The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-02
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SWEET-SCENTED TRIPLES.
Perfumes Are in High Favor and Used M
the Ncsf Unexpected Ways.

Perfumes Are in High Favor and Used In
the Nest Unexpected Ways.
The most convenient part of this sea
sons parasol is, by the bye, found IN
the handle Besides offering a hiding
place for mademoiselle silken purse
fan. soft kercl.ief or relav of hairpins
and pins. the tinieSt Of vinaigrettes Is
often tucked away in the tip OF the
most unpretentious parasol sticks. A
specimen IN olive wood is furnished al
the end with a crystal globe and golden
top. Midway down the ick Is placed
a hollyhock rosette of silk. beneath
which a little spring IS concealed.
When the mistress Of tn unique at
fan wishes for q spray of her favorite
toilet water she throws back the inno-
cent-looking gold lid, presses the spring
hidden by the rosette, and receives
from the top Of the parasol handle,
upon any part Of her person. a refresh
ing shower OF fragrance.
In an old-fashioned book of recipes il
Is wri item: "a womans hair should
smell only sveeter than her skin. and
her skin only fresher than her breath.
To insure this should be her daily care,
for d woman who looks not altogether
lovely bellies the purpose for which ma
ture created her. Therefore, if We
would be ever fresh and dainty in your
toilet keep upon your table a bottle OF
nvrrh with which to freshen your
mouth. a bottle of benjoin to sprinkle
in the washing water, and bottle of
lavender water with which to da7npen
the hair"
Bath bags Of crushed lavender
flowers. orris root. and almond meal
NAV ne bought in the drugstores for
dime. If ripped up and the soap shaw
ings removed the filing is very nice to
sprinkle over bedroom linen as it IS be
ing put away. \ great many times
the rest of = nervous person would be
improved by understanding bedclothes.
y scent is not needed, but it IS desir-
a BILE often to use some wholesome odor
TO overcome the offensiveness of bad
laundry work. Some housekeepers
save the petals Of cut flowers, others
mince and dry orange and lemon peel
and toss between sheets and pillow
slips. while the methodical Old-School
housewives gather white and red clover
an the summer and line the linen
Grawers' with sachets-merely cheese
cloth sacks. four by ten inches.
The new scent which is all the rage
in Paris Is made from the Datura, or
Indian thorn-apple. The odor is pene
trating, though delicate, and possesses
the peculiar subtlety so essential to the
success of perfume.
1t is only the faintest of sweet odors
that the refined woman employs. and
they emauate from all the folds of the
garments leaving delicate trail of
fragrance when the wearer passes or
moves, and it is the result of eternal
vigilance in the matter of sachets and
perfumed cases, sprays for the bath and
the hair. and beneath all the cleanli
ness that'is indeed next TO godliness.
TO shake out two or three ounces of
strong perfume on handkerchief viii
not produce the desired atmosphere of
fra GRANGE.
1t is a fad among the fashiona bic Just
now to combine the scent of flower
with a gown which reproduces its tints.
and in accordance with this novel
violet gown has SachetS of violet pow
der in the hon and inside the bodice,
and is folded away in wrappings
sprayed with the perfume of the flower.
A woman fond of Japanese crepes
and silks goes in for Hasu-no-hand, and
since the mention in an African ro-
nance Of the sacred African lily the
perfume of that flower has been quite
In favor with clique of the authors
friends.
A noted perfumer in Paris prepares
the most seductive satchets, in which
the scents of vervain. musk, heliotrope,
and iris are cunningly blended. The
result is delicious.-Chicago Times.