well over with some palm oil, and put on a pair of woollen gloves.

The hands

should be thoroughly washed with hot water and soap the next morning, and a pair of soft leather gloves worn during the day; they should be frequently rubbed together to promote circulation.

Sunburnt hands may be washed in lime water or lemon juice.

Warts, which are often more common with young people than adults, are very unsightly, and are sometimes very difficult to get rid of. The best plan is to buy a small stick of lunar caustic-which is sold in a holder and case at the druggist's for the purpose-dip it in water and touch the wart every morning and evening, care being taken to cut away the withered skin before repeating the operation.

The nails should be cut twice a week, after washing, and kept scrupulously clean. They should be pared with a sharp penknife. Care should be taken not to cut them too short, though if they are left too long they will frequently get broken or torn. They should be nicely rounded at the corners. "filbert-shaped" nail is considered the most beautiful.

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Never bite your nails. It is a disagreeable habit, and greatly disfigures the fingers.

Some people are troubled by the cuticle adhering to the nail as it grows. This may be pressed down with the towel after washing, or loosened around the edge with some blunt instrument.

Do not scrape the nails with a view to polishing their surface. Such an operation only tends to make them wrinkled.

The Feet.

The feet, from the circumstance of their being so much confined by boots and shoes, and frequently perspiring, require more care in washing than the rest of the body.

A tepid bath at about 80° or 90° should be used. The feet may remain in the water about five minutes, and the instant they are taken out they should be rapidly and thoroughly dried by being well rubbed with a coarse towel. Sometimes bran is used in the water.

Few things are more invigorating and refreshing after a long walk or getting the feet wet, than a tepid foot-bath, clean socks, and a pair of easy shoes.

After the bath, too, is the time for paring the toe nails, as they are so much softer and more pliant after having been immersed in hot water.

Some people are troubled with moist or damp feet. This complaint occurs more frequently during the summer, and the greatest care and cleanliness should be exercised in treating it. Persons so afflicted should wash their feet frequently in warm water, using soap freely, after which they should put on clean socks.

People who walk much are frequently afflicted with blisters, and many are the plans adopted for their prevention. Some soap their socks, some pour spirits

in their shoes, others rub the feet with glycerine. The great point, however, is to have easy, well-fitting boots, and woollen socks.

Should blisters occur, a very good plan is to pass a large darning-needle, threaded with worsted, through the blister lengthwise, leaving an inch or so of the thread outside at each end. This keeps the scarf skin close to the true skin, and prevents any grit or dirt entering. The thread absorbs the matter, and the old skin remains until the new one grows. A blister should not be punctured save in this manner, as it may degenerate into a sore, and become very troublesome.

Chilblains are very painful. To avoid them it is necessary to observe three rules: 1. Avoid getting the feet wet; if they become so, change socks and shoes at the earliest opportunity. 2. Wear warm stockings of wool.

3. Never toast your feet before the fire, especially if they are very cold. Frequent bathing of the feet in a strong solution of alum is useful in preventing the coming of chilblains.

On the first indication of any redness of the toes and sensation of itching, it would be well to rub them carefully with warm spirits of rosemary, to which a little turpentine has been added. Then a piece of lint, soaked in camphorated spirits, opodeldoc, or camphor liniment, may be applied and retained on the part.

Should the chilblain break, it may be dressed twice daily with a plaster made of the following ointment: One ounce of hog's lard, one ounce of beeswax, and half an ounce of oil of turpentine; melt these and mix them thoroughly, spread on leather and apply immediately.

The toe nails do not grow so fast as the finger nails, but they should be looked after and trimmed at least once a fortnight.

The toe nails, on account of their being so confined, are much more subject to irregularity of growth than those on the finger. The great toe should be especially looked after, as the nail thereof has a great tendency to grow into the quick. This should be remedied by bathing the feet in hot water; pieces of lint are then introduced beneath the parts with an inward tendency, and the nail itself scraped longitudinally. In due time the nail will probably assume its proper course.

Pare the toe nails squarer than those of the finger; keep them a moderate length-long enough to protect the toe, but not so long as to cut holes in your stocking.

Always cut the nails; never tear them, as is too frequently the practice. Be careful not to destroy the spongy substance below the nails, as that is the great guard to prevent them growing into the quick.

Easy, well-fitting boots, with a good broad heel, half an inch in height, are not only a preventive of, but a cure for corns. Ladies should never wear high, pointed or narrow heels. They deform the foot, make corns, and cause con

stitutional troubles.

NEXT in importance to the care of the person is the dress of the individual. A neatly dressed person is always well dressed, and ready to appear before another at any moment. It is a matter of self-respect to be well dressed at all times. This does not mean that a person should spend a larger sum than he or she can afford upon dress. The rule should be, decide how much you can afford to expend upon your clothing, and then dress as well and as tastefully as the amount will warrant.

Simplicity and

It is a mistake to think that rich dressing is the most refined. taste should be studied, and not display. The dress should harmonize with the appearance of the wearer. It is a blunder to appear in the street in a dress suitable only for an evening entertainment. The most lavish display in dress will not atone for lack of beauty or grace. Therefore, ugly or unrefined people should avoid calling attention to their defects by "loudness" in dress. Elegance lies in simplicity. When you have spent several hours in the society of a lady, and cannot remember her dress, you may be sure it was perfect. It did its full duty as a dress in being merely accessory to her charms; and you remember the woman and not her clothes.

A neglect of dress is a grave fault in man or woman. So is too much regard for it. Those who are habitually well dressed are free from the latter error. They are accustomed to appearing well, and do not trouble themselves unduly about their clothing. Lavater-one of the keenest students of human naturehas said: "Young women who neglect their toilet and manifest little concern about dress, indicate a general disregard of order-a mind but ill adapted to the details of housekeeping—a deficiency of taste and of the qualities that inspire love."

The Gentleman's Dress.

A well-dressed man does not require so much an extensive as a varied wardrobe. He needs a different costume for every season and every occasion, but if he is careful to select clothes that are simple and not striking or conspicu ous, he may use the same garments over and over again without their being noticed, provided they are suitable to the season and the occasion. He needs a business suit, a frock-coat, with pants and vest suited to it, a dress suit, and an

overcoat.

Propriety is outraged when a man of sixty dresses like a youth of sixteen; when a man wears clothes showy in pattern and extreme in cut; when he dresses either above or below his station, or in a style inconsistent with his profession or calling; when his dress is not in keeping with the occasion on which it is Other examples might be given, but these will suffice to show that to be dressed with propriety, that is, in harmony with one's self and one's surroundings, is to be well dressed.

Morning attire admits of great variety in style. The frock-coat, in black or some dark color, is much worn, in conjunction with a white waistcoat and fawn or gray trousers. If the waistcoat is not white, it should be of the same Dark trousers should be worn in winter.

material as the coat.

In the country, or by the sea-side, or when travelling, a greater laxity of style is permissible. The tweed suit may then be worn; the color either light or dark, according to taste.

When in town wear a hat, and a good one-light, bright, glossy, and becom ing. Among the fopperies which a gentleman may permit himself, that of a white hat-lining is the most excusable; though to preserve it free from taint it must be constantly renewed. In the country any form of felt hat is permitted for morning wear. In this country a soft hat, or in warm weather a straw hat, is much worn, and has by custom become as much full dress as the silk or high hat.

Whether in town or country always wear gloves. Those for town wear should be of a light, delicate tint, as such a glove has an air of elegance and finish. Gloves for the country may be stouter; but the material must be kid, and the at perfect. A gentleman is known by his glove.

A light cane may be carried; but it should be simple in style. An umbrella is always in style.

In the morning dress thus described-every article of which should be of the best quality-a gentleman may present himself in any society. For the park, the streets, morning concert, flower show, pic-nic, or whatever may present itself, he is properly clad.

The business suit may be regulated by the taste of the wearer. It should always be neat and substantial.

With regard to evening dress, the rule is rigid, and a gentleman need be under no uncertainty as to what he should wear to a dinner, ball, or party, or in making an evening call. The dress suit in all countries consists of a black dress, or swallow-tail coat, black waistcoat, cut low, black trousers, white cravat, patent leather boots, and white-not yellow or lavender-kid gloves. In European countries no gentleman permits himself to be seen during the evening in morning dress, unless when travelling and unable to change his attire.

Sunday is an exception to the rule. Then no dinner parties are given, and the demi-toilette is adopted in the most careful families. Hence no one goes to church in evening dress.

In this country many persons consider evening dress an affectation except on special occasions. It is well, therefore, to regard this prejudice, and avoid full dress where it is not generally adopted. It is always desirable to have a dress coat at hand, as it may be needed at any time.

With both morning and evening dress jewelry may be worn, and the choice of it is a matter of some moment. There appears to be no limit to the value of what may be worn, supposing the value is not ostentatiously conspicuous in the thing itself. As simplicity is the great point to be aimed at in dress, it follows that it must not be outraged in the matter of ornament. Thus it would be bad taste for a man to wear the Koh-i-noor as a breast-pin, even if he possessed that treasure, because it would be too "loud;" but were it possible for him to procure a red pearl, or any other surpassing novelty both rare and quiet, he would be quite justified in wearing it. Jewelry should be good (false jewelry is an abomination), simple in style, selected with taste, and should harmonize with the colors of the dress that is worn.

For mornings, gentlemen wear a scarf pin, or ring clasping the scarf, of a good solid character, avoiding those too large or showy, a signet ring, and a watch chain. The watch chain may in the evening be a little more elaborate; and if you have a really fine diamond ring there is no objection to your wearing it: but only wear one ring at a time. Gold sleeve buttons are in good taste, but they should not be too fanciful or set with stones. a profusion of jewelry.

Gentlemen should shun

It is bad manners for a gentleman to use perfumes to a noticeable extent. Avoid affecting singularity in dress. Expensive dressing is no sign of a gentleman. If a gentleman is able to dress expensively, it is very well for him to do so, but if he is not able to wear ten-dollar broadcloth, he may comfort himself with the reflection that cloth which costs but five dollars a yard will look quite as well when made into a well-fitting coat. With this suit, and well-made hoes, clean gloves, a white pocket-handkerchief, and an easy and graceful deportment withal, he may pass muster as a gentleman. Manners do quite as much to set off a suit of clothes as clothes do to set off a graceful person

A dress perfectly suited to a tall, good-looking man, may render one, who is neither, ridiculous; as although the former may wear a remarkable waistcoat or singular coat, almost with impunity, the latter, by adopting a similar costume, exposes himself to the laughter of all who see him. An unassuming simplicity in dress should always be preferred, as it prepossesses every one in favor of the

wearer.

Avoid what is called the "ruffianly style of dress," or the nonchalant and slouching appearance of a half-unbuttoned vest, and suspenderless pantaloons. That sort of affectation is, if possible, even more disgusting than the painfully elaborate frippery of the dandy.

When dressed for company, strive to appear as easy and natural as if you were in undress. Nothing is more distressing to a sensitive person, or more ridicu