The Washington herald., 1915-07-02

| The hands are an important medium
| Of expression. The delicate nerves here
may be cultivated to express thought to
such degree as to be almost incompre-
| hensible to one who has not lived with
those deprived Of other senses, particular
| ly the sense of sight
| In races that gesticulate great deal,
particularly the French, the hands ex-
press much of the temperament-the play
Of thoughts and the hidden depths-which
| the face, schooled to control, does not.
This may be partly due to the fact that
most sensitive and delicate nerves extend
to the palms and to the finger tips.
A vast amount of character is expressed
by handclasp. and If the fact be studied
in conjunction with the hand, correspond
| ing lines Of weakness or strength may
| be discovered.
| Nothing detracts more from ones ap-
pearance than neglected hands and nails.
Failure to care for and develop lines OF
beauty here suggests neglect of a sacred
duty to educate. elevate and refine
through cleanliness.
The shape of the hand can be changed
by cultivation and care to a certain de-
gree only. II the joints have become
| large by reason of hard work 1t is pos
sible that they may slightly taper down if
| one is relieved from hard work and the
| hand massaged and given good care;
but IL the hand has been subjected to
| hard work during its growing years. or IL
a rheumatic or equity condition exist the
| joints themselves become enlarged and
| no amount of care can change the shape
| Of them. They may be kept soft and
flexible and be well cared for, however.
Exercises will also develop grace
| and flexibility; every woman who
wishes to cultivate a graceful hand
should learn to relax it. Too much
energy causes ungraceful clumsy
movements.
The appearance Of the hands can
be greatly improved by taking good
care of them each day. When doing
rough Homework. use rubber gloves.
such as are worn by surgeons: dur
ing cold weather, when more special
care of exposed skin is needed. use
a larger sized kid or channels glove
at night, whenever the hands seem
to be unusually rough, after first an
mounting well with a skin food. hand
cream or healing lotion
Stains may be removed by lemon
Juice, alcohol. salt or pumice stone
the latter As powdered or In plain
lump or mounted form.
The hands should always be thor
oughly dried (this is more necessary
! in Icold than In warm weather) and
Judgment exercised as to how often
they need washing. for exposed skin
will not stand as indiscriminate use
Of water in winter as in summer.
In cold weather, particularly. have
IL good hand lotion on your wash
stand and moisten the hands with
this each time, after washing them, to
prevent them chapping and to keep
them white.
The kind Of soap to be used must
depend upon the character of the skin.
II dry. an oily soap, such a. an olive
oil or slycerin soap would be best:
IL oily. any kind of good toilet soap
may be used.
A hand lotion or q good healing OIL
such a. white vaseline. olive or almond
oil. cold cream. should be thoroughly
rubbed In. at night before retiring There
10 no better healing Oil than white vase
line. When the hands are chapped. AZ
mond meal or oatmeal are better for
cleansing than soap. on account Of the
drying quality Of the alkali In ths soap.
The nails should be carefully mani
cured once q week. and properly cared
for each day. % that the arc Of stln
about the nall may present n Anhc1k1n
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