New-York tribune., 1900-11-19

A French physician says that certain perfumes
are safeguards against certain diseases, the more
delicate like violet, lavender and rose being more
efacacious than the coarser. such as musk This IS
by no means a discovery. but merely restatement
of theory centuries old. In most Of the ancient
religions the use Of perfumes was a part or the
ritual as a OF protection from eVl! splFl's
who brought disease and disaster.
fhe present popularity of sachets therefore. may
be advocated on hygenic grounds as well as
aesthetic and never were perfumes more dalntiy
delicate than now. The devices for utilizing then
too are Of the last degree of suhtety tiny strip
of peau d'espagne for instance is stitched in with
the shoulder seams OF bodice or coat. Silken bags
of sachet powder rounded 10 Mt under the arm
and sewed in the sleeve seam. Infntesimal packets
Of perfumed wadding caught In the palm of the
glove Bureau drawers are lined with sacnet paos
and wardrobes are hung with them
The doctrine of individualism is becoming more
firmly fixed in the minds of women day by day Inc
time when only the woman of wealth possessed
boudor a room that was her exclusive property
which no one entered without invitation. has gone
II is to be hoped. forever. Nowadays even the sr1a
apartment is compelled 10 yield den into when
the house mother may retire for rest OF nerve and
mind and into which even the small boy IS not
permitted to intrude. Such a resting place Is
positive necessity in these times of rush and hurry
of multiform and multtudinous exactions' social
and domestic, and many woman Is saved fui"
nervous prostration and kindred troubles by the
littlA "den" that may be hardly more than a closet
by an ingenious woman from the unpromising ma
terial OF tiny inside room. which was too dark
for ordinary use having no light except through
the ground glass of the doors She bought large
Japanese umbrella in the damaged department
Of a large drygoods house for a mere trihe ana
suspended 1t from the middle of the ceiling which
it nearly covered. At end OF the room she in
stalled an ordinary cot. which she draped with
Japanese cotton. covering the pillows with the
same. Artistic kakemonos and some framed Japa-
nese prints supplied the wall decoration, and q
SQUARE bamboo table with scarf of Japanese silk
held a wrought iron lamp with red shade and the
owners fayorite books.
There for nothing else. but neither was
there necessity. 1t gave a comfortable place to
lounge while furnishing seat also for the valued
friend who might be invited enter. 1t secured
absolute quiet and relaxation.
"I go there when I feel my giving way
and stay until get hold of myself The first thing
do is light joss stick other incense. II Is
of the most restful things imaginable. Then
lie down and compel myself to think of something
pleasant until gradually dispossess my nind
Of almost all thought Or ] light the lamp ana
read from favorite hook. In fifteen or twenty
minutes ready to take up my duties and cares
again with a cheerful spirit Oh. my NOah's Ark
has saved than my Efe II has saved the
happiness OF my family, and they know H. Neither
my husband my f1ve-year-old boy would dls-
turb any consideration when mamma wants
n quiet time his papa tells the boy. Sometimes
! give little party. and invite one or both. ana
that they regard real festivity. but purposcIy
make those occasions rare