The morning times., 1896-08-16
TIPS FROM PARIS.
Way q Gentleman of France Observes
His Lady's Fete Day.

! When gentlemen of France have fete
days OF their lady friends to remcm ber
| they can rest IN the ASSURANCE that by
| choosing the gem and flowers specially
| affected by their fair countrywomen for
| each month, their tact and good taste
| will never be open to question.
In January, for instance, they offer the
deep. rich garnet, with little bunch OF
! snow drops.
In February the amethyst is the reign
ing gem. and as one might easily guess.
| its chosen companion is its prototype In
color, the fragrant vioiets.
The agate claims supremacy for March.
sharing its honors only with the primrose,
| beloved OF poets.
The sparkling diamond, dew drop
crystalizcd. best expresses showery April,
and with it goes the Easter daisy, en-
blem OF innocence.
In May. the emerald. rejecting the color
Of green fields, is the fitting gem to pre-
sent. accompanied by spray of egiantine.
of pink as tender as the inner shell of
the ocean.
The pretty sapphire, blue as the eyes
OF nymphs, and the proud peony are chosen
TO celebrate June fete.
The ardent ruby and the royal lily are
Juiy's special ernblems, while the sar-
donyx and carnations in mixed coIors con-
stitute August's souvenirs.
The sapphire, suggesting the infinite blue
OF Il September sky, and the rose Of France,
queen OF roses, dominate September festals.
The beautiful month Of October rejoices
in the mysterious opal and the fragrant
heliotrope for its fete occasions, and no
III luck attaches to the opal worn by
person whose natal stone it is.
That bit OF condensed sunshine, the
topaz, with cluster OF exquisitely tinted
clirysanthemums make November day to
rejoice, while nothing less than the sweet,
pale, turquoise aud the giistening holly
are esteemed fitting to mark the closing
month Of the year.
Massage has lost little Of its vogue
In Paris for the treatment Of obesity, and
now they are starting an establishment
which is sure to introduce new and In
teresting feature into Partisan life, bring
ing with it the Roman and Eastern Gus
toms Of old. 1t is u bathing club,
where all sorts of baths will be prepared
after Old and foreign recipes; ass milk.
such as Queen Isabella Of Bavaria used
every uOruiuS, fOoe water, meiOn yulCe,
barley, Mecca balm, etc.. will be found
there, aud even the famous bath of Marie
CzewertInoska, the beautiful mistress Of
Alexander Of Russia, who plunged her.
self every morning into the contents Of
cs,sk OF Malaga wine, after which cere-
mony the silver tub was emptied and the
wine sold. It seems that such a bath 10
simply perfect as a skin feeder.
Marie Antoinette's bath. which was pre-
scrbed by her doctor. was a compound of
aromatic herbs mixed with q handful OF
salt. She took it cold in summer, and
tepid in winter. Later on Nine. TaIlien
had brought every morning to her house
twenty POUNDS OF strawberries and two
pounds Of raspberries. which were mashed
in her bath Of warm milk and water. An
other preparation used by the Eastern wo-
men is composed of barley, rice. borrage,
thyme and marjoram boiled together and
thea thrown into the water. Ninon de
Lenclos took bath every night in which
there were mixed with milk; all well
beaten to salt, soda, and three pounds of
honey tepid rain water.