The Archive · 1939

Brittle Nails

In common with other good things of life, nail varnish, varnish remover fand cuticle removers should be used moderation and chosen with care, or the nails will become brittle, lose their elasticity, chip and fake off in layers, and the cuticle will be dried out and ragged, High Heels Caught Out Girls in Tests Find Poise Elusive in most equilibrium, according to results of fests made on a group of Boston University women students.

"The experiments, conducted by Dr. Walter L. Mendenhall, B. U, school of medicine professor. among 7% physiology students at the University's Sargent Schoo! of Physieal Education showed:

In. generat equilibrium was best Poe umu vite the equi heels, but these were who habitually wore such heels had become accustomed to then When they put on low heels or wore no shoes, they were not accustomed to the new conditions. Therefor their equilibrium was impaired elect of heels, studied ina group of 32 girls with' corrected eye detects, showed~oddly enough that equilibrium was best in low heels, next best in high heels and poorest in bare feet "Tests of 40. girls, without eye detects, showed the best equilibrium tw be in bare feet, next in low heels and poorest in high heels. Results were the same for the four elassifica-

A nightly nail bath of warm olive all makes an excellent tonic. The best way to do this is to get two little enamel bowls, half fit each with olive all, float the bowls in boiling water till the all is quite warm, place the nails of each hand in the foil baths for five minutes, and follow this by massaging in landline. When you have finished the oil bath pour ihe oil back into the bottle.

Keep the nails an oval shape. Sharp, long points tend to make them split Ridged Nails Dried out and brittle nails are often ridged into the bargain, You have probably noticed how many old people have hard, frail, ridged naifs Which have apparently lost all their Mexibiity. Certain types of work dry out the natural olls in the hands ahd nails, and this causes brittle, Fldged nails which split easily, People who suiter from ridged nails rise of fish all and hate 10 be helpful Split Nails the nail cracks across oF sp get a small strip of adhesive plate place this across the nail and varnish over nail and plaster. Some women prefer to cut the plaster so that it covers the entire nail and varnish on evening coats, So far are wel over this, The plaster can be rex with varnish remover.

White Spots There is a great deal of argument and uncertainty. as to the white spots.

The authorities assur ire not a symptom of By any particular organic disease. How= nervous are prone 1 spots on the nails. Other authorities think Nous: tallest iris, "heaviest girls, lightest girls, shortest girls, Each © gift's equilibrium was recorded on a smoked paper, about 7 bby 21 inches, while she stood normal cree? position. The paper was framed directly over the girl's head, arranged as to be adjustable to the height of any git, 'A. long sharpened " pencil, point upward, was bound firmly against the gies forehead in the median tine, She then stepped directly under the smoked paper which was lowered 0 that the. point of the penieil lyhtly: touched te sooty surface.

The git! then stooped just enough to remove the point from the paper's surface, When ready to make the first record, the gift wax asked yeneil point con a stop wa tell was minute. Then the gift "stopped-again, stopping the recording.

For the second record, the paper having been shifted to provide an unmarked surface, the vlei stood straight with both eyes closed, hoti feet on the Moor.

For the third test, she kept both eyes open, but stood only on ote foot And for the fourth experiment. she Stood on one foot but with both eyes closed.

"This last record was the most diflcult) Often the subject would open her' eyes through fear of before the time limit expired.

cords showed that equiliwas best. ie, the subject "east, with both eyes oper and both feet' on the ground, The more pronounced. when the eyes were closed. TI was even more marked when standing on one foot with the eyes open. And poorest" equilibrium was recorded when the subject stood only on one foot with the eyes closed.

So. if your nails show white spots, consult your doctor if you feet tired or nervous, and your ear, noe and throat specialist if you are gettin too many colds.

The results also showed that the tallest girls had the best static equilibrim, followed respectively by. the st test the shor When in Shanghai stay at the

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