Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-06-08
SWEET SCENTED BELLIES.
Eastern Maidens Use Sachet Below
and Sandal-Wood Sticks.

nVAloenH use SacueL bellows
and Sandal-Wood Sticks.
From the New York worldI
Let the dapper little dsmsel who soaks
her pocket handkerchief with strong ex-
tracts just before leaving the house for
visit, matinee or morning prayers,
know that 1t is bad form. Years ago that
was the way the bellies of society finished
the toilet, but bellies, like everything else,
have changed. Individuality has reached
the scent bottle, and the came law that
forbids the wearing of diamonds and silk
gowns at breakfast prevents the abuse of
perfumes. Any drug clerk can tell the
scent worn by merely fashionable girl,
but oonnoisseur would be puzzled to an
alyze the breath of sweetness that ema-
mates from the tresses, letter-papsr, gloves,
gown and even the umbrella of the swell
girl.
To one she ia redolent of almond BIOS
som, to q second 1t Is altar of roses, and
q third quick scented critic will describe 1t
as aromatic. That abe ia sweet everybody
admits, but of what nobody knows but
herself, and she won't tell. The following
confessions, however, were extracted from
three representative women of New York
society," belle, q matron and grand
mother, who is always young and sweet,
and charming
The Young lady, brilliant brunette.
admits that she Is not original.
'I got some of my ideas abroad in my
travels, and / am always setiDg on hints
from papers and journals What 1 value
most Is an old saudal-wood fan / bought
in Ceylen. When 1t went out of fashion
pulled the sticks apart and now hsve one
In twenty eigh. different places. To me
the fragrance is the very refinement of
sweetness
"a thousand reopis have asked me what
kind of perfume | use, bat / never tell
The scent is in my bonnet case, dressing
case, ward robe, the press where l keep my
evening wraps and N every box i have
When l want - iu.iividu slizs toilet lay
cosrse this Is for evening. 1 think per-
fume With street dresses bad taste. Then
use great d-sl cf toilet water, scented
with sandal wocd or white hyseinth in my
hair. use * like bay Tnm, and have my
hair brushed snd combei dry; whatever
w-ar in my hair / use on my eyebrows and
on my neck and shoulders with a low
dresa"
So much for the bellies sweet artifioe.
The be.utiful matron is very voluptu-
ous. She has sschets made to line the
closet walls, The bottom of bureau draw
ers, and the chests and boxes In which her
belongings are kept.
'It costs me about sixty dollars year
to have my satchet Enings cleaned and re-
scented The work Is done by a firm
where / get my toilet supplies. 1 have
tried Egyptian psrfumes, but prefer vio-
let to any other. Personally i am insensi-
BILE to the odor, but have been told that
1t was very characteristic. / wouldn't use
ii If thought it WAS not Ny toilet sc-
cessories cost almost as much as my gloves.
/ buy the finest scented waters and / get
bags of orris root snd crushed lavender
flowers by the dozen 1 use, too, a great
altar of rose. These accessories of the
bath with well made sachets are about the
extent of my perfuming."
The grandmother also expressed psrti-
ality for nice toilet articles
81 like" che began, "the French wo-
mans way of bathing in sheet-lined tub,
ture of bepzoin in tha water. Either
makes bslmy, refreshing bath. Instead
of putting scent on my hsrdkerchiefs /
put it on my linen and hsnnels. That is
where 1t belongs, 1 think. The idea Is
delicscy, not strength. of scsnt. / like
best the fuctuating fragrance, too faint to
be described. Sweet pea, mignonette, Jas
mine and violet are far more delightful to
my sensas than lilies or rosss- 1 have
many old fashioned ideas about keeping
things nice In the summer We gather
sweet clover, tie 1t up in cheese cloth bags
and hang them in the wsrdrobss and