The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-13

the ancient practice of awarding the
throne to the eldest born, irrespective
of sex.
Michael, according to his intimates,
is not overanxious to inherit the pro-
! digious empire Russia. has now become,
and will be. when the Trans Siberian
Railway makes more than half of Asia
part of the Cars domains. He would
not at all object II his brother, the
Gar should change the present family
compact and make his eldest daughter,
the Grand Duchess Olga, eligible to
succeed her father.
Wood violet? Fifty cents an ounce.
Thank you. Anything else? Now, I
knew that girl would ask for violet
before she spoke a word. Why? Well,
l can't explain it exactly, only when
one has sold perfumes as long as
have she anticipates her customers
tastes at single glance Sometimes
l get the tip from the womans gown
or her carriage or her general appear
ance, but almost invariably 1 can lay
my hand on the right bottle of per-
fume or sachet before the woman asks
for it,"
The clerk paused suddenly. rested
her slender, well-kept hand on a bot
| tie of high priced toilet water and cast
a significant glance in the direction or
a young woman who was bearing down
upon the perfume counter. The new
customer wore q stylish golf skirt and
a chic Fedora, and had just finished a
glass of milk and vichy at the soda
/ counter. When she had carried off her
| purchase, which, sure enough says the
New York Sun, proved to be the bottle
| of toilet water, the clerk remarked:
81 was right you see. That sort of a
girl, ell-groomed, tailor made, and
| given to athletics, likes toilet water
in her daily bath. She'd use bay rum
like her brother, only it's a trifie too
masculine.
"While violet is the most popular of
all extracts. it is particularly the ia
vorite of the woman who dresses in
gray. | have one customer who at
fects the most stunning gray frocks,
cloth, silk and velvet in winter, ex-
quisite lawns and dimities in summer,
and almost as strong is her passion
for violet Just as she buys gray
stockings, gloves and purses to match
her gowns, so she has every toilet &C
| cessory in violet. 1t perfumes her
ammonia water her face and tooth
powders. She buys violet extract. soap
and toilet water, and quantities OF
sachet. Yet when she is near you.
you can detect just the faintest most
Elusive of perfumes. Why? Because
she understands the art of using
them.
Then take the woman who wears
a great deal of purple, heliotrope or
any of the blending tints, and she win
use heliotrope extract which is heavier
and more lasting than violet The rose.
bud girl, she of peachy cheeks and
baby eyes, goes in for white rose crab
apple blossom or lilies of the valley.
odors that are delicate.
THE snowy women, particularly
those who wear diamonds and over
trimmed gowns when they shop OF
mornings, select the heaviest perfumes.
like frangipanni. Whenever an over
dressed woman approachs me / can
safely gamble on her ordering the
strongest perfume in stock.
People have odd fancies about per-
fumes. For instance. a certain firm
recently placed on the market a new
perfume, in boxes done in Scotch
plaids. A customer who shad always
bought white rose spied the boxes one
day and instantly pounced upon them
offered to let her sample the ex-
tract from the large bottle, but she
waved 1t aside. saying: oh, never
| mind. / daresay it's all right and /
want IL just for the sake of the boxes.
Send up half a dozen bottles. please
And l was not surprised TO find that
her husbands first name was Donald.
girls sweetheart has been saying to
her from the way she orders perfume.
| Only yesterday a tall blonde swept in
here and asked for lily extract; any
kind of lilies would do. When / offered
her the extract to test she shook her
head and said with a rapturous smile:
| oh, it's all right. It's the name j
want don't care how II smells Now,
I'll wager my new blue satin stock that
| he had told her the night before that
she was his tall. stately lily.
Then another day the sweetest lit
tie girl imaginable drifted in and
asked for pansy perfume She had the
most beautiful eyes-great velvety blue
affairs. overhung with lashes that cast
the loveliest shadows. From the fara-
way look in those eyes I knew she was
thinking Of how he had whispered that
| her eyes made him think OF great
pansy blossoms. and | hated TO tell
her that pansies had no perfume what
ever. She looked so disappointed, ana
murmured: oh. dear. Is that sof I'm
so sorry And she slipped away with
out hearing my explanation that vio-
let's and pansies were often much
| alike.
"only old-fashioned people inquire
for lavender now. There's one white
haired Southern woman who buys IL
regularly. and I'd love TO peer into her
|
"Of course, you've seen the violet
tablets used to perfume the breath :?
| Well I know a woman who went a
step further and slipped cau-de- coll
ogne for the same purpose. What was
the result? When I heard OF her last
she was taking the Kelley cure. Fact.
| Good by"
A woman who has travelled much,
says the New York Times, was COM
menting on Californian hospitality the
other day. She said: II have never
seen people who treat strangers as the
Californians do in any other portion OF
the world.
Sacramento was the first city Of the
state which my daughter and I en-
tered. Having "A few hours 10 wait
before taking a train, we strolled out
and encountered a little Eirl with an
| armful Of magnificent roses. u was
the middle Of winter, and I remarked
on the sight 20 my daughter. The girl
heard me and exclaimed