Huntsville gazette., 1893-07-01
swEEr-scENTED BELLIES.
The Swell Girls Use Sachet Bellows ana
Sandal Wood Sticks.

strong extracts just before leaving the
house for visit, q matinee or morn
ing prayers, know that it 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 same law that forbids
the wearing of diamonds and silk
gowns at breakfas prevents the abuse
of perfumes. Any drug clerk can tell
the scent worn by a merely fashiona-
BILE girl, but connoisseur would be
puzzled to analyze the breath OF sweet
ness that emanates from the tresses,
letter paper, gloves, gown and even
the umbrella of the swell girl.
To one she is redolent of almond
blossoms, to a second it is altar OF roses
and third quick-scented critic will de-
scribe it as an aromatic. That she is
sweet everybody admits, but OF what
nobody knows but herself, and she
won't tell The following confessions,
however, were extracted from three
women of society-a belle, matron
and grandmother, who is always
young and sweet and charming.
The young lady, brilliant brunette,
admits that she is not original.
81 got some of my ideas abroad in my
travels and am always acting on hints
from papers and journals. What |
values most is an old sandelw ood fan |
bought in Ceylon. When it went out
of fashion pulled the sticks apart and
now | have one in twenty-eight differ
ent places. To me the fragrance is the
very refinement of sweetness.
"a thousand people have asked me
what kind of perfume l use, but never
tell The scent is in my bonnet-case,
dressing-case, wardrobe, the press
where l keep my evening wraps, and in
every box have. When l want to in
dividualize a toilet l lay half a dozen
fan sticks on the bodice. Of course this
is for evening. think perfumes with
street dresses bad taste. Then l use a
great deal of toilet-water, scented with
sandal wood or white hyacinth in my
hair. / use it like bay rum, and have
nv hair brushed and combed dry; what
ever wear in my hair | use on my eye
brows and on my neck and shoulders
with low dress"
So much for the bellies sweet artifice.
The beautiful matron was very volup-
tuous. She has Sachets made to line
the closet walls, the bottoms of bureau
drawers, and the chests and boxes in
which her belongings are kept.
st costs me about sixty dollars a
year to have my sachet Innings cleaned
and Resented. The work is done by q
firm where / get my toilet supplies. l
have tried Egyptian perfumes, but |
prefer violet to any other. Personally
am insensible to the odor, but l have
been told that it was very characters
tic. / wouldn't use it if l thought it
was not. Ny toilet accessories cost as
much as my gloves. / buy the finest
scented waters, and get bags of orris
root and crushed lavender flowers by
the dozen. | use, too, great deal of
deodorized alcohol scented with altar
of roses.
well-made sachets are about the ex-
tent of my perfuming."
The grandmother also expressed a
partiality for new toilet articles.
81 like" she began, s'the French
woman's way of bathing in sheet
lined tub, with a cupful of aromatic
vinegar or tincture of benzoin in the
water. Either makes balmy, re-
freshing bath. Instead of putting
scent on my hankerchiefs l put it on
my linen and fannels. That is where
it belongs, think. The idea is deli
cacy, not strength of scent. like best
the fiuctuating fragrance, too faint to
be described. Sweet pea, mignonette,
jasmine and violet are far more de-
lightful to my senses than lilies or
roses. l have many old-fashioned ideas
about keeping things nice. In the sum-
mer we e ather sweet clover, tie it up
In bags and hang them in cheese-cloth
bags in the wardrobes and clothes
presses, where they lend their fra
GRANGE to everything wraps,
night-robes, and the whole atmos-
phere. When lace needs cleaning /
ory-wash it in almond meal. I have a
sachet bellows and / powder the inside
of slippers and even shoes that m
attached to. l also use it to powder
my hair after dry shampoo. l have a
druggist make my tooth powders, cold
creams, face powders and rouges, and
all are scented with rose.
"When want to be very dainty I
use deodorized alcohol scented with
lily of the valley in a sponge bath.
These are not only tonics for the skin,
but leave it most fragrant and also pro-
tect the body from cold'
A few years ago fashiona BILE modistes
tackled little sachets of swiss or silk in
Shields pocket and gathers of evening
dresses, and tackled ten or fifteen dol
lars to the bill for extras. The innova-
ton became popular at once, and last
ed until the vulgarians took to wear
ing scented hens and facings in their
dresses. Now modiste will turn IN
her sagacious nose at the mention Of