The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-26
ALL TASTES SUITED.

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Prom the Chicago Times.
The custom OF making presents Of per
fumes and fancifully wrought perfume
baskets il one that il universally indulRed
I'm by young men, whose taste i'm selecting
this Indispensable article OF the feminine
che fair sex. To he fashionable woman
and by this term Ia not meant the blind
follower Of fashions erratic course, hut
the woman of society who can i'll afford
there In nc one thing she would so SER
iously miss from her budoir as the per
hlmery case. She affects some particular
scent, may he, and that one odor to the
exclusion Of all others, IL continually
about her apartments and forever sends
forth it's delicate fragrance, from the lace
collar al her neck to tho hcin of her petit
coat.
Many p thai pcrfumery is n n ar
ticle of comparatively recent Origin from
the fact that new odors with startling
names indicative of the
swsetness OF an entire hot-hoisc are being
that there are few things Older
than the art Of amounting ones self with
sweet scents of fragrant oils.
Sacred history tells of how the bellies of
the tribe of Judah arrayesi themselves i'm
fine linen and poured ointment upon
sheir raiment, while more than one
prophet has had occasion To refer To the
dutiful submission of the mothers of Is
r.el i'm combing their lords heads with
OdoroIis spices from Arabia.
The perfume of those times was not SO
varied in respect To nomenclature as il is
now and consisted mainly of franklin
sense: L is not known whether the
youthful Rebecca, AS she bedccked her
self with frills i'm her fathers tent repair
evening. called for her hand-maiden to
bring her the frankincense or the olcia-
men bottle; which Is "a name the as'utc
FrAnkinccnsc, which is u gum resin OF n
tree indigenous to Central Asia,. was at
was not only considered an a~ntitlote for
certain poisons, hut was widely reconl-
mended by the ancient Chinese for Ger
The curative properties of scents, how
ever, il even to-day All admitted and well
known fact. Before the recent advance
Of science made il possible for physicians
20 calculate upon the existence of disease
germs in the atmosphere, II WAS a matter
that during u severe epidemic OF choIcra
in London, which visited every household
and laid some of it's members low, those
working i'm or living near the perfume
factories escaped he ravagcs Of the dis
ease. Since then il has been demonstrated
that the free and lavish use of floral odo!'s
about the person aud the house il not only
not unhealthy. as many imagine, hut does
in reality tend to ward oil sicknes by de-
stroyinR thep presidential molecules which
The manufacture of perfumes Is an i'm
dustry of which very little is generally
Known. Primarily IN perfume il supposed to
O9 the ulStlIlCO eXtFAct Oh the ONhOTOuS quar-
tiles of flower blossoms, but Of the hum
dreds of scents that are made not more
shan one-third have the genuine flower
bination of chemicals and powerful odors,
such AS musk, civet, and vanilla, which
are blende with such skill and care that
flower with them.
Flower farming for ~perfunery purposes
ine 10 to the severity ven 4" az e~haneeaS ,h '" of
the climate Hence the manufacturers in
this country arc compelled to import the
pomade-which il the basis of all flower
odors-from France, where the cultivation
of roses, violets, tuberoscs and cassias for
this purpose is carried OH to a large ex-
The valley of the Var I'm Southern
France near Cannes which has an area
Of over 10000 acres, IL |. dotted with fra.
process of innovation, !. e., obtaining The
essential oil of the plants, is CONNER,
balmy that flowers bloom every month i'm
the year. When they arc in full bloom
md ready to be harvested hundreds of
frame around the sides are taken into the
tiowef fields. The bottom of these trays
is covered with a layer of MAI grease
Of the flowers. The grease ab:;
after TIN. ine process Saee ha. 'h been "p 1sp.atcd a
score or more OF times it. becomes satur.
ated with aroma and il then scrapesl OIL
tnG tEaAyS iBthl UlclNeu AhN LII VILE
condition it is exported to this country
and i'm making a delicate and delicious
scent from the pcrfunied grease the skill
full art of the American perfiIncr comes
into play. When la pomade, as il is
called, reaches the factory IL il subjected
20 q bath i'm deoderized alcohol, which abb
sorbs the scent and becomes the sex
~stract." In this condition il bears little
resemblance to the. flower Il was draw
from. and has to he toned down with
chemicals and essential oils before il can
be sold az n perfume. This mixture of
pungent chemicals, which goes so
Tar toward impartin9 the delicate frag-
rance To q perfume, Is what is called q
ossque and the man whose sense of
smell is gratified by the odor of blue bells
floating around the object of his devotion.
should remember that IL il not blue bells
nj all that he smells. but a compound OF
civet. musk. extract of neroli and mitch.
am lavender. The famous Jockey Club
has ~twenty-six ingredients. "Pond Lily
twenty, "Sweet Pea" twenty-four. and
Q her equally well known scents, which
are supposed by the uninitiated To be but
tle odor of one flower, contain the odors
of as large a combination Of chemicals. i
D. true that there are some perfumes which
apA mn sinaIu,letS1i"-in other wnrxi