The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
The HANDs-THEIR POSSIBILITIES.
LESSON VIII.

THE HANDs-THEIR POSSIBILITIES
Think Of the women you have known with beautiful
= more appealing and what element OF feminine
beauty remains longer in memory?
possibilities Of beautiful hand. and yet rule.
their hands are small and welshaped. This indiffer.
onco may from the fact that . Of
workers. and whether the necessity for manual labor
. az Or n o thu Of as a no Vss
reason why hand should not be beautifu-as well
that the face should not be beautiful because it
must reflect dihhcult mental processes.
THE HAND OF OLD AGE
are under social Obligations Perhaps that il Why
great pains to preserve the beauty Of their hands.
REGARDING them the last surviving symbol Of fent
beautiful hand i. beyond and ouvins the allure Of
youth tcs with these l.dis. Of the old school the
Recently an actress who had been . most popular
ssuSssts in her younger days made revival OF sns
was far too old for the part no skill Of acting could
st lovely ana how Sssntfui,y she ss' used them,
That this all left Of her youthful beauty did not
young, and this one charm stood out 20 clearly.
MATTER OF CARE.
The beauty Of the hand 10 much q matter Of train
face 1t should far eutve IT, but often through cruel
abuse and neglect the hands become wrinkled and
lovely long before the meridian Of life 10 reached MY
GoD Us say to Is cam
cured" They are quite wrong I have often seen .
few months intelligent transform discolored.
wrinkled hands to smoothness and attractive white
ness. ID it not worth trying!
SOAP AND uNcLEANLINEss.
Most hands are harmed by the too frequent and In
discriminate of soap. Dirt becomes grimed into
the skin and the quickest and most thorough way Of
and the bad for the hands The sort of soap
that removes dirt quickly. the kind you would to
clean any soed fabric soon dries the natural moisture
from the skin and wrinkles result.
The escape from this dilemma my dear friends, IL
to protect your hands: do not allow them to be-
come stained very much soiled I am not going to
In gardens. perform other hand routine tasks,
but it is possible to do all these things and still
for the hands
THE USE OF GLOVES.
Gloves not q fashion. = mark Of social position
or formal DRESSING they are in all climates and at all
hands. If everyone would regard them as SUCH hands
would be much winter and would not need the constant
cleaning with strong soaps that does much towards
spelling the texture Of the skin.
Wear gloves in summer to protect your hands and
prevent tan and unsighty freckes. They quite
important at this time Of the year in winter. Al
dirt is drying and moreover ON railroad trip
IL apt to read newspapers and cheaply printed lit
erature and the ink that comes on from this matter
u bad for the skin.
II you are doing homework. try to soil your hands
little possible. While busting and sweeping
doing any dry. dirty work, wear loose pair Of old
sive; provide yourself with . pair of these and
them while washing dishes any work that demands
the Of strong soap and water.
Even with care the housewife IL forced to do some
handsoiling unprotected and to be clearly
wash her hands many times day. Do this properly
and the harm will not be apparent Do this thoroughly
than strong soap; wipe the hands thoroughly, for