The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-12


In place of the familiar silver stop
rered bottles which are now considered
suggestive of the furnishings of bar
bershop, the sachet bag turks unseen
among the boxes and bags, the shelves
and drawers that hold the gowns and
hats and small belongings of the cos
tune.
Not one bag but dozens of them, for
the Paddy Girl goes on adding to them
with the same enthusiasm which she
showed year or two ago in increasing
her collection of golf clubs. She has
the little silk and satin scent bags
in all shapes and sizes, some elaborate
with lace ribbon and embroidered mon
ograms: others darker and more sub
stantial looking used to line trunk bot
tens or hang against the wardrobe
wall as a back ground for gowns.
You may know the sachet girl if you
meet her; not by a breeze of pungent
violet or rose extract which is objec-
tionable to many, no matter how deli
cate it may be. but by an almost i'm
perceptible aura or atmosphere that
she cares with her where ever she
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cate in the category of perfumes. 1t has
no hint of the crudeness of the real
flower. 1t is mysterious, elusive, impal-
pable to degree that makes it part of
the mystery that is said to be the fas-
cination of womankind.
It is always delicate, for one Of the
odd qualities of the sachet powders
that come to us from the great French
perfumers is that no matter how free
ly they may be used the clothing is
never impregnated with too strong an
odor. Quantity adds lasting qualities to
the sachet bag but never makes it's eff
feet more than that of a smaller
amount.
Besides this, sachet powder is expen-
sive and the girl of lavish taste, but
CONSTRUCTED income, is obliged to limit
her use of it. A little of the best pro-
durable quality is far better than a
large amount of cheaper grade. But
there are no really cheap sachet DOW
ders for the use of this form of scent
does not appeal to cheaper tastes than
the cultivated and there would be no
sale for it in the low priced shops.
The sachet girl first selects with
great care her distinctive perfume.
This is a serious matter. In fact the
rage for distinction in the sachet has
grown to such proportions that woman
hide their particular maker and the
name OF the powder they use so that
they may not have imitators.
or course the simple old powders are
not used at all. Violet, always deli
cate and lovely, has been cheapened
by too much popularity, and the more
uncommon perfumes are chosen. The
makers are kept busy inventing new
combinations and an odd thing about
iC
eral odors such as violet, rose and mig
nonette which will produce an entirely
new and, of course, odd odor Once a
girl has experimental on some of these
combinations she lays in a supply and
then hugs her secret to her breast and
is true to it, for to change ones sachet
is almost as bad as changing ones re-
ligion.
In order to be very distinctive, some
women order the perfumers to invent
new combinations for them, holding
the prescription sacred to their own
use. For this the sachet owner must
pay large amount which is forfeited
If anyone be allowed access to the
same perfume. The Russian women
are the best purchasers of these ex-
elusive sachet prescriptions as they
are more addicted to the use of per-
fumes than women of other nations.
The idea of distinctive perfume which
must cling to all ones belonging is a
particularly Russian idea and had its
origin in the land of mysteries.
The expense of setting up the sachet
fad is considerable, but as time goes
on, 1t is easier to keep up from a
monetary. point of view than the pur-
chase of bottled extracts which con-
tinue to hold their high prices. The
wealthy woman in society orders her
sachets made up by the dozen and has
her maid renew them when necessary.
but the girl in the first throes of the
sachet fad always makes them IN her.
self. She begins by buying a quanti-
ty of odd bits of silk, remnants some-
times very beautiful and very reason
able in price of different sizes for a
sachet may be as small as a thimble
and as large as a bedspread accord
ing to the use for which it is intended.
Some girls will have none but the
most delicate shades of silk, while
many brides have elaborate sachet out
fits in ivory white embroidered with
orange blossoms, but the seasoned
sachet girl knows that for certain pur-
poses such as for shoe trunks and
wardrobes the dark and more durable
silks are preferable. These must never
be ugly, but there are beautiful pat
terms of Persian, Japanese and Roman
striped silk that are most desirable
and an Oriental sachet in an Oriental
silk cover is an artistic idea.
For bureau drawers where the little
things are kept the gloves, the wells,
the handkerchiefs and belts, the lighter
sachets may be utilized, but even for
this purpose it is wiser to choose some
of the gay little brocades and weaves
that will stand handling. delicate
silk is only possible when it is fresh.
The sachet powder may be purchased
by the pound and while many claim to