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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 135, 3 March 1922, Page 2

Proper care and cutting of the nails, including avoidance of pressure from tight-fitting gloves, are essential to nail beauty. Even slight injuries from manicure implements should be guardagainst, especially the careless use of the cuticle knife,, which is often 1 responsible for white spots and transverse furrows. Any excessive nail growth should first be thoroughly softened by soaking in hot water in which a little sodium overgrowth can usually be kept under control bv a fine filo rather than with dency r to O ston n y l^haTd^neM 1 or o britrienoss or without the addition of. the alkali, is advisable, the nails being subs ouent v smeared with a plain ointment, ™eh as void cream or vaseline wh ch should be left on overnight. In of nail-splitting the.firs; essenHnl is to keep the free end of the nail closeLv cut or filed A plain salve should be applied nightly # and a piece of a glove finger worn over the finger tip If persisted in, this treatment will often be successful m getting nd of the trouble.