumber, rinse off the juice, dry the
hands partly and then rub in a 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 IL will also
help to keep on the powder, If that is
10 be used Oh the hands and arms.
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