The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-02
PERFUMES LOVED
BY FAIR QUEENS.
Wilhelmina Of the Netherlands Al
most Battles In Cologne and Other
Crowned Heads Have -
Their Fads.
By Annette Rierdon Reed.

has been QuDOeo the Coney Asiohu "
Holland" that hrst saw Hollands
Queen. She had driven down from
rhs Palace Of the Woods, that pretty
place where the Peace Commissioners
met, and was doing bit OF shopping,
Dnly tiny bit for they do not display
| great many wares at Scheveningen.
The young Queen, who was, on this
occasion, accompanied by her mother.
stopped at a little bazaar and there
purchased bottle Of cologne. 1t might
have been a rare bit Of sweet extract
for 1t was in small bottle and was
labelled. The little vial
caught the young Queens eye and she
alighted from the carriage and left the
cream colored horses paving the
ground.
This is not the first time the Queen
of Holland has gone shopping for sweat
scents. She is extravagantly fond OF
perfumes and buys them by the whole
sale. She purchases eau de cologne
by the gallon and is probably the larg-
est individual consumer of the per-
fume. She scents her fair skin with II
night and morning. No French woman
ever had greater likins for perfum-
cry than she. Her maids have theiI
hands lightly dipped in orrls water SO
that their presence Is pleasant.
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands uses
an entire champagne bottle of this ar
omatic essence OF cologne every morn
ing, and so intent Is the little majesty
on getting her fill Of her favorlte toll
lette vinegar that she has the pottle
opened in her very presence, smiths
it. assures herself of its high quality
by a test over lamp and then pours
the contents into the bath with her
own hand. OF course. this Is not the
regulation tub, but a large marble
affair, built into the fioor and reached
by five steps, SO that the room beneath
is only half story high.
Her Majesty remains seven minutes
In the bath, using q certain soap. little
scented. Then she draws waterproof
cap over hei hair and steps under
shower" where the finest bay rum
takes the place of water. After thai
she is rubbed down by her old, rount
and big armed nurse.
N-ilhelmina has beautiful. yet del
icate complexion, which she beileve'
will take care of itself If regularly
treated as set forth and then left TO III
own normal course. Preparatory Y
dinner, theatre, reception or nalls sh'
uses a Turkish towel and plenty D
warm water on her face and necF
SOAP for the hands only, day ana eV
ening.
I'm to the conclusion of the peac
of paris. which settled the latest un
nleasantness between Spain ana IN
United States, the ladies of the Fenln
suiar court, and iicr Majesty queer
Christina in particular, used yang
Wang TO give the!. clothes and mana
korchiefs a sweet Cdor. Indeed, the
thought it their patriotic duty to do SC
for ylang-ylang is one of the product
az the Philippines. When, however
the islands were coded to Uncie Saii
the fashionable perfume, 50 long re
garded as the pink Of PERFECTION los
lis charms, and substitute OF ma
arid MAKER called Water Of Spain, wa
| ostenta tiously adopted, Christina auth
orizing the dealers to use her nam
i'm pushing the sale.
| Queen Victoria still ciings to patcn
| ouIi. which perfume became the fasn
| ION when India sllaw!s were nrst intro
| dueed. She scents her linen with Ia
| vender. also an old-timer in England
| hut the face powder man and concocet
| Of toilet vinegars and cosmetics WI
depended upon the custom OF IN
| Queen. her daughters and Crane
| daughters would have to close up snol
for NO matter how many firms ciail
royal patronage for scented wares an
beautifiers, the great ladies' mentsOhe
wear their own complexion.
Albert Edward, on the other nan
is credited with giving every new pc
fune that comes up Il trial, because I
likes to be in the fashion ana pecau'
tho smell of tobacco and the stapl
when it clings to his person, Is oHei
siye to him.
| The Young Empress Of Russia. bea'
tiful as she is and with new rach'
thrust upon her, delights In the lu'
uries Of the toilet table, for which 81
snends 100000 francs per year with
single Paris perfuInery firm alone.
Her Majesty uses Russian sos
that il generally uiiSfowr among Q
binary nortais. To keep her natural
ane complexion In good order she en-
riove a French cream. Being, like Il
| Emperor. very fold OF perfume :,
has her rooms and the corridors OIL u
! palacA through which she pass
, sprinkled at cercAin Intervals WI
sweet waters and essences OF MAJ
kinds; ionquii, tuberose, franglpai
orange. violet, narcissus, jasmine al
ambergris are nsed alternately FOR I
| purpose.
The German Empress gives q certa
: snermaceti soap credit for keeping h
shoulders SO marvellously white. I
| brand favored by her has deliciol
refreshing odor, relaxes the muscles
the skin. and. at the same time, &C
as a tonic.
pennermina being 80 cheap that ?
hody would think of adulteratinR
Her Majesty uses tsncture OF IN
, harh for mouth wash. New-moN
l hov IL her favorite pocket handkt
y chief perfume, and The atmosphere
| her room is sweetensd ny eau oe G
ogne atomizations az frequent lnte
!. vaIs. The Empress uses powder free
and II seems hard that her husba
wont allow her 10 dye her hair. viii
is strangely gray ior a woman OF I
aga forty-tbree, but then Villa
r must NEEDLE with everything.
r Another royal woman gray
!, wr,nIxled despite me promises of CO.
nlexionists. is Carmen Sylvia, the Que
i pcctssx Of Rounlaria.
Il Her Majesty is free to say that
n tried every known wrinkle destro!
md hair dye. When everything raj
he let nature have It's course and c
alnly doesn't rue Il. She is to-day
i | Nno matroniy woman AMI fejoices
al surprisingly clsaS END fresh sS
thanks 10 an extrscr Mace f:oTn cert
herbs found in RouEsnian sores