Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-23
HOUSEHOLD SUMNER TALK
A vERANDA WHICH MAKES AN
IDEAL RESTING PLACE,
How to Keep the Odor of Your Favor
lite Flower With You tho
Year Round.
Written for The Evening Star.


The surprises of fashion are inimitable
1t is all very well for our great writers to
describe this tickle goddess as a deformed
thief. but, as 1t is. nothing else holds us
as fashion does. This year it is well worth
the study, there Is SO much that is new
and a great deal that is beautiful as well
satisfying. Welcome the changes in
fashion are, none can be more gratefully
received by the lovers of beauty than the
innovations of this season which are par
ticularly adaptable to the summer house.
hold. And of all the departments of the
summer home the most appreciated is the
veranda, than which none appeals more
strongly to every member of the family.
To make the veranda the living room of
the family for the summer months has been
the effort of the enlightened householder
during the past decade. and, l might truth
fully say, not until this season has he felt
assured that this part of his home would
receive the attention that he has so ardent
ly desired. Now the housefurnishers have
taken up the cry. and every sort of furni-
ture prepared especially for country veran-
da use Is being advertised. Even rugs that
will stand exposure to damp nights ana
unexpected showers are among the tempt
ing offers held out to the eager purchaser.
Where Task ia Easy.
One of the beautiful summer homes along
the coast of Massachusetts has a veranda
twenty-five feet wide 1t is used as a liv-
ing room and will serve good example
for others who can appreciate the oeneh's
to be derived from living in the open air
during the warm season.
The long, wide veranda which surrounds
the house is a vertable haven of rest Jap
aneSe awnings intercept the view OF paSSerS-
by and also the sun when it happens to ne
at that side of the house. Jute rugs. "hlch
are comparatively inexpensive and very
heantifI1 break the draft coming from pc
meath the flooring. Wicker and cane chairs
arranged with the carelessness of arustlc
beauty lend a horny air to the restful scene.
Wicker couches and swinging seats nave
usurped the position of the often berated
but greatly appreciated hammock. Tea ia
bles that fold backward and serve as chalrs
when not In use make it possible for the
family to take the lighter meals out of
doors without inconvenience. Foot cush-
ions and pillows of japanese straw work.
light wicker tables that can be easily car
ried from place to another, for maya
zines. newspapers. etc. and jardlnieres
with growing palms and other large green
plants transform this old-time, stiff1y ar
ranged piazza into vertable modern para
disc.
Homemade Perfumes.
With the season of wild flowers and out
door life the mind of the average woman
naturally turns to limitations of nature $
own perfumes This thought brings to
mind the simple rules by which the best
perfumes such as one seldom Is able to
find in the perfumer's nowadays, We're made
In the period when all women considered
their fayorite living flower an Indispensable
adjunct to the toilet because of its delicate
odor Lovers of certain perfumes can cas-
lily make sufficient during the summer sea-
son to amply provide against the needs el
winter, Strange 1t may seem, the eX-
tracts of this or that flower which are sold
in shops are really a mixture of eight or
nine essences in many cases, and IN every
case more than one ingredient enters into
each. do not know of any shop in this coun-
try where the genuine extract may be pur-
chased though there is one in London, but
the price Is so exorbitant that few can at
ford the luxury.
1t is quite possible for you to make not
only the colognes used in the baths. etc,
but you may also make the oils or ottos or
affairs (all meaning the same) II you Will
only take the trouble.
Extracting Process.
The two most common methods OF ex-
tracing the odors maceration and en-
feurage The former answers for almost
all odors, and the latter for those that are
more difficult of extraction.
The following process of maceration Is
very simple: Having chosen your flowers,
mix equal portions of beef suet and purified
lard and steam over hot water. When 1t
is melted mix the flowers into it. Permit
them to remain in the fat from twelve to
twenty-four hours-the longer the better.
unless the fragrance is easily extracted.
Gradually the fat will become highly per-
fumed. Now strain the fat from the flow
ers and add fresh blossoms. This process
should be repeated until the pomade is of
the required strength. At the height Of the
flower season the cost will be comparatively
little for an article such cannot be pur-
chased at any price in the city stores.
Should you prefer to make the oil instead Of
the pomade use fine olive oil instead of
the Suet.
Lavender and Violet.
Lavender water and violet extracts as
good those which the shops sell may be
made at home at trif1ing cost and bring
the perfumes within the reach of every
home. For who of US does not love perfume
in some form other? Some like 1t in the
bath, some on the hair and still others on
the face and hands. but we all appreciate 1t.
Buy your oils and essences from a good
druggist without telling him for what you
wish to use Them as he Is likely to charge as
much for the essence the perfume Is
worth. After the pomade has been made as
described in the process of maceration chop
1t as fine suet that Is used for pudding
and place 1t in a bottle. Cover with highly
rectified spirits, cork tightly and allow 1t to
stand a week The strained spirits,
which at the end Of a week will be highly
favored, Is the genuine extract of what
ever flower has been used in the pomade.
Some Of the most satisfactory perfumes
are made from the flowers already men
toned, and from roses. carnations lilies of
the valley apple and geranium blossoms.