Etiquette and Women’s Hands

Your hands speak for you. Unless you’re going to walk around the rest of your life in a knee length poncho, you just can’t hide ragged cuticles, split nails, chipped polish, chewed stubs, and nicotine stains.

Think about what you do with your hands – the gestures (gentle, restrained, non-distracting), the movements (holding a champagne glass, pouring a cup of soothing Earl Grey tea), the loving touches.

Hands are to be silky soft, groomed, and move with feminine grace. You need a good hand cream or body moisturizer applied daily. Wear rubber gloves when doing dishes or washing his car. – From “The Cosmo Girl’s Guide to the New Etiquette,” 1971

Etiquette Enthusiast, Maura J. Graber, is the Site Editor for the Etiquipedia© Etiquette Encyclopedia