Evening star., 1937-07-26

tight tendons. Practiced daily through
the season, they will prove most bene-
fetal, and vacation leisure affords a
good time to get started.
Making your feet look their prettiest
when they are exposed to the gaze Of
your friends on the beach is still an
other problem. A careful pedicure is
most important and as necessary as
careful manicure Here is a rou-
tine that covers the whole situation
and may give you some ideas
Scrub feet and toes well in soapy
water. using small brush then dry
thoroughly. Remove old polish with
oily remover
File the nails with the rough side
of an emery board and bevel with
its smooth side. Toenails should be
filed straight across. or only slightly
rounded, and should be just long
enough to protect the toe from pres
sure. Be careful not to file them
down at the corners. as this may
cause ingroWn toenails and infection.
After the cuticle has been removed
using cotton-tipped orange stick
dipped in oily cuticle remover, work
| the stick around the edge of the nail
gently to soften and loosen the dead,
lifeless cuticle overlapping the nail
II cutlcle is particularly stubborn,
place bit OF cotton moistened with
| the remover over the nail, and allow
it to remain for several minutes
Scrub the toes once more. then
| apply nail white pencil under free
edge Of nail. In drying with a soft
towel, the last bits of loosened cuticle
may be removed. Place bits of cotton
between the toes to separate them
and protect polish until it dries.
Drain the brush at the edge Of the
bottle SO that it is not too full. Polish
is usually worn over the entire toe
nail, although the half-moon and tip
may be left free if desired Use tip of
orange stick to remove any polish
that runs into creases at sides of
nail.
Rust is good shade for Summer
toe-tips and finger-tips as we'll. If
you do not care for the orange tone in
your polish, try rose, a bright, light
color Shrimp and bisque are also
good and there are many others.
Have you seen the attractive colored
orange sticks, six in a pack, for 80
cents?
Callouses may be removed, gradu-
ally and safely, by applying oily
cuticle remover every day. gently
working away the upper surfaces.
Do not use steel instruments in pedi-
curing as the slightest cut or bruise
may result in infection. Foot infec-
tions start much more readily than
hand infections, and often prove
serious.
TALCUM powders have taken to
new slim, skyscraper containers.
They look almost like baton and
are fine to slip into corner of your
suit case. They are gayly striped and
splashed with odd colors after the
modern idea of decorative art. The
scent of the powder is called tropical
night, and they are IS cents each or
three for ST.
One of the most interesting items
we have come across lately is one
of those new lightweight bakelite
cylindrical containers filled with little
cotton cleansing pads, each one
saturated with solution so that they
do beautiful job of jiffy cleansing.
They are perfect Joy for the traveller.
This clever jar or box, has false
bottom that may be unscrewed and
this makes a separate purse-size COM
pact with its own top, holding six
cleansing pads for emergency use in
your car, or after the movies, or
whenever you need quick dab over
the face before renewing makeup.
The complete set comes at 81 and it
is something that you won't want to
be without.
For information concerning items
mentioned in this column call Ma
tional 5000, Extension 395, between
10 and IL am.