The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

sences or essential oils, which contain the
perfume itself.
In March they begin picking violets,
from which the popular violet water is
made, and from the beginning OF May to
tle end of June they gather the 1essa-
mine, roses and orange blossoms, as well
as the tube roses in July, the mignon-
cite In August and the cassia in SeDtem-
Der. But the maidens are not gathering
blossoms TO stick into their hats or clasp
at their belts 10 add to personal charms
Il is their daily bread earned in a beau
tiful and delightful fashion A breath
viii blow the rose leaf from you and the
nimble fingers OF the women must move
rapidly to pluck the billions and milliorfs
OF leaves that go to make up the 100000
khogrammes of rose leaves alone that are
used each season. Besides there is a mill
lon kilogrammes of jessamine to be pluck
ed, and violets and orange blossoms to the
extent OF 100000 kilogrammes a year
To give an idea of the number of plants
that are raised for this huge result. IL Is
calculated that each stalk of tessamiue
yields two kilogrammes of blossoms a sea
son. So there must be at least 100000
stalks to yield the 100000 kilogrammes re-
qulred.
But the gathering of the blossoms Is only
the beginning of The work for then the
flowers must be picked apart and an OF
The spoiled leaves thrown aside Then
the making OF the perfume begins The
leaves are spread one by one upon LAYERS
OF pure lard THAI cover plates Of glass
Three or four times these fiower-layers
are renewed before the lard has absorbed
All of the perfume that IL can hold for
the fat has a peculi2r attraction for the
essential oils of the flowers This per-
fumed lard is The "pomade" Of commerce,
not the pomades used for hair or beard
but the crude material ouf of which these
are afterwards manufactured. The lard
Is then either shipped as il is TO other
manufacturers. or put into alcohol which
draws off the perfume from the fat, having
stronger attraction, therefore than the
lard, and the result Is the finest eau de
cologne. Most of this pomade Is shipped
as IT stands to all parts of Europe and
America, but some of it is reserved and
the oils are extracted by distilMng pro-
cesses, making the purest extracts. So
much for the Industry which has made
Grasse rich and famous. But in this story
lies much that is suggestive for us in the
United States.
II is beyond question that IN many por-
TONS Of the United States. just as fine and
strongly perfumed flowers can be raised
as In France. The varieties of roses for
instance which are best for making per-
fumes are not the American Beauties or
La. France, but the commoner varieties,
which viii grow luxuriously almost any
where In the States. II Is certain that II
the attention of some of our women were
directed TO this matter, they could earn
many a dollar pleasantly by the manufac-
ture OF perfumes. II would require no
complicated machinery 10 make pomade
just as II Is made az Grasse. The lard
could be bought and refined Il could be
spread on the plates OF glass and II would
be both pleasant and profitable 10 spend a
few weeks in June picking roses and
spreading the leaves on the absorbing fat
Then n you did not care 10 make the CO.
Iogne yourself, YOU could sell your POM
ade and get good price for H.