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Show : Beauty Chats I By EDNA KENT FORBES j CRACKED FIXGEHS I AM Indebted to one of my readers : for the following letter, which was sent me after some advice on the cure for cracked nails. The letter came some time ago, and I have saved It to use as the season approaches when nails and fingers split from the change of weather. Says my correspondent whoso name Is withheld by request- "I had cracked fingers for nearly two years before going to our family doctor. He said the condition was due to a generally anemic condition of the blood and that this was nartly due Will 1 lWWUW" ."tWW.kWWE..Muy f - t ? .-n. X j - I v Now Is a Good Time to Begin Getting the Hands In Condition to Avoid Chapping. to constipation. Tonics for the blood and salines for the bowels were necessary nec-essary in addition to the constant use of olive oil on my fingers. "- Olive oil, she added, had afforded her only temporary relief, but her case was a most unusual one. But this advice is excellent, and should be followed by every woman who suffers more or less'' from this unpleasant affliction. Salines or salts need not be used if some other laxative is used in their place. Salts as a rule are the most effective, though some women cannot keep them on the stomach. ,For ordinary cases, the woman should do most of her work wearing rubber gloves, keeping the hands from direct contact with dish or scrub water, wa-ter, especially If the water contains borax or ammonia, or some such drying dry-ing solution. Ashes, stove polish, etc., should be handled with gloved fingers. Then the hands should be rubbed with olive oil or vaseline after the nightly hot water and soap washing, old loose gloves drawn on, If the fingers are badly cracked, and kept on all night. This Is as much to protect the bed linen lin-en as to keep a supply of oil right against the skin. (Copyright.) O |