Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-29

yellow lace, or scrimp. siken gown,
there clngs around it, even yet, deli
cate. quaint fragrance. which has lasted
for perhaps three generations And Ia
vender? DO we not, all Of us. remember
hearing how our grandmothers thought
they must have sprigs of lavender 10
scent their newly-washed linen? Laid
I'D In lavender" meant what il expressed.
It grows as well, and is as profusely used
with us to-day. strewn among the sheets
and pillow-cases that furnish the best
guest chamber.
Gather your sweet lavender" in au-
tumn; the flowers. if possible, for other
uses about the house and make up a lot
Of big cheese-cloth bags fun. You can
have them around everywhere. The scent
is distinct and refined, and never grows
heavy, even in a warm room.
Clover-blossom pillows are dainty con-
ceptions in country upholstery. For ham
mock or porch pillows pick the heads
and let them dry in open paper sacks.
Then fill the pillow tick with them TIL IL
is ready to burst. Cover with brightly
Powered silkoline or madras.
A good, old Virginia recipe for making
perfumes is: Get pound Of fat mutton.
which is hard like suet. TRY ii out
until you have a swimming painful of fat
strain and let harden. Shave the firm
ta-low with alternate layers OF your Ia
vorite blooms. and press between smooth
non-absorbent surfaces. as glass or china.
Make It air-ught and shut up for three
days in a dark closet. The blooms should
be gathered with the dew on them-for no
other moisture is as potent-or lightly
sprinkled with cold rain water, which nas
been boiled.
VIOLET PERFUMES.
For violet perfumes dig for Orris root
the genuine grows down on the crerE
bottoms-and make a powder or decoc-
ton. using this with the violet blooms
and suet as above. This will give you the
fullest odor of the blossom, and one drop
OF it will perfume your cwn wedding
dress to be handed down as sweet
legacy to a granddaughter
The woman who does not care for, or
try to preserve her beauty, is an unsexed
creature. not down I'm Murrays grammar.
Many things mottle a complexion be-
sides buckwheat cakes and gravy, which
q simpler country diet and mild herbal
remedies will remove.
For Wrinkles-ah there's the rub,
Wrinkles really come not so much from
age as abuse Of the facial muscles, the
continual batting Of the eyelids, lifting
the eyebrows haughuly, lowering the
corners Of the mouth in disd n, and
few other cross-cuts that mark 1.-THE SER
ried lines OF youth-time's foe" To avoid
wrinkles, hold the temper we'll in hand
temper Is too precious a possession TO
lose in any case, l think-forbear to
frowu. TO smile broadly, 10 weep-one
hears it all. To remove wrinkles is some
thing else We have the remedy right
here in natures broad laboratory. Get a
piece OF unwashed fleece OF lamb, ana
thorouehly cleanse IL with sifted oat-
meal il will do wonders as massage
for giving q smooth brow and rosy cheek.
Wash the face at night in hot, hot ram
water (hnered). and rinse in cold, cold
water from the rock spring; and for
facial cream, use cold, thick cream. Put
this thick cream into the palms of the
hands then. before the skin has hau
time 10 thoroughly dry, 60 with tnem
over the face. This Will feed the oly'
harsh. oilless skin with the lubricant IL
lacks.
have seen a bevy of country girls
made perfectly radiant for next week
tournament or a "big meeting am
sorry 10 say they adorn themselves alike
for each-after they were tanned from d
blisteriDg ride I'm the sun, or an ai-day' s
niouic in tho woods. It's formula Is no
less than martyrdom, but thats the Price
one pays for beauty, anyhow.
Get a bandalette-a bandalette Is d
face mask. retans IN city shops for s. 10
SO according which can be made or
soft dressed sheepskin. Attach strings
10 lie at back of head Gather tansy
leaves from the big bush On the garoen
walk. and make q strong decocuon OF
tho leaves. mix with equal part or 1resb
buttermilk-we churn every day-ah'
make a mush Of cornmeal, unsifted. Have
his like a thick poutice, and line your