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Show CHAPPED HANDS AND CRACKED LIPS What Is moro unattractlvo than cracked, blooding lips or red, rough hands. And as thoy aro both so unattractlvo, un-attractlvo, painful and wholly un nocossary wo cannot help wondorlng why folks havo them. As a rulo chapped hands and cracked lips aro tho result ot neglect neg-lect and carelessness. A fow mom-cuts mom-cuts spont boforo retiring each night, rubbing thorn with somo soft cream will koop them soft and natural ln sliopo and eolor ovon In tho coldest woathor.. Chapped lips got to he a chronic dlsordor. Ono scale of cutlclo pealing peal-ing off to bo replaced by another drx, hard piece, tho victim ot tho dlsordor dlsor-dor becomes accustomed to It and ceasos to notico It, Cracks upon tho Ups aro dcop and soro, bleeding slightly nearly ovory day. Cracks upon tho hands soora to appear without with-out nny apparont causo, a flssuro opening ln tho skin crosswlso of tho muscles longth, tho flssuro Booming to gnpo open, romalnlng this way for bomo tlmu after closing leaving a rough, red painful rldgo. Tho causo of such troubles Is not far to seek when It Is seen that chapped and cracked lips nearly always al-ways manifest themselves after a porlod of intonso cold when caro has not been taken to keep tho lips dry whllo out of doors. Moisture gathering gath-ering upon a veil, a careless habit ot touching the lips with the tonguo will almost Immediately produce chapped Ups. For both hands and Ups an old fashioned remedy liked very much by our grandmothers was nothing moro or less than mutton suot. A Bmnll pleco procured from tho butchers, butch-ers, cut flno, melted up nnd slowly poured into n tiny cup. When it is hardened tho cako was taken from tho cup and kept ln a convenient Jar upon tho dressing table. |