THE LITTLE FINGERNAIL.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 414, 21 April 1904, Page 8

THE LITTLE FINGERNAIL.

g«WWa« Übs Hear T«*« «««, - -:'-* forty-yew ago in certain part* of - ike United States it was the custom to grow long»nail*. I well remember 1 some of the swells and puffers who devoted more atteation to thesf little 1 finger nails .than they did to their teeth, and often hare I seen the fifth

digit with a claw on it an inch and* a q\»rtc-r in length. The nail was cartied in a stall, and on occasion was "ipltt after the manner of a steel or quill pen, so that its wearer could sign Ms name to a check with it, says a

•niter in the New York Press. The trimming of naiis to-daj- la an art Which gives employment to many pretty women who style themselves mani-

cures. Nearly every first-class, up-to-Bate barber shop has its manicure, Who delights the man needing a shave or hair cut with an innocent flirtation. fhe dresses garishly and has a strut cm her that would arouse the envy o| s Vftddle-astride fux chaaeress.

JCew Chuiee for Baefc«tor*. * The Rational Dressmakers' association- will hereafter endeavor to find Itusbands for worthy seamstresses Who are unable to conclude matrimonial negotiations without help. This is p praiseworthy enterprise, says the Chicapo Becord-Herald, and should fee looked into by all bachelors who tie charitably disposed.

Vmriata Ist Italy. '""" Of 954,000 foreign tourists. Wlfo Uslt«d Italy during the year ended June* 13,65,000 wera English. It is estimated th&t the visitors spent $70,000,000 during their stay in the country, JS^e ■ (!■ Jfordern JTorway, ' Tr6ndtjem, the town »I any size in Norway, is aa &X from Ptftfattßo-aielii £»—-.