The record-union., 1896-12-20
MY LADY,S NEWEST WHIM.
1t is to be Perfumed as Sweet as a
Dainty Rosebud.

It requires infinite good taste and
some outlay to wear perfumes this
winter, for on good authority only the
hopelessly inartistic woman puts any
scented waters on her handkerchief All
her clothing must be impregnated with
fragrance by means of sachetS, or per-
fume dried on. Her Sachet continues
to be chiefly Of orris powder, or that
novel and interesting potpourrie OF
heliotrope, lavender OF orange bios
SONS, dried and ground up together.
With these there is mixed the sawdust
of sandal wood and the result is
strong, sweet and lasting powder.
few spoonfuls of this ought to be sewed
into a little flannel bag, then into
china silk cover, and disposed about
ones bureau drawers and closet
shelves to diffuse dilicious odors.
Extravagant women buy their sach-
cts in the form Of huge flowers. Big
roses. long throated lilies, dahlias and
great satin marigolds, which have
odorous powder stored down in their
green muslin calyx, beneath the ex-
quisitely tinted petals. Spread among
lace trimmed lingerie the effect is very
luxurious and beautiful, and those who
don't do this have every piece of linen
separately perfumed before it IS put
on. The maid, with an exceedingly
small atomizer, lightly sprays over the
linen a little violet or diluted oil or
rose water, and then puts the gar
ments for moment into the oven. Just
for a moment, and the oven must be
barely warm, or, If the oven is not
convenient, she holds the moistened
clothes to the steam radiator or reg
lister.
In an instant almost they are warm
and dry, and retain just enough per-
fume to vaguely delight ones senses.
Since the new open aluminium boot
trees have come into common use every
lady insists that her shoes are put
away, and her slippers, too, with long,
narrow muslin sachet bags in their
toes. Her stockings go into a long reti-
cule of wadded satin, and her handker-
chiefs into the prettiest little japanese
cabinet that with its many drawers
sits on her dressing table. White
mouchoirs go in one drawer, pink
edged ones In another, blue, black and
scarlet and lace-trimmed ones into
third, fourth and fifth. Once week,
when clean handkerchiefs come from
the laundry, all the drawers are taken
out. the old sachet powder tossed in
the fire and a fresh spoonful sprinkled
like sand among the contents.
Perhaps the latest among the whims
of fastidious women Is the small
sachet blanket that lies all day between
the sheets and is taken out at night.
1t is heavily impregnated with laven-
der or violet powder and can be bought,
all prepared at the shops like the new
perfumed wells and fans and gloves.
Careful straining is the means whereby
these last three articles are given their
delicious odor, that does not last, how
ever. but a few days.
The same code of fashion that still
frowns on the use Of perfume on ones
| stationery discourages the mixing OF
odors. If you elect to use heliotrope,
use that only, and with everything, or
confine yourself strictly to violet, or
the exquisite French Mel du Capucine,
in English called nasturtium honey. In
the bath pour cologne or perfumed am
monia; and on your dressing table to
rub into the palms Of your hands, dab
| lightly about the back of your neck and
anoint your ears, keep a tiny square
jug of "A Ia Refine des Abellis' or "Vio-
| lette du Gar" The first is supposed
TO be an extract from the bread bees
make to feed their queen on, the rich
est pollen in the flowers. The other
| is new distillation from Russian vio-
| lets, and though exceedingly costly
this is as pure bouquet of the violet
as altar of rose is of the roses. All
of these new honeys and waters are
applied, by very exquisite persons, with
the finest camefs hair brush, and then,
| If friction is administered to the per-
fumed flesh, the pores will accept and
hold the odor an unusually long time
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