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Show a$;&r Tr-w dn!!W vrm THE Ki A TCl I Lr ) Pttsli jBadc flie Oxticle While Drying We Hand fl'yr v m'' S' Pi CARE OF YOUR NAILS ' X W: ' ''S f Improve and Beautify Them by A-SKSj. ylivt ' " i Following the Directions --,.V;- 'iu','Ns3WBb ' Given Here. ' I'lmmir -:- V STAINS BY LUCILLE DAUDET. S INCE the hands are so much In 3 evidence it Is quite necessary 81 that one should take great care of them. With a little patience and effort it is quite possible to keep the skin soft, smooth and white and the nails in good trim. There are many women who depend upon the manicurist to keep their nails in good condition; but there are a great number of women who cannot atford to bo so dependent It is to this class that I wish to direct my talk today. By following the rules laid down the amateur can manicure her nals very successfully, and every time she does the work she will become more proficient If a little time is given daily to the care of the nails it will become a habit as permanent as that of combing the hair The first thing to be done is to procure pro-cure the essential accessories for doing do-ing the work. These consist of a pair of curved scissors, an orangewood stick, absorbent cotton, emory board, a buffer and a file with one rough side only. This is advised for the reason that when a double-faced flic is used the friction of the rigid metal against the skin is apt to make the skin under the nail rough. And when the skin is in such a condition It is very difficult to keep it clean. The nails should be filed when they are dry. Whether they are shaped round or pointed depends upon the'in-dividual's the'in-dividual's taste, but the best rule is to let the nail follow the outline of I he finger tip A finger nail filed to an cvx-nggerated cvx-nggerated point is vulgar and, as some one once remarked, it Is very suggestive sugges-tive of an animal's claw. After the nails are filed they should be held in waim, soapy water to which lemon juice has been added. The coap and water soften and cleanse the cuticle and the lemon juice whitens it Remove tho fingers from the water in about five or ten minutes and dry them. Push back the cuticle with the blunt end of the orangewood stick. The pointed end is for cleaning clean-ing the nail and the cuticle. Cover the point with a wisp of absorbent cotton dipped in peioide. Do not use anv metallic Instrument for the purpose of pushing back the cuticle. The pcr-oxldo pcr-oxldo will remove the stains The hangnails or dead skin should be rut with the scissors Unless the skin Is broken, however, do not use .he scissors. scis-sors. Some persons cut the cuticle rather than push it back, but this method, while it may be qulckei, roughens tho skin and furnishes a splendid bed for the collection of dirt and germs. With the emery board rub off tho rough edges that have been left after filing the nails. To further soften the cuticle and to avoid hangnails, apply a good cold cream to tho nails and cuticle. Allow this to remain on for five minutes Then remove it with a soft towel and apply a polish. This may be in the form of a paste or a powder. Rub the nails with a buffer or a piece of chamois. If a powder is used for pol ishing put a little in tue palm of tue hand and rub the nails over it briskly, finishing with the buffer. A high polish pol-ish is not in good taste After polishing polish-ing wash the finger tips free of any polish, as this dries out the natural oils of the skin. If you are not familiar with toilet articlos for the nails the following formulas may help you. They are for a polish, a nail cream and a paste for brittlo finger nails. Nail powdor for polishing: Talcum power, half an ounce; pumice stone, pulverized, two ounces. Mix thoroughly, thor-oughly, add 15 grains of carmine and a few drops of oil of rose, If a perfume per-fume is desirable. Sift through silk bolting cloth. Nail cream: Petroleum, three ounces; white castilo soap (powdered), (pow-dered), 60 grains; oil of bergamot, three drops Paste for brittle finger nails: Take equal parts of roflned pitch and myrrh, or of turpentine and myrrh melted. Mix together and spread upon tho nails at night Remove in the morning morn-ing with a little olive oil. This pasto will nourish the nails and make them stronger. Holding the finger tips in olive oil will remedy any tendency to brittlo finger nails. If the skin is hard and is grown over tho half-moon the oil bath will soften the skin so that it can be pushed back easily. In pushing back the skin do tho work gently, otherwise you will bruise the nails and encourage white spots. This process will take twenty or thirty minutes once a week. If you will do it regularly it will take but two minutes a day to keep the nails in a respectable condition. "When drying your hands never fail to push back tho cuticle with tho towol. This will prevent the skin from growing over the half-moons tho sign of a beautiful beauti-ful naiL Dry each finger separately rubbing from the baso toward tho tin so that It will taper. 1 W Tr? Xi'l "." ' ,$ 63ni -ES which have been stained V W $ JS WMktkiMfsj&L, y I 3 5 by vegetables or fruit should F iWSm bQ rubbed with lemon' vine- I BLj.t ff!'' )$ Gar or sour milk, and then k. lv mMl rinsed In clear water before washing 0$. . " $Jg& "Mli wtn- coap. At night rub in some good Hffkx tti:ca-'i sllw cod cream powder the hands and 0 nE keep them In loose gloves. Convenient Mer " ZSTV v H Hk n lYroPiPalk VssenlmTAccessoTies foraQoocl Mdmcuse |