HOUSEWIVES' HANDS
Far too many housewives let their hands betray their calling. Chapped, roughened hands, broken nails, swollen fingers, and ragged cuticles—they regard all these unhappy conditions as the inevitable accompaniments of washing. cleaning, and scrubbing. But such things might be prevented with a little forethought. Rubber gloves are not expensive, and they may be worn for a number of dirty jobs, and also for washing. Much (‘happing and redness is caused because the hands are not dried adequately after being immersed in'water during some job or other, A second spent on drying the hands thoroughly would keep the hands smooth and white.
When rubber gloves cannot be used the hands should be rubbed with cold cream, and the crevices between the nail tips and tbe fingers filled with the cream or with soap. One of the best softening lotions for the hands is made by mixing equal parts of glycerine and rosewater and adding four or five drops of tincture of benzoin. It should be rubbed into the hands whenever they are used.
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Evening Star, Issue 23298, 21 June 1939, Page 14
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HOUSEWIVES' HANDS
Evening Star, Issue 23298, 21 June 1939, Page 14
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