St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
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humorist, carried away the pleasant
memory of bees and neW-mOWn hay
that breathed from the house linen. II
is like lying down in a meadow in
spTingtime to get between Mrs. Nye's
clean sheets. Yet no one ever dis
covered trace of perfume upon the
persons of the family.
Marietta Holly Josiah Aliens wife
fayors white rose and loves to refresh
the face frequently with some poured
upon the palm of the hand. She insists
upon the very pureSt quality, however,
the slightest adulteraTIon making her
really i'll. She does not affect handsome
TASKS, but is content with the ordinary
bottle.
Mrs. Arkell fairly revels in violet. So
dainty and flower-like is this little
creature that she seems like the flower
itself. exhaling its own proper perfume.
Mrs. Gillian adOres mignonette, which
seems also to belong to her.
Mrs. Gen. Mcclellan has an absolute
passion for the delicate Alpine blossoms
which grow close 10 the glaciers-the
Edelweiss and pink rhododendron. Her
love attributes to them a perfume they
do not in reality possess.
Miss Garrett, Of Baltimore, in the
severe simplicity of her toilet discards
POlIhnAC 40 an uC
house is pervaded. however, by the fra
GRANGE of perfect care and wholesome
ness, and from the profusion Of fresh
cut flowers, the product of the fine Gar
rett greenhouses. Mrs. Robert Garrett
of late uses sparinglY rare Persian
fragrance which she found on the last
journey abroad with her husband.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who is a per-
feet perfume tiend in its most subtle
and fascinating conditions. has invented
a system of little mats which she makes
with her own hands. Upon a layer of
cotton, she shakes layer of powder,
usually heliotrOpe or violet. encloSes
this between layers of silk or cheese
cloth, sewS up the edges and catches
stitches through with cOlored silks.
These she lays as carpets in desk and
bureau drawers which are ever grOttOS
of sweet perfume. Every article in her
possession is pervaded by an intangible
tiOwerlike fragrance. Even scraps in
the waste basket may be recognized as
hers. She is ever on the outlook for a
new and subtle Odor. Her favOrite is
Chypre. She is also fond of wild olive,
sweet orchid and carnation.
Mrs. William Hunt, whose daughters
wedding 10 Arthur Mechler, of the
United States army, a couple of years
ago, was an event in the circles Of the
flour hundred" ScOrnS liquid deluges,
but breatheS ever moderate
and ladylike OdOr of heliotrope. Mrs.
Mechler's charming bOudoir in Wash
ington suggests lily of the valley. She
has little pockets made Oil purpose in
her clothes, into which she stitches per-
fumed ribbons.
On the occasion of the visit of the
Medills to his holiness the pope, it is
said that the delicate essence of wild
olive worn by the ladies rose above the
incense-laden atmosphere of the place.
Mrs. John Lawrence is stirred To tears
by the breath of the Parma violet. "A
memory Perfume" she calls il. ut
carries me back to the cycle of my for
escent incarnation" 1t recalls TO her
memories of Southern France and Italy
and the AlhambIa, where, in the lus-
ciouS moisture Of the Llndaraxa gar
dens. they grow in such abundance.
their fragrance pouring upwards and
drifting across the table upon which
Washington Irving wrote his Tales of
the Alhambra," and upon which, with
the consent of well-bribed custodian,
she was privileged to indite her ''ChrOn-
icles." So richly variegated is her ex-
istence that one is not surprised to find
faded punches of the sweet flower, mus
lin bags filled with wild sweet clover,
and pretty travelling bottles scattered
amongst her trunks and baggage.
Mrs. Paran Stevens spares neither
altar of rose nor the liquid. Heavy Turk
ish perfumery eXhales from her furnish
ingS.
Mrs. Charles Harrison, the fair Phila-
delphian, (niece of Senator Richard
Vaux, who had the honor of dancing
with the Queen") whose husband was
spoken of as successor to Thorndike
Rice, our minister to Russia, is a whole
Some-looking woman of beautiful pres
enee and severe cleanliness. She has
satchet-padS, bags and boxes in pro-
fusion of color and shape. Perfumes
delicate TO elusiveneSS permeate her
person and surroundings. She is the
cousin of Mrs. George Boxer, the leader
of society club dancing in Philadelphia.
the two being known as Ethel and
Elsie" The latter adoreS the perfume
of pinks in all its aromatic variety.
Mrs. Congressman Beiden, an eX-
tremely conventional fashionable
woman, of careful grooming and excel
lent taste. IS Il great lover of perfumes.
She Insists upon the choicest quality,
out is not restricted to any particular
kind.
Mrs. Van Zandt. vile of the ex-gov-
ernor of Rhode Island, may be recalled
by n faint fragrance OF tuberose, drawn
from the creamy blossom in her neatly
butluhcd black corsage.
Mrs. Colt, widow of Samuel Colt, of
rcY0.ver fame, Is so suggestive of