The San Francisco call., 1913-10-25
Beautifying
Arms and
Hands
By ANNA HELD

In France we consider a beautiful
expressive arm and hand one OF
woman's great charms Do you not
think this beauty is well worth your
cultivation?
Hands are SO much in evidence it is
important for every woman to try tc
make hers attractive.
OF course. the foundation for all
true beauty is cleanliness. Grooming
and care win make the skin of your
arms and hands smooth and clear.
ShapeIiness is also within your reach.
And if you Will but cultivate grace
and expressiveness. you may master
beauty of the hands and arms.
In France we admire gesture and
expression through a certain amount
of free motion. To you repose is es-
sential for the hands. But the grace
of repose is thing that requires
study.
AlAOnS- w plOCGCU
Battle the arms in bran water
using the bags of SON as l told you
in my talk about the bath.
Lave the arms in warm. but not ex-
amount of blood be called to the
hands. giving them an unsightly red
appearance.
Now beginning at the shoulder rub
down very gently with a good cold
cream.
If the elbow is unsightly with cal
lous skin or goose flesh, make up
your mind that you must break your
self of your American habit of lean
ing on the elbow.
Leaning on the elbow looks quite
attractive when pretty slender girl
assumes the pose. But IT is most un-
slightly when a stout woman takes it,
and in any case it will give you ugly
coarse pads at the elbows Break
yourself of the habit. and in the mean
time rub the elbows each night with
lanoline.
ALWAYS RUB DOWN
Always rub down in cultivating
beauty of either arm or hand. BY fol-
lowing the downward sweep of the
circulation you win acquire the
greatest possible shapeliness and get
the tapering line of hand and arm
that is essential to their true beauty
Swing very light dumbbells or In
dian clubs to acquire flexible. grace
full motion of the hand or arm Lift
straight up in front of you. then to
the shoulder level In each position
flex the wrist, and turn the hand on
the wrist as a pivot. Try expressing
your idea of various emotions with
the hands and arms. Study arranging
the fingers gracefully and yet not
loosely from the wrist TO acquire the
power to relax them easily.
And now to crown your efforts
have your hands always well groomed
and clean.
If you can not afford a weekly man
icure. purchase manicure tools-an
orange wood stick or two, a flexible
file, some chamois buffers. a bottle OF
peroxide, CASTLE soap and good cold
cream. To this add pair of loose
chamois gloves. some finger tip
squeezers, glycerin and some well
recommended article that will give
Iuster to the nails.
After fling, soak your hands in
warm soap suds to which you have
added few drops of benzoin When
they are soft and clean, push the cuti-
Gle back with towel and cleanse
under the nails with theUprange wood
stick dipped in peroxide.
Not only must the nails be free
from dust and soil and spots of all
sorts, but the flesh under them must
shine clear white through the trans
lucent nails.
Now rub a bit of luster cream or
powder on the nails and polish with
the buffer
Each night rub glycerin. with a
bit of camphor. or of carbolic acid
and rose water (you will be the best
Judge of which mixture best agrees
with your skim, on hands and about
the cuticle of the nails. Then don
the loose gloves and let the softening
effect of your glycerin preparation
go on.
IN THE MORNING
In the morning shape the fingers by
applying the squeezers to the fingers
in alienation. Massage the fingers
toward the tips, and be sure to keer
the joints supple and smooth.
When on the street always wear
gloves that are large enough for you
When in building remove the gloves
at once, so that no perspiration sitter
the glove or chap the hand.
Never use highly scented soaps
Never wear tight wristbands or cuffs
and be sure that your dresses always
have plenty Of room in the arm.
holes.
If you follow these careful direc-
tions, madame. I think you will find
Yourself possessed of pair of supple
graceful white hands and arms. And
either in motion or in repose, the,
will add to the tout ensemble OF true
beauty.
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