Exercises for Awkward Hands.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue X, 8 September 1900, Page 466

Exercises for Awkward Hands.

A woman can never be be beautiful so long - as her hands are awkward and ungainly. The woman with beautiful hands li:«. observed several rules in (their care. She has her gloves made to order if she can afford it. if she cannot do this, she takes care to buy gloves that are large rather than small for her. She has learned how to manicure her own hands, and does it regularly. If her hands have become misshapen through wearing too tight gloves, she visits a skilful masseuse and has the fault corrected. THE EXERCISES. A few exercises will work wonders towards promoting grace in the finger tips and wrist. Stand with the arms at right angles to the body, the hands with the palms down. Bend the hands from the wrist, first as far up as they will go. then down. Repeat until the wrists become a little tired, but never until they are strained.

Now close the hand tightly, until it has become a formidable fist; then throw out the fingers sharply, spreading them as far as they will stretch. These two simple exercises will produstl great suppleness and ease of the linger joints, and tend to increase the eii eolation. NEVER WEAR TIGHT SLEEVES. Tight sleeves are as injurious as right gloves. When you see a woman who is wearing her sleeves so tight that they bind, look to her hands. They will be red and puffy, with the veins swelled and the texture of the skin coarse and dark. The hands respond readily to emollients. If they are ehapped, or the skin is broken, rub in a little camphorcream with the tips of the fingers very gently. Rub in the cream, at night just before retiring, and put on afterwards a pair of white chamois or ord-

inary kid gloves from which the finger tips have been cut. Never wash the hands in cold water; always dry them thoroughly, ami never u-se an inferior soap.