CARE OF THE HANDS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 209, 28 May 1908, Page 4

CARE OF THE HANDS.

- V .' V "-v ' •' /•' « • , v ; • '■' The care 1 ; of .the hands >is a -that; doesn't always receive, duo. attention. &oino . ;o'f us.aro apt';■■•to ■ be> heedless,';'and' hasten [ ■ over tliat; part of. the, toilet,. and .it is bo nice to see well-manicured'hands. Thoard. ■ -the'; other day of for wlioro the pupils were: made, to show their. . ' , ■■', hands every, morning tovtheir 'teacher,'-and-the remarks inade upon .their appearance - ' . was all for good, in that-most of tho little ones wero eager: to have' '{pretty, hands." One point insisted upon by a mamcunst is that a pair ot scissors or the • blade of a knife should never be used in cleaning the nail, as tho scraping roughens the inside of the nail. If the nails require treatment after the hands .have been thor- \ o, lKbly washed, thoy should bo rubbed well with lemon juice, and 'tho ' fingers of each . hand soaked for somo minutes in a bowl ■."■• :of ; strong soapy water, a. bono- instrument ' a '.then being employed to" removo whatever . dirt still adheres. The process of brush- :■ .- lug with a stiff brush spoils the shapo •■ ■. ■.- of the nails.' ■