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Show HOW TO MANICURE. It Is Very Easy to Do When You Know How. Get a small bowl or finger glass and dissolve therein a small piece of pure soap in some hot water, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Then soak the finger tips for five minutes, wipe dry and then with a knife or ivory manicure mani-cure implement gently loosen the layer of skin around the root of the nail, so that it can be trimmed off with cuticle scissors (especially curved scissors for the nail), and press the skin well back to distinctly show the half-moon or "onyx." This may not be possible at once, when the nails have been neglected. Still, two or three manicure treatments will show a marked improvement. With the ivory implement remove any dirt from under un-der the nails. Trim them oval shape with cuticle scissors, rub down any un-evenness un-evenness with prepared toilet emery paper, then apply the nail powder with a chamois polisher. Rinse the nails in warm water, wipe well and rub the nails again with polisher or with the palm of the hand, and do this after washing, which will serve to keep them polished for a week. If the nails are brittle and dry rub a little vaseline over them each night. Perfect cleanliness is the greatest adjunct to beauty, but, for all that, do not wash your hands too often. Washed Wash-ed seldom but thoroughly, they will keep in a far nicer condition than if they were continuously being "rinsed," as it were, which simply serves to grind the dirt into the pores. When gloves are worn at night be careful that they are perfectly clean inside, otherwise the grime and dirt are absorbed ab-sorbed by the overheated glands and the effect Is opposite from what was desired. |