Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1911 — STAINS UNDER THE NAILS [ARTICLE]

STAINS UNDER THE NAILS

Lemon Juice and Oxalic Acid Will Remove Them—Use Pumice Stone on the ..Fingers. There are various preparations sold to remove stains under the finger nails. With careful laws most of these can be relied upon, but if there is any doubt about special preparation substitute lemon juice. As & stain remover It Is excellent, and the woman who keeps half a lemon on the stationary washstand, where she washes her hands, rarely will have to bluah for the unsightliness of her nails.

Oxalic acid is also good, but Is injurious to spme skins. It qhould be applied with a bit of cotton <m the end of an orangewood stick. In using the lemon the tips of the fingers can be rubbed Into a section of it. Later rinse well with clear water. Stains on the sides of the fingers are quickly removed with a moist pumice stone. This is Invaluable to get off the first blotches after preserving, painting or doing any disfiguring work. In cases where the skin under the nails has roughened a little powdered pumice can be applied with an orangewood stick. Never scrape away a stain. It roughens both cnticle and nail and becomes a dirt catcher rather than dirt remover. *■

Soaking the tips of the fingers In olive oil will help to keep the skin about the nail In good condition