The northwestern bulletin., 1922-08-12

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planned for you today, following up
my recent discussion of skin troub-
les. / was going to discuss the re-
lation of food and correct diet to the
perfection of the skin. | had plan
ned to steal the thunder of the au.
thor of an excellent little book about
women's beauty and head my talk
with a quotation from Hetty Green,
which says Good food is the basis
of good conduct and consequently of
happiness" But just as l was strug-
Cling along toward my daily labor,
l happened to see a lady making such
nervous display of her many rings,
that instantly decided to talk about
hands.
There is nothing prettier, or more
beautiful than well-shaped, clean,
quiet hand. And there is nothing
more repulsive than dirty, unkempt
hand, an awkward, over ringed hand,
and nothing so distracting as ner-
vous hand. Of course, none of us
are born with Gainsborough hands
these days, with slender tapering fin
gers, soft white palms, shell pink
nails, carefully shaped, and satiny,
hairless skin stretched smoothly over
wrist and arm, but by the Queen of
Nile, we can go long way towards
surmounting the obstacles that lay
between us and Gainsborough. Clean
illness and care are two of the most
potent factors. After all, the chief
requirement for a pleasing hand is
smooth skin, soft palm, small knuc-
kles, and clean well-shaped nails
When you see little sister or broth
er, or whatever the relation is, with
a thumb or finger in the mouth, stop
him instantly. They will not under
stand now, but when they are little
older point out the luckless child
who has finger or thumb smaller
than the rest, or twisted, because of
the constant sucking, not to mention
the protruding of displaced teeth.
When the boys get together and en-
gage in the universal sport of "crack-
ms hhuNhiCo plop lOI lllJlt
girls sometimes join in, and none of
them should have the future marred
by unsightly knuckles. If they COM
plain that the sleeve is too tight or
the mittens too small, humor them,
for any tightness causes poor circula-
ton, and poor circulation causes
Kitchen sculliOn's hands red and
hard. And that goes for us as well
as for them. I've seen my poor stray
ing sisters who have come away with
some ones else gloves, and falling
to get their fingers in, have fastened
them at the wrist and turned back
the glove itself. There is their flesh
literally bursting forth, and yet they
wonder why their hands don't look
like Mrs. Jones,
A little home care will save you
many a dollar at the manicure's If
you keep the hands clean, the flesh
firm with massaging and scrubbing,
firm with massaging and scrubing,
the cuticle away from the nail, the
nails shapely and pliable. And, please
don't let me see you on the street
car gouging underneath the nail, with
a tooth pick, steel file, orange stick,
or any such sharp instrument. Do
not scrap the nails. Don't wash the
hands in too warm water, or in too
cold. 1t is well to avoid extremes in
caring for any part of the body, tho.
Don't wear gloves to bed, for that
is hard on the circulation. If you are
using lotions at night, apply them
before you're sleepy, so that they
may dry by the time you are in bed
And no matter how nice your hand
is be careful just how you try to dis
play it. Fluttering birds may be al
right and fluttering angels may
be all right, but excuse me from fiut-
| tering hands. Don't sit UP and twist
your fingers and twirl them, and
make everyone else dreadfully exas
perated at your state. Practice Del
sarte, and acquire grace. At any rate
remember that hand quietly repos.
| ed is always to 'be desired rather thar
the always busy fingers.
| If you adress me at the home of
| fee. / will gladly send set of ex
ercises for inducing grace, also some
| simple home lotions that will dc
wonders for your hands appearance
And remember that wearing too
many rings and then shutting th'
hand is as good way of making cal
louses and blisters as grasping Moth
er's broom and vigorously, but indis
creetly attacking a Brussels carpet
It's all in knowing how, my dear, al
in knowing how.