The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-23

If e woman wishes to make a last.
ing impression on man let her al
ways use some peculiar and penetrat
my perfume-something distinctively
her own-says the New York Grdpbie
There is nothing so powerful to bl:ins
back the past as a perfume No sound
OF music or splashing fountain, nc
rustling of silk OF jnglng of bangles,
no familiar phrase or combination OF
cOlors, is one-quarter so subtle a re-
minder as perfume.
The novelists constantly write ol
''tresses of perfumed hair," and one OF
Ouida's unnatural heroines was always
preceded by the odor of the roses that
she habitually wore. And women in
real life seem to appreciate the power
and subtlety OF perfumes quite as much
as those in books.
The love of women for sweet-smells
is us old as-the hills The favorite
perfume just now is the violet. AL
though This modest flower is supposed
to shun the garish day and hide be
hind mossy stones, and all that, ac.
cording to the poets, it can not be said
that the women of the present day,
who shed its delicate perfume wherever
they go, initiate it in that respect.
The violet is extremely popular, but q
departure is sometimes made in favor
of heliotrope, the white heliotrope be-
ing the most delicate and expensive
Into the Innings of dresses and cloaks
is quilted quantity of sachet powder.
whose perfume usually lasts about
three months. Dress pockets have
perfumed lining, or a small sachet
may be sewed inside, or little sachet
powder In Il sealed envelope will be
sufficient to give the handkerchief a
delicate perfume. Pincushons are
partly stuffed with the powder, as are
bags of sat II or plush. elaborately EN-.
broidered and tied with fancy ribbons,
intended to be laid on tables or the
backs OF chairs. in bedrooms, bou-
doirs, or parlors. Vases, also, are
sometimes filled with sachet powder
or prepared rose leaves, thus giving
the rooms pleasant odor of flowers
at trifling expense.
Bureau covers of satin have the
powder quilted in the lining. and
sachets of silk or satin are made to fit
into each bureau dra" er. so that every
thing laid on them becomes impreg-
mated with the perfume. The Innings
OF mutts are also perfumed, and gloves.
handkercnIefs and laces are also kept
in their own particular perfumed re-
ceptacles. In sending gifts, sachei
is never thought superfuous, and they
are apt to be sent rs an adjunct to Il
book, L handkerchief, or a set of doy-
lies.
OF course woman with any self
respect would go through tortures, if
necessary, in order to secure goOd
But nature must do
great deal in the first place, and after
that bathing helps things amazingly.
Women have been seen at balls in this
city with their necks grimy with dirt.
This seems incredible, but it is true.
1t woman can 20 to ball in such a
not only must she have lost
her own self-respect, but also the re-
spect of other people. A Turkish or
Russian bath is cleansing and healthy
and one of the best means for improv-
ing the complexion and softening the
skin. New York women have become
very fond of these baths, and many of
them take at least one bath every week
throughout the year, coming up to
town from neighboring resort dur
ing the summer There is no more
delightful way of getting rid of the
hottest hours of the day than to pass
them in Russian bath. Some women
bathe to get fat, and some to get thin,
and they all succeed in attaining their
object. After the bath many are
rubbed with vaseline in preference to
alec lol, or with sweet oil, that being
the fashionable unguent at pres
ant. 1t is the correct thing to use it
on the face at night, after having
bathed it in very hot water, as the
surest destroyer of wrinkles. And
hose who care for neither yaseline nor
oil take their own perfumes to the
bath, and are rubbed down with them.