The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-01-23
FLOWERS ANp PERFUMES.
The Way to Make q Rose Jar that VIII Be
Worth Having.


The Way to Make a Rose Jar that VIII Be
Worth Having.
How did you make your rose Jar?" L
asked a certain gay belle She an
svvered, with a laugh: ''I'll give you my
recipe and the result; then you go and
try the exact opposite method pJr-
chased the finest potpourri jar in the
market the finest table salt, the very
sPiciest spices and the sweetest per
fumes, and then I had sent me the Low
lest flowers you ever saw, which ruth
lessly destroyed in their first freshness
without taking time to enjoy them -
great roses as big as cup. Well, put
in first layer of salt; this, you know,
is supposed to catch and hold the fra
grant essence of the flower, as do the
grease IN the oils OF commerce The
salt I strewed thiclkly with rose leaves,
sprinlkling them with the spices and
perfumes; then came another layer of
salt and a layer of rose leaves and
spices; so on to the top. This is the or
thOdox recipe, and I followed it careful
"; but, instead of growing sweeter, it
became more and more offensive, until
finally did not dare open it. Bah! it
was awful.
"A friendly druggist suggested a most
happy compromise. Preserve all of
your flowers, wear them and enjoy
them; then. when they are quite with
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thoroughly, spread out upon piece of
paper-his lOve-letters, if you hl1e-in a
dark room, so that they may retain
their color. When ready for your pot
pourri, roll them in your hands, mixing
with them aromatic spices and the best
sachet powders, sprinlzling them with
the finest essence and oils, mixing with
them the sweet lavender flowers which
are already dried. Then you will have
a rOse-jar that you will not be afraid to
open. Or. better still, take Your dried
leaves to the druggist, and he will mix
for you potpOurri that will be a joy
forever
The rose jar is a comparatively new
craze, only two or three years old, but a
very dainty one. 1t fills a lOng-felt
want, and suggested perhaps the many
devices for refreshing our parlOrs and
bedrooms, with pretty, artistic trifies.
The taste TOR sweet scents is not, how
ever, or recent origin. 1t seems inner
ent in the human breast, and is as old
as the hills upon which the flowers
blow. Though somewhat accumulated
of late, since they are brought more
readily within our reach, the fOndness
! for sweet Odors seems to date back to the
most ancient of days-tO the Garden Od
Eden, no doubt. Fragrant woods, san
/ dai and cedar, were used in the con-
structiOn of the tabernacle in the viii
! deFnesS, and also in SOlOmOn's Temple,
| while frankincense and myrrh were
| burnt as incense continually in the
service. Among the gifts sent by Jacob
to the rulers of Egypt, when he wished
/ to prOpitiate them, were gifts of frank
| insence and myrrh, - and these same fra
| grant gums We're brought by the wise
men of the East to the Infant Saviour.
! The ancient Greeks and Romans We're
Unfortunately fond of perfumes, which
they used, not only in the amounting OF
| their heads and boards, but also about
I hOnERS
Even the tyrant Nero showed a weak
ness for perfumes, for one of the most
/ COSTLY is called by his name, ''NerOly.' -
/ and, though still brought from Egypt,
va quickly adopted for the production
| or essences from the numerous fra
! grance-bearing flowers which grow in
| wild prOfUsiOn in Greece and Italy. But
/ long before this, fragrant waters We're
! in use in Arabia. Through all genera
tons and circumstances this taste has
| come down to us. Our grandmOthers
| could not afford or procure essential oil
or sweet-scented powders. perhaps, but
| they had their beds of lavender and
chamomile and sweet fern, the leaves
| of which We're carefully gathered and
| laid on the shelves between the folds Oh
snowy hOmespun linen, and few leaves
| tied in the corner of a handkerchief. OF
a little bag of sweet lavender deity
| concealed about the gown. then as now
was Indispensable to a lady's toilet