Evening journal., 1899-04-07
PERFUMES ARE POPULAR.
HAVE EVER BEEN IN GREAr pE


MAND AMONG ALL NATIONS.
The Bedouins perfume their hand-
kerchlefs with an odoriferous earth
called ares" which comes from Alden,
south Of Arabia, and is in much requi-
sit.on by the desert ARABS. These no
mad people use civet to anoint their
bodies, a substance Of the consistency
of honey, taken from the anal glands
CT the civet cat, strong and offensive i'm
itself. but agreeable when a very small
proportion is MIXED with other ingne-
dients. Kitto says THAT ARABS do not
,saMte; they simply smell each other -
1t Is common for a parent to say, 'fAh,
child, thy smell lis like Sen4Paga-Poo,
a flower sacred to Chrisna" However
agreeable this may he to the RostrIls
of the Bedouin, the mixture Of the
odors of dirty skins and the strong
civet perfume is combination any
thing but pleasant to the European
nose.
Some perfumes have a stronger scent
than others; some give out their fra
GRANGE at special times Certain flow
ers need the warmth of the sun; some
the soft rain, and others the cool night
air before they venture to throw out
their redolence into the atmosphere.
Bartholm says: "The odOr of rosemary
indicates the coast OF Spain more than
ten leagues out to sea" And another
writer declares THAT the whole air OF
South Asia is flied with the smelke and
odor OF perfume. In Capua there
was one long street called THE Sep
.asia," which consisted entirely Of per-
fume and unguent shops And in Bonn
bay THE greater proportlcA of wares ex-
hibited in the bazaars are perfumes, of
endless varieties.
Balm was much priced by the ma
tives Of Judea ardArab,a, from whenoe
it was procured. Piny says that Ves-
pasian and Titus had shrubs OF it
growing in Rome, which were carefully
tended, the branches being carried by
The Romans in their triumphal process
slons. To gather tine balsam was a
slow and tedious tack Alexander the
Great Thought it a fair midsummer
days work to fll a "concha" with
balm-that is, lees than a th1usandeth
part Of a pint Cinnamon is an aro-
mat,c bark OF od.rous fragrance. II is
a native of Ceyion and India. Kitto
tells MS that it is 'precious and appro-
Pirate to religious use. It is muoh val
ued, and was the frst epice eought af-
ter CT procured in az Oriental v-gages,
lancier- or modern" The Egyptials
and Romans held it in high esteem.
lHerodoOus assures us that a species CT
cinnamon was taken from the nests
CT birds and also flund sticking like
lime to the boards Of goats. This sub
stance was gathered, compounded and
used as ointments and salves.
The south of France is the flower
garden of Europe. Flower farming is
extensive in the Var Valley, and covers
about 1l5,0O0 English acres. These gar
dens produce over 5000 tons of flowers
ANNUALLY. Lavender is our English
production, and is cultivated about
HEREFORD, Surrey and several other dis
tricts. IT'S name. 'Iavendula," fcom
'lavare. to wash, in1scates its use
wnicn was lerfuming the baths o:
wealthy people. It's fiowers are consid-
cred excellent for disorders of the head
and nerves. There are districts OF law
ender fields in Spain and North Africa
where it thrives mostly on high sea
Levels. Sweet as are the influences OF
perfume as a panacea for wounds
tonic for tagging health-a refresh
Iment Of the heat and dust--a refresh
ment Of the head and dust--a luxury
, for the toilet-and delicious, perme-
ating gratification Tor the senses-we
would stop short of the custom OF the
Camant. who mirgle their c0mpan-
ions blood with fragrant sheIbet and
quaft it as a pledge OF Friendship. seal
ing the compact with much mutual
amounting Of spikenards and affairs
This, 20 say the least, is exaggeratine
the province Of perfumes.