New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-14
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SOAPS AND PERFUNlERY.


uniform Justice of IT'S application. We once knew
man of highly intellectual and cultivated mind whose
personal habits were so disgusting justify the OBJ
seryatiou of witty freshman that he was the dirtl-
est fellow living although he had more soap in his
sbop and more water running by his door than any
man in the Union" We might 90 farther and but for
the fear of exciting certain lively susceptbities point
out some national exceptions to the axiom in which
we do not find luxurious tastes and great refinement ac
eompaned by corresponding attention to cleanliness
The only way in which this anomaly can be accounted
for is by the fact that the element Familiarity but inele-
pantly termed soft soap enters rather too largely INTO
the composition OF their vernaeuar and that eonse-
quently they cannot afford to make any very hOeral
use of the article on their persons
We presume that it is for reason precisely the IN
verse of the above that the manufacture and use OF
soap have grown into such Importance among US vi
all nations we may be said TO be the least addicted 10
the use Of saponaceous compounds IN our Speech
while commercially speaking We are large consumers
of them. We are emphatically Clearly peope-per-
hans of all nations the most so-passonate roma OF he
bath delicately nice respecting the quanty ana oaor
of our soaps and shaving creams, and particular 70
shade about the color and rigdity OF our lmen WIN
ne have originated all the recent Improvements IN that
important auxiliary of social economy-the smoothing
iron :sand if We mistake nor, that never 10 Dc hs"y
enough appreciated process for enameng shirt collars
TIA stranger wishes for any other evidence OF the neat
ness Of our personal habits let him stroll into the EAh
hilton He will there find the places of honor assigned
IN the barber, the tailor, and the pertumer; he may
even stumble upon learned professor demonstrating
% an aJniripo female audience a new and scientific
mode Of cutting out their dresses If he be lover oil
statuarv he will stop to admire the 0usts OF frahni
Woshiroton CLAW and CalhOun-Oi architecture ahu2c
ILL order window staining rich spe-
cimen of medieval art, all n-soap he he curious on
the autographs of the great he VIII nave an oPPVt'u'
nity of examining testimonials rom e1-fresheh's' ~
Secretaries of State aud learned judges a. 10 the
ing and sotenng properhe' oil the sa'oS u.s. ,,co
rniraculousy hair restoring effects of the ehemmai
Eofbaio1 In short our admiration OF soap Is carte1
almost 70 the extreme Of passion II there be any tru
in the maxim of Sir Edward Coke that externsi neat
ness denotes internal purity we ought 70 Dc on' VI
the most immaculate and sp0tless oil nations
Retore we proceed to notice the various improve
ments in the articles OF soap and pedumery upon
which the exhibitors found their claims 10 puVi' pa
tTonage few observations respecting thc HILL
progress of these manufactures may not De uhaccePa
Is 10 our readers Soap is obtained by the actioh o
akaes upon oily substances and az these ing
are numerous the character OF the article pro1ceu
from them is susceptible OF great variety VI l ~
tions The soaps in general use however ,mg oI
Chased under three heads. Fine "hlte anu Scen.o'
scans 2 Coarse household soaps 3 soit soaps
Tie materials employed in the manufacture OF " n
soaps are generally olive oil and carbonate oi soda
fnes and yarious colOrng matters are OccasOhal! a
dd wben the SOAP is in semifuid state and IN TINS
WAY great variety Of fancy soaps are oD'a'hou M, u
order TO produce marbled or as 1t Is more geheialy
known Spanish Soap, solution OF sulpnate OF lro -
mixed with the soap the actlon o, T'H sIreaLs and
the iron and separates the black oxide IN STREAMS anu
matches through the mass, The acton OF tne arr Gun
Terts the exterior into red-oxide, but the interior re-
ains its black color, thata secton Of ron or oao
Of this soap presents black notified center surrounl
ed by a red external layer The common hou,eholl
scans are principally m1e Of soda and talow IL P01
ash be used large addition OF common Saie WIZ 70
onnd necessary To harden the soap which II proDaDy
effects by the transferenee OF the SOFA ienow odP
has norton Of resin added 10 It, Soit soaps are hn,'
;.b rotssb instead OF soda and fish and vegetable os
II has tenacious consstenee, and appears gfanuAeu
aoap is soluble in pure water and ALCOHOL uo io'vi
solurion ieies when concentrated, ana II nie'.aiy
knoCn under the name Of Opodeidoc W men caIo."ly
, evenorat.d the soap remains in a gehtln0us stae'
bib forms when dry the article sold under the name
Of transparent soap All new soaps contain cShsueL
ahI. portion Of adhering water, great part Oh when
thew ose when kept in dry place hence the ecohVy
and excellence of old soap, and hence tne ueaers ~
generally keep il In damp cellar, that II may not oe
weight b. evaporation, IL Is said some u
r.eTse il in brine. which does not dissolve H. pu'
keeps il in its utmost state 81 humidity IL.
The exports of American soap and tallew calhied
mere for the years ir3I ana l2to ioePe - 49, -
,slue in I547 s6C6799, andin l549 $o|O-E<o- -.
TIe manufacture Ofperfumery requires great hicey
and care In ts distlati0a OF the essences anu SIC
nsr.tions of the oils and pOnades me es'eHsiN
IN obtained in the south OF France, are thoss %
rero petit,grain lavender Wild thyme ty me a",
rossrarv These essences are distilled 10 tne as IA
,ssnTer Fyom forty pounds OF rose ea'es ara lDsl
hints of water about ieen pints ofro-e "as'a a.
sbtaiued by distiIatoD. The operation Il yen son
inued uatil the quaaty amounts 20 swo nnnareu pm
nj Uater termed so 10 this hrss d,stii4iioh AZ "a
most iulperceptbls quantity Of the essence Of IVee
ATTAINED but In tAe secOnd il becomes more aP
and finally in the fifth il becomes notable In tis os
tllatn OF orange flowers u also obtained lls va'no
Of asroli now become an article Of greas Ia POI an
To make il tho Ordinary process u iOno"eu' 'lS
of the first 1stilatiOn being repassed upOa inc uer
Wbsp however il is intended prepare orange lowe
water Of good quality, only 9TH par. OF 'ns "sse
placed In the cueurbit is drawn OIL ihere are 80
msdes OF making pOmades namely Sy' aut "Y -
i-dusion. By tho former process rOhe' oianss -,
sr and eassia are prepared by the Dttef aslu, -
beTose, ionquil. nareissas and Wolff DON p. 80.
are exceedingly troublesome and require n-inu'. 80
ton some Of the psmades taking as ions a. w.
three month"; 20 prepare No less lnAn 49, 81
pom.des are distinguished By the periumeIs o. al
me- essences usually employed in their man ue'o re Al
tAsse OF SergamSt lenORs, eodrate' hnis.se tFwe
leuonl Portugal rosemary, thyme leH'"n ~ fule "a
sr5er parior an and cinnamon. The scent ID ola Al
opr,Dared either by Infusion, a. IN tne Ase OF roA
orspse lower and eassia or, oy aetrasD with the
COR period Of seven eight days the ls "a hOwers
delegate flowers such Is toe yA.nhe' aoerOse lOaas
"a vioet are subjected 70 this latter process. In
: oio,icerous extracts and water the spirits Of d
srey. prepared BY maeerating the latter in slcoh
sIouA be- preferred 20 their dis iaton a. forming
, foundation Of good perumers In the preparation
can de Cologne two prOcesfEs are resOrted to- narnei