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Copyright by Rice Feature Service, 1919.
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Hands Made Ikautlul by Care
Beautiful hands can be acquire'.
It is not always the shape of a hand
-which makes It lovely. Quite often
Its 'fascination Her entirely In the
power and individuality which Its
chape expresses. Hands differ as
much as faces. Incidentally, they re
Teal quite as much of one's charac
ter. I am not a palmist. I cannot
read anyone's history, past, present
or future from the palm. But I do
know that training and cultivation
will accomplish marvelous results in
developing a hand tha naturally, is
merely inherited homeliness.
The word "manicure" does not
mean Just the care of the nails but
the care of the entire hand. Firm
flesh and taut mus
cles are marks of a
well-cared-for hand.
Someone has said
that It is impoB8ible
for any woman to
successfully conceal
her age unless she
VAsri plnvpn All thp
Q time. Ordinarily that
may be true, for
when it conies to a
question of age the hands are a great
give-away. With proper treatment,
however, they can be made to ktep
the secret.
There are many more than fifty
seven varieties of hands in the world.
Strangely enough, the finest hands
are usually found among those
whose occupations are physical
rather than mental.
I once knew a woman who would
never allow her daughter to help
.With the housework because she
feared the latter's pretty hands
would be spoiled
"My own hands have always been
Ugly," the mother said, by way of
explanation. "When I was younger
the size of my hands embarrassed
me and made me self-conscious. Be
cause I' could not have beautiful
hands myself, I have taken pride in
my daughter's hands. I don't want
he rto do, anything that will spoil
them."
So the mother continued to per
form all the drudgery about the
bouse with her own large, capable,
efficient and confidenhe-insplring
hands. With care they would have
been beautiful. They suited and ex
pressed her personality, but she was
unconscious of that fact, and, be
cause they offended her eye, she ne
glected and misused them.
Then her daughter married. The
man who became her husband wac
much. more interested in aequ'rltn .
fortune than in preserving the beau
ty of his wife's hands. He let her
wash the dishes and do all the house
work. She scrubbed, sewed, took
care of babies, mixed bread, put coal
In the furnace and weeded the flower
garden. Today she plays bridge and
drives her own limousine but her
hands are just as plump, white and
attractive as when she sat in a ham
mock on the side porch and let her
mother do the housework alone.
The reason was that she plump,
white and well-formed hands natur
ally and her mother had trained her
to give them care and consideration.
With all her domestic work after
marriage she had " not neglected
them. So the mother's sacrifice In
shit-lding her from housework wan
quite unnecessary, had the latter but
known it.
As an opposite case, I know two'
women writers who have no rec.l
iectlon of ever performing any mnn
ual labor other than typewriting,
whose hands look as if they might
be charwomen. Both women are
preoccupied mentally and devote
neither time nor thought to their
personal appearance, least of all to
their hands. Because they are clever
their untidiness Is condoned. It is
nexer excused nor admired.
Cold, damp hands are an indica
tion of impaired blood circulation.
This can be remedied to some ex
tent by exercising the fingers and
wrists. In fact, the entire hand
should be exercised in order to ren
der the muscles strong and flexible.
Massage will increase the plump
ness and shapeliness of a hand and
add to its flexibility. Rubbing the
hands with olive oil is beneficial nine
times out of ten. The old-fashioned
cuBtom of using cornmeal in the
Water-when washing the hands is
Just as productive of good .results
now as it ever was. Oatmeal Is good,
but cornmeal is better. It should
be used with warm water when the
hands are washed at night and with
cold water in the morning. After
washing the hands olive oil should
be applied.
Unless you want to attract atten
tion to your hands don't wear con
spicuous rings and bracelets. Hands
that have not been properly cared
for, that are hard and lined and
tipped with unlovely finger nails,
look five times worse when they are
decked out like a jeweler's window.
Apparently many women and girls
do not agree with me. They seem to
think that the glitter and sparkle of
the Jewelry blinds the observer to
the defects of the hands. Emphati
cally, it does nothing of the kind. It
only throws light upon the lllbreed
ing, atrocious taste and slovenliness
of the person so ornamented. A dia
mond necklace would not look well
on a soiled neck. Nor do diamond
rings look well on soiled, chapped
hands with mournful finger nails.
At the present time the cost of
having the finger nails manicured
regularly is more than the av rage
person can afford to expend. A small
outlay at a drug s'ore, however, will
supply all the materials noc-ssary
and, with a little practice, th aver
age woman can take very good care
of her own hands.
A flexible file, an orange stick, a
few pieces of emery board, a nail
bleach and polish are the main re
quirements. First, wash the hands
thoroughly in warm water, using a !
non-alkaline soap, then apply the j
nail bleach to remove the stains. A
soft piece of leather or flannel should 1
be used. Use the orange stick fori
removing foreign matter from un i
the nails. A metal instrument is apt
to bruise them. Never cut the nails
with scissors. File them to the
proper length and then smooth off
the edge with the bit of emery board.
Cuticle should never be permitted
to grow up over the half moon at
the root of the nail. After washing
the hands the cuticle should be gent
ly pushed back with the' flat edge of
the orange stick. If it has become
so tight as to make this difficult and
pHlnful, apply a liquid preparation
for its removal. Hang-nails and
loose bits of cuticle can be trimmed
away with the curved scissors,
little tin oxide makes a good polish.
It can be given a delicate shade of
pink by mixing with it a few grains
of carmine.
It is hardly necessary, however, to
mix any of the manicuring prepara
tions at home. Those already pre
pared which are sold by reputable
druggists are seldom Injurious and
are not expensive unless one insists
upon an elaborate receptacle and
fancy label. It is better to polish
the nails by rubbing briskly on the
palm of the hand than by using a
chamois buffer. The quality and
condition of the finger nails is near
ly always governed by physical con
ditions. MirriioDisT ciiuucii
The senioii topic Sunday morning
will be "The Devil's Part in a Re
vival." Sunday night will be "Val
entine's Night." It is said that this
day takes its name from a priest,
long ago, who was greatly beloved
by all people. He devoted his time
to making people happy, and when
he became so aged that he no longer
could go out and meet people in their
homes, he sent them a loving. mes
sage each year on his birthday.
After his death, this day was cele
brated as "Valentine's Day" and all
the people united in Bending loving
messages to their friends on his
birthday. Our people have been
asked to do some dee of special
friendship this week, getting some
present for a friend, giving them a
message of appreciation, or doing
something to gladden their hearts.
A fe wmoments will be given Sun
day evening for people to tell what
someone has done during the past
week that made them happy. The
sermon topic will be "How GoJ
Shows His Love for Us."
MEARL C. SMITH, Pastor.
F2.00 now $2.ft0 March 1.
L. E. Bliss
FARMER AUCTIONEER
Live Stork a Specialty
Phone Dlrch 8132, Alliance
Wallace-Robbins
Transfer and
Storage Co.
Service and
Satisfaction
Phone 1
House Phone 472
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
T No Secret Diplomacy Here
There will be a greater shortage of cars this year than last. "We can give
you reasonably prompt delivery now, but are facing a serious shortage for
Spring and Summer. "Why! Less climatically favored sections of this great
country of ours are snow bound during December and January and the Ford
Motor Co. will not stock cars in one section of the country if they can be used
in any other. We can get cars now while these territories are frozen up and
snowed in. Let's get them. Give us your order now and have yours when
you need it. You can use it every day in our glorious Nebraska.
By the way, have you noticed how many cars began the New Tear with
an increase in price. A word to the wise is sufficient.
You know the price. You can get delivery. Tho spring holds nothing
but uncertainty as to both.
Coursey & Miller
FORDSOU TACT0BS AND POWER FARMING EQUIPMENT
Insist on Genuine Ford Parti
Of
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FREE!
"TON TESTED TUBES"
WITH
VACUUM CUP TIRES
To users purchasing Vacuum Cup Fabric Casings
will bo given a "Ton Tested Tube," and to those
who purchase Vacuum Cup Cord Casings will be
given an extra heavy "Cord Typo Tube."
From February 1st to 29th inclusive, the Newberry
Hardware Company will give to the consumer who
purchases a VACUUM CUP TIRE, no matter what
size, a "Ton Tested Tube" FREE OF CHARGE.
There arc no "strings" to this offer. You buy a VACCUUM CUP TIRE, at the
regular price. "We give you a "Ton Tested Tube" free of charge.
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
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SALE
Having sold my farm and decided to move to California and quit fanning, I will sell at public
sale on the Chas Bauer place, located 3 miles north and 4 miles east of Alliance, on
Wednesday, Feb. 1
Commencing immediately after free lunch at 11:00 o'clock, the following described property:
67 Head of Live Stock 67
CONSISTING OF
59 HEAD OF CATTLE 69
Right steers coming two year old; JO steers
cowing one year old; 8 heifers coming two year
old; 7 heifers coming one year old; 16 cows;
4 calves; 0 milk cows, 4 milking now, three have
been fresh a month; 1 red Durham bull, 3 years
old.
8 HEAD OF HORSES 8
One an of gray marcs, 8 and O years old,
weight 280O, an extra good pair; 1 block mare,
O years old, weight 1300; 1 bay mare, 10 yean
old, weight 140O; 1 sorrel mare, smooth mouth,
weight 1050; 1 gray mare, smooth mouth,
weight 1200; 1 buckskin saddle horse; 1 colt
coming two years old.
FARM MACHINERY
Two McConnJck mowers, 1 good as now; 1 eight foot McOonnlck binder; 1 Dane four-wheel sweep; 1 new
two-wheel sweep; 1 twelve foot Kmernon hay rake; 1 six-tection steel harrow; 1 seven foot disc; 1 six
shovel John Deere cultivator; 1 Dowdin itato digger; 1 top buggy, good as new; 1 wagon and rack;
1 wagon and grain box (nearly new); 1 Clover Leaf manure spreader; 1 hay stacker; 1 potato planter;
. 2 sets work harness; 2 saddles.
300 Ilhode Island Ited hens, good laying slock; 2 full blood lUtode Island Red roosters.
GRAIN AND HAY
200 bushels of oats; 200 bushels of seed bailey; SO bushels of snapped corn; a few bushels of macaroni
seed wheat; some alfalfa hay.
One heating stove and other articles too numerous to mention. . , '
One gas barrel and one King Economy sc;arator.
TEEMS: Eight months' time will be given on bankable paper, bearing 8 per cent interest from
date. Sums of $25.00 and under, cash.
Charles Bauer Sr., Owner
H. P. COURSEY, Auctioneer PRANK ABEOO, Clerk
Alliance, Nebr. First NationaJ Ban