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Show Working Itu ltd tin; Bent. Rightly cared for there is no need of having bands grow stumpy and thick ! with work. They were made to work, I and some of the hardest working races j iu the world have the finest hands and ; feet. Mark what Mr. Stanley says of , the African pigmies who hunt and grub I for a living and yet have the most bean- tiful extremities, as do muuy of the sav- j age tribes. The Japanese, the Hindoos, I Italians anil Finns work and drudge, yet ; their bands are more shapely and the ! skin finer than of those of some of our j idle ladies. If kept from injurious heat j and alkali use really packs the cells of i the skin together, and in place of horny callous yon will find the palms of work- iug bands a fine, smooth, incredibly ! tough membrane I can't say tender- j but smooth and supple, wliich a lifetime of work will not deface, whether it holds the plow handlo or the helm or housekeeping. house-keeping. I An application of the right sort will ; aid this refining aud toughening of the tissues, as every amateur pedestrian knows, and one woman writes that : she has been able for the first winter in her life to go through it comfortably i without cracked and ronghened hands ! by grace of a clever cosmetic. j Mittens of fine crash are indispensable j for women's hands when housekeeping, ! a yard making half a dozen pair, which ' can be kept clean for daily use. Dirty . gloves and mittens injure hands more than soap and water together sometimes, I am fain to believe from observation. j Shirley Dare's Letter, |
