THE HANDS

NZ Truth, Issue 1214, 7 March 1929, Page 16

THE HANDS

Care Should Be Taken

We do not like to let the legend of the. .Cavalier kissing. his lady's snow-white hand die out,.. even m .this day. and age. THE \yell-worn adage that dainty hands are the index of a fastidious nature must be . subject to amendment m these days when women-are doing so much ot what was once considered men's work. ,;.'. >,- . i: .yy .'. i. One cannot sit all day m a dusty office; and y.exped one's' hands :' tc emerge unscathec from, the ordeal Nor can the woman who does continual houseworl keep her hands il the immaculati state she woulc desire., ■/■ ; However, there i: a remedy for mos ills m this life, an< there are manj ways of treating the hands to en sure the ' preserva tion. of their dairiti ness. ' '-.. When Avashinj the hands m warn water,;; dp not dr; them 'immediately but rinse them ii cold water. Thi: closes the pores o; the , skin, which.! just. ..as ; iriiportan m, the hands* as ii the face. '. ; . Rinsing m i solution of rosewater arid lemor keeps them a gooc color, and lemor rubbed on preserves the skin. The nails, tc look their best s.h oul d be kepi fairly short, or thej are .likely, to chip. It is all a mattei of care and attention. Hands anc nails will— and, ir fact, do, play a big p M't m enhancing attractiveness Badly kept, hands and nails are always unsightlyeven repulsive to so, 111 c fastidious people who will ,form . definite . irii- - pressions from the state m ' which the; | hands are kept. . '„■. Y\ .- f It is so easy "to neglect these, iin-; portant details relatirig to 'oriefsv ap:-" pearance, but a little time devoted to'! manicure each day will 'ke'eVtho/fydncis: and hails iri good condition arid enhance the effect of one's -whole-appear^ ance. ;'. l '.';•." '"- '.-••': . ■ /- ■' ---y'