Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 654
herent to the surface of the nail, andhas a tendency to grow forward with it and become ragged and attenuated.When allowed to do so, the ragged edge is apt to split up into shreds, and theseprojecting from the surface, are pulled and torn, and often occasion a laceration ofthe skin and a painful… … MAN S HAND. 1038. THE FOLLOWING IS said to be an excellent preparation formaking the hands white; and as it cannot possibly injure them, we giveit a place here. Take as much scraped horseradish as will fill a table-spoon ; pour on it half-a-pint of hot milk. Use it before washing,allowing it to dry…
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