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Show n Woman's Page i Character of Indmdud Indicated, by Form, Strength and Lines of the --If.hnes Foremost in Care of Hands Too Highly Polished Nail Are VulgarSome Hints on the Temper of China Various Uses for the Handy Hook Who Should Look ! After the Baby at Night? J THE BEAUTY OF THE HAND II It Is not a superstition, but a fact n Imown to the initiated, that the char-jf, char-jf, acter and fortune of an individual i are indicated by the form, strength, L; and lines of the hand. To preserve the delicacy and beauty of the hands, some little care, and more than that I which iB ordinarily bestowed on them, j is required. Foremost In considera- Uon must be cleanliness. Dirtv and ! coarse hands are no lesB a mark of I low breeding than clean hands are of good breeding, i It is not a question of manicuring S alone; in fact, I know many people j, who never haVe had a professidnal ? manicure and whose hands are per- feet. The most important matter, jj after cleanliness, Is the quality of soap used. Pure castlle is the host. for it is made of pure oil. Hard wn- ter can be softened by a little soda. People who are obliged to wash their hands often during the day should I rub cold cream into' their hands bc-J bc-J j fore retiring at night. Rough usage or violent exertion of 1 ' the hands, whether in work or sport, i tends to make them broad, thick and coarse. No ono should retire at ; night without washing their hands , and rubbing some pure cold cream 1 J upon them. I ' Finger nails should alwayB Jbe clean. ! j v' A "wide necked bottle of liquid soap 1 , should stand on every dressing table, ; with an orange wood stick handy. It - is an easy and simple effort to" dip the stick into the liquid soap and run in around the cuticle and under the nails after one is completely dressed, : then rinse the hands in lukewarm . water. The hands will always look well when that Is made a habit. Noth- Ing is so vulgar as a hand decked with jewels and Urty finger nails, j Too highly polished and sharp pomt- ed nails are vulgar. The nails should : be almoned shaped, and the polish , smooth and fine, not brilliant. : Pjamember Cleanliness is purity, I i j whether it be of mind or body. j THE TEMPER OF CHINA I Another important admonition to M ; give the maid is never to put fine I ; china dishes in the oven or refrlgera-I refrlgera-I tor even if they have been tempered. China 1b more likely to break when ijj ' very hot or cold. 'ij If some of these hiuta were ob-J ob-J served there will be less cause to re-KJ re-KJ gret broken china and chipped dish- : Some people have tried the plan of jff telling the maid that she will have to pay for broken pieces as well as jfl : a fine for every chip. This plan fj sometimes works like magic. Other R ' girls are so careless that they would E : never earn a salary at all If this plan H were tried. It is always a question B? .' what to do in a case like this. Each I '' individual housewife has to solve her tB i own problem. Li There la perhaps no other agent or & 'j order as efficient in every home as ; the handy hook. Hooks are a good $ i bit like salt; we cannot do without ' them. Added to their qualities of usefulness, we have inexpensiverieBS. , Hooks placed within the reach of w r children can actually be used aa a , means of education. If the child Is , taught to hang each article in its re-M: re-M: spetlve place It has learned a-valua-fj ble lesson in order and independence. Pl In homes where there are very young children it is well to place rows of ' hooks around the clotheB closet which the children can reach. The children should then be taught to hang their night clothes and bath-' bath-' robes up every morning and wearing ' apparel up every night. This saves the time ot either the mother or the ; maid. Yet more time can be saved if ; hooks are placed in the bathroom for J every towel, face cloth or tooth- brushr Children, especially boys, are so active that they knock the towels from the racks, so hooks often an- ; swer the purpose bettor. When the ; appointed time comes for the changing chang-ing of the towels the child himself . can be taught to place the soiled towel tow-el in the hamper and replace it with i a clean towel from the drawer or closet. i Women have sometimes found odd places to hang things. The woman who Uvea in an apartment house loams to do as the French do; to nave hooks everywhere and a hook for everything. When there are no broom and brush closets, tho brooms and brush-es brush-es are always in the way and look out of place unless suspended by hooks. Special holders for brooms can bo purchased for a few cents in any hardware store. The carpet sweeper, mop handle, can be suspend" ed without any trouble by inserting a little looped screw at the top or by tying a piece of string in the groove made In the handle for this special purpose. When the kitchen is very crowded a china closet or cup hooks scrowed along the side or the ends of the kitchen table afford handy places on i u ? to hang the Ptat9 masher, kitchen scissors, graters, strainers, egg beater and numerous other articles arti-cles that are of frequent use. I When one haB not a ulntliPR mMr " "on one naB not a clothes rack in the bedroom or sufficient room for one, the handy hook on the wall will be found quite convenient for bathrobe bath-robe or kimono. In many homes nooks are found on the bathroom door or about the framework on the bathroom door on which the clothes can be suspended while one is batln ing. Hooks in the stairway that leads from the cellar to the attic will be found qule convenient for articles that have no abiding place that are used too frequently to be stored and yet that are too little to be kept about the house or Jiving rooms. A hook placed outside of the bathroom bath-room window is very convenient for the suspension of articles and brushes brush-es used in the bathroom. A little hook placed in the framework frame-work of the front door affords a convenient con-venient resting place for the mall box and door keys. As one leaves the house or apartment the key can be slipped Into glove or purse ana when one returnr it can be rehung. The telephone book and pad tor writing memorandum of numbers are of readier access if suspended near the telephone. Innumerable uses for hooks can be found. New uses and places will be discovered every day. If any article arti-cle is always in the way or never seems to have a place, the best way to solve the problem Is to hang it up. For Instance, even those patterns that persist in littering up tho sewing sew-ing room would bo a lot less trouble trou-ble if slipped into a bag and hung on a hook. Only as you study your own needs can you realize what service a hook will render you. WHO SHOULD LOOK AFTER THE BABY AT NIGHT? If your husband Is of the rare and adorable variety who offers to take charge of the child at night, thank heaven for having given you such a man, and decline the offer. Should your health be unequal to the strain of both night and day work, it will probably pay better in the long run for someone to be hired to spare you than for him to give his strength to the task. That is a problem for circumstances cir-cumstances to solve. The point I wish to emphasize In this connection iB, that you are neither to feel aggrieved ag-grieved if your husband doesn't claim tho right to share in the night care of the child, nor permit him to lose his sleep if he pleads a desire to act as assistant nurse. If you have made the mistake of asking your husband to look after the child at night, try to look at the matter mat-ter reasonably. He might have been graclouB enough to tell you why he felt his sleep of such Importance that he was not Justified In foregoing it, even to spare you, but there are men who don't see things in that way and ho may be one of them. That docs not change the fact, I repeat, that ho cannot do his best for you and tho kiddles when deprived of the proper amount of slumber, and the truth that it is for you and the kiddleB that he works may help you to overlook the ungraciousness. |