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Show HANDFUL OF NAILS Connie Crane, who claims longer fingernails than anyone else shows set on her left hand that measures over three inehes. They have been nurtured for the past three years. Note the eurvatur of the nail on the little finger and thumb. Nails on the right hand are normal length because of more vigorous daily usage. Nail-growing novelty produces specimens over three inches Connie Crane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crane, has not yet decided whether to cut her finger nails or continue to let them grow. For the past three years Connie Con-nie has been growing finger-npiis finger-npiis on her left hand to see. just how long the- will grow. At the present, her nails have grown over three inches. They grow about an inch a year, she says, and she uses fingernail polish on both sides to keep them from breaking. She decided de-cided to try long fingernails after being in the habit of biting bit-ing them off when she was younger. Her rignt hand's nails are only normal because she is right handed and has more ac tivity that endangers nails with that hand. Asked if she were able to do her usual work routine with these elongated nails, she replied re-plied that she carries on her ivork at home doing practically everything but wash dishes. This she docs not do because of the softening of the nail by the water. She puts her mother's hair up, sews, and other household house-hold chores. She says she can shuffle cards or tie bow knots. Connie's nails at the present are the second set of long ones grown. She grew them previously, but did not succeed suc-ceed with their length like those of the present. Connie, who is a senior at the high school, when asked how she will go about cutting her nails, reported that the doctor told her she would need a surgical saw to remove them to keep them from split-ing split-ing or breaking the entire nail from the finger. |