The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23
MY LADYs NEWEST wHiM.
It Ia to BE Perfufned as Sweet as O
Dainty Rosebud.

Dainty Rosebud.
It requires infinite good taste and
some outlay to wear perfumes this win
ter, for on good authority only the
hopelessly inartistic woman puts any
scented waters ON her handkerchief.
Al her clothing must be impregnated
with fragrance by means Of saehets, or
perfume dried on. Her sachet eontin-
ues to be chiefly of orris powder or that
novel and interesting potpourrie ef he
liotrope, lavender and orange blossoms
dried and ground up together. With
these is mixed the sawdust of sandal
wood, and the result is a strong, sweet
and lasting powder. A few spoonfuls
of this ought to be sewed into a little
flannel bag, then into achina silk cover,
aud disposed about ones bureau
drawers and closet shelves to diffuse
delicious odors.
Extravagant women buy their
sachets in the form of huge flowers.
Big roses, long-throated lilies, dahlias
and great satin marigods, 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
little violet or diluted oil or rose wn-
ter, and then puts the garments for q
moment into the oven. Just for mo-
ment, and the oven must be barely
warm, or, if the oven is not convenient,
she holds the moistened clothes to the
steam radiator or register
In an instant almost they we're warm
End dry, and retain just enough per-
fnme 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 saehet bags in their toes. Her
stockings go into long retieule of wad-
ded satin, and her handllerehiefs 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 n third, fourth and
fifth Once week, when clean hand
lerchiefs come from the laundry, all
the drawers are taken out, the old sachet
powder, tossed in the fire and fresh
spoonful sprinkled like sand among
the contents.
Perhaps the Last among the wbims of
fastidious women is the small saehet
blanket that lies all day between the
sheets and is taken out at night. 1t is
heavily impregnated with lavender Or
violet powder and can be bought all
prepared, at the shops like the new per-
fumed wells and fans and gloves. Care
! full straining is the means whereby
these last small 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
! cUnHHe NOur6Gll htiiclly W NlOltls OF tllc
exquisite French Mel du Capueine, 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 tiny square
jug of "a la Refine des Abelis" or "Vi-
olette du Gar" The first is supposed
to be an extract from the bread bees
make to feed their queen on, the richest
pollen in the flowers. The other is
new distillation from Russian violets,
and though exceedingly costly this is
as pure a 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 cam
els hair brush, and then, II friction is
administered to the perfumed flesh, the
pores will accept and hold the odor I'm
unusually long time.-N. Y. Advertiser.