The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-02
TIE usE OF PERFUMES.

A woman never makes q more emphatic
self-reveiation than in the use OF pefium-
es From the TINA Of the Queen OF Sheoa
down to the new womAn's Cay, exquis-teH
rare end precious perfumes have nesn ysi-
ued as q right roya; gift or possession.
but the time has come when ten-tentns OF
the li-smelling "extracts." so called. were
better poured into the sea than used to ce-
sprinkle the toilet OF lady
One is constantly mystified ard amazed
at the bad tas.. shown in this matter BY
women who move in good circles. who
have discrimination n dress and are con-
ventional in manners. And yet when We
anSykze her more closely we invaria5 bly,
find that the woman whose presence is
heralded by highly concentrated perfumes
is not creation OF very fine calibre or
quality.
As an adjunct of the bath certain dis
titled waters Ike lavender Florida water
or eau de cologne are delightfully."- refresh
ing and sweet, but no liquid decorations
whatsoever of scented alcohol declared to
to be the extracts of flowers, are fit 10 come
near the hankerchiefs, laces and lingerie OF
the truly refined woman.
They do not smell like any known fiow-
er of the earth. and, indeed, are made from
an animal, not q floral product. The basis
the later evoporates the musk still holds
its power to suffocate till sometimes. in a
crowded public place. theatre or church,
one is almost overcome by it.
Bu. where il is true that too many women
of far opportunities for social culture are
guilty OF the crudest taste in this matter
or perfumes, there as another class whose
fast;diousness of choice is as grateful as
the other is distasteful. Far better, OF
course, TO utterly abjure the slightest trace
of perfume about ones belongings than 10
use the ranks sort, but certain other sort
seems TO envelopone in a atmosphere Of
irdefgable elegance.
Two women were in a store one day, and
had 10 wait for a wealthy shopper 10 make
way for them at the silk counter. As she
left the one who moved into her place
whispered. Did you ever smell anything
so wonderfully sweet?" / wonder what *
was: she had no violets?" That is the
smell of money" the other one laughed.
who was less susceptle. But it was not the
smell OF money, It was the smell of fresh
Flo:entire crris powder imported from
Italy, the only thing in the world that real
ly and truly does smell like the dewey vol
cts newly gathered, and the woman who
adopts that and nothing else individual
ICES herself in the minds of her friends and
to the public as a personification of Ros-
etti's ideal of woman in his sonnets, ITO
be Sweetness
There is nothing that retains the faint
violet Whit Of orris like lace or yelling,
and IL is pleasant to have Il replace the kid
odor of ones gloves, but the knowing wom-
ans sachet never reposes among her writ
ing paper and visiting cards
Anothr use for perfumes is medicinal
one. The doctors say there is a stimula-
ton in certain sweet odods, and Il is pleas
ing 10 an Invalid 10 have some
spriss OF lavender or Turkish pastile
burnt in the room.
The burning lavender transports one in
fancy 10 an aid walled-in garden, and the
little Oriental taper recalls all the enchant-
ments Of the Ara bian Nights by the sub
tlety OF its perfume.