El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-07

easily noticeable, has come a decrease
in the ivory supply of the world that
has set ivory traders to turning their
energies from the Tropics to Siberia
in search of that valuable
material. The worlds supply of ivory
in the future will probably found in
the regions of the.extreme benorth par
ticularly Siberia where are found re-
m aims of the mammoth, that huge hairy
prehistoric elephant creature, who for
some reason wandered to or perhaps
WAS native of the extreme north and
| there the remains of great herds are
found, remarkably well preserved he
cause of the extreme cold and yield
ing immense stores of ivory. What
these gigantic animals were doing
there when they died is mystery to
science. but there they were and their
being there has practical value to ivory
traders as over twenty thousand of
these mammoths have been deprived
of their great ivory tusks, according
to the account of Russian authority
on the ivory treasures of Siberia.
In DO way does the gentlewoman
more truly evidence her refinement
than in the use of perfumes. Despite
the assertion of old Dean Swift that
there is no smell so nice as no smell at
all, perfumes distilled from flowers al
lure most women-and occasional men
| to their use, and foc women, their pro-
per use is another phase of their at
Effectiveness. Certain women who
make fetish of cleanliness, have a
prejudice against perfumes because it is
sometimes very evident that
the great unwashed resort To them
to avoid the bother of applying soap
and water: another excellent reason
for prejudice against artificial scents is
that the cheap, and even the moderate
priced ones, have for a basis some
heavy odor like musk or ambergris and
after the slight and light flower scent
evaporates, there is left great un-
clean faint of animal scent. A third
objection is that even the finest and
most delicate ,of flower essences be-
comes tawdry if used lavishly. Women
of marked daintiness devise all sorts
of schemes for seeming their clothes
and hair so that perfume as vague
in tangible and alluring as that of the
purple petalled cyclamen that hides
in the long grasses by Alpine path
| ways. hovers about them and their be-
Ion gings, and one is never absolutely GER
tain that the perfume is not imagin-
| ed so elusive is it. These women have
| their closets and chiffoniers lined with
ssche,s delicately scented; little fiat
sachets are sewed into their bodices
and skirts: their gloves, laces, ribbons,
| parasols, cardcases, laces and little
| fneries of all sorts rest in sachets and
| their band boxes are scented also. They
| never use liquid perfume because it is
too definite and perfumes one spot and
| leaves the rest unscented. This man
ner of pertaining ones existence re-
| quires continual industry in the max
ing, filing and placing of sachets and
a slight expense for orrls, violet or
whatever may be the chosen powder.
Many women who have not the time or
patience or skill to devote to the mat
ter, content themselves with drop or
two of the finest scent in their hair and
on their bodice frils or with baths
made sweet with trace of
fine cologne or violet water
Partisan perfumers have been
long trying to perfect a perfumed fab
rio that should a delicate amount of
scent for an indefinite time. Accord
ed in manufacturing such perfumed
fabric that perfectly satisfies gentle
women. but it Is so expensive that 1t is
beyond all moderate purses. This fab
rio can be used as sachets are-sewed
into bodices and bonnet Innings and is
much less clumsy. and easier to use.
And for all who have not time nor
money to devote to this nice question
of pertaining, there is not only the as
sertion of Dean Swift for comfort, but
furth ermore Sidney Smith or some
other clever writer has said that the
goodliest of all smells Is that of clean
clothes.