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Show HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL BY MARGARET HUBBARD ATER. Dear Miss Ayef 1 am tall and aUng and have very long thin hands. MyJ knuckles arc coarse and show a greall ileal. Not having much fleh on my hands, mv veins arc very prominent My hands are alwavs ery rod and chapped looking Von do not say what kind of work von do, BO how yOU UBS; your hand-, nor what vour ape is. All this is very important in considering consid-ering Ihr hands. About ".o veara of ago thov lioin to look old unleaa the subject is inclined to be stout and thin people must begin then to "feed'' the tissues of the xkin and lake extra care of their hands after that ago The. hands of course, show the state of the general health at once. If you ate emaciated or anemic, that, would account for your thin hands, and onlv an improvement in health will pro luro eood results in the looks of your hands. Every woman who laeea too tight, srhoae shoe?, carters, collars or arm-holes arm-holes are uncomfortably tight, la likely to have red hands- Indigestion or sluggish circulation also shows itself in this wav. Now for the remedy You may he able to make your hands look fatter by rubbing them evorv night, and morning morn-ing with ti. good skin food. but. T doubt it." Hands are indicative of the con-oral con-oral condition up to a. certain age. II vou cret. si outer, vour hands will grow fnt. tOO After a. certain ace, called 'certain'' because if. i never Ihe Same in any two porsons, and varies according to disposition, health and temperainent- well, anyhow, after you gel to grow old. your hands will crow thinner, though tho rest bf your body be unite stout The skin food vou rub on may riot make your hands fatter, but it will surelv make them soft and you cannot use i( too often. If you have a goo1 deal of housework house-work to do, get nil the bjg old gloves vou can and wear them whenever it is possible. Wear larce gloves at night, put them on after you have thoroughly smeared vour hands with cold cream or akin food. Use a little clycerine each time ntlor you bavo washed vour hands and be sure that, you dry the-m carefully. care-fully. Use rubber cloves for dishwashing dishwash-ing if vou can. Thev are not very expensive ex-pensive for thev last i lone time if prOpmrly treated. Never let them dry before thev are porfoetlv cleaned and don't dry them over the range or radiator radi-ator or in any very warm place. If vou keep the skin of vour hands in pood condition and find out. whether if is indigestion, stricture of some kipd, or too much hot. water that is making vour hands red. and remedy that, you won Tt. be so oonwious of them. Use plcntv of old cream on your hands once a dav when Washing them in this wav, Wash th hands in warm water and soap, but without ever using aoda, borax or anv stronc cleaning agent. Rinse the bands in clear warm water, but do not wipe them, now rub in a good quantity of epld cream or skin food. Don't, bo skinipv. use as much as your tdtin will absorb, and then some, Wash quickly in warm water to lake off the unnecessary crease, and drv thoroughly, xour hande should he ( perfectly soft after washing them like thi a couple of times. |