The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-30

ROSES AND "NERVES."
New Cure Specially Recommended
TO MiIlionaires.

From the London Express.
1t is within very recent date that ex-
perimenting scientists. including the
most reputable of physicians, have
learned that perfumes are really medi-
cines given in another form-through
the nostrils. One might go further
back and find that medicinal perfumes
are only redisooyered now. for they
were really discovered centuries ago,
when incense and myrrh were used to
cure Ills as well as for worship.
Sweet-smelling balms were carried TO
the sick, and the doctors Of that day
healed the body and the spirit through
heavy odors
1t Is we'll known that the fakirs OF
India and the midicine men of the wild
tribes of all countries work by means
OF perfumes and herbs.
Every woman knows that bottle OF
ammonia held to the nostrils will help
headache. Our grandmothers used,
the camphor bottle. and this restora-
tive is still used as the home medi-
cine.
The viniagrette and the little smell
ling-bottle of all kinds are filed with
salts or a powder of sweet-smelling
odor based upon medicinal properties.
and there Is no doubt that a few
whiffs will help a headache and some
time completely cure II. And now roses
are advocated for many Of the aches
and pains of life which frequently arise
from overweight or disordered ner-
YES.
II has been discovered that the rose
will cure n headache. Its perfume acts
as a medicine upon the nerves. Its
color-particularly IL deep red--soothes
the senses through the eyes and its
cleanliness and medicinal properties
generally act upon the system not only
as curative. but as a tonic
The sweeter the rose is, the better,
for the sweetness of this flower is OF
such peculiar deiicacy that 1t neither
clogs upon the nostrils nor pals upon
the senses. Other flowers with heavy
scent make one lanRuid. But the rose
is invigorating and 1t is known now
that the concentrated rose-that IL,
the natural smell as obtained from
roses IN great quantities-will certainly
act upon the person as though he or
she had been famed by a breeze.
The rose curist asserts that IL the
scent Is inhaled directly from the very
heart of the flower II is more benef-
cial to the patient than though Ii were
inhaled at long distance through an
essence or an extract. There are diff
ferent ways of administering the rose
iHeuiciut. Ant pdLlEnt can make a pill
low of roses: on this she should lay
her head, taking care that half a doz-
en- of the blooms are so arranged that
they point toward the face. In this
attitude her nose and mouth are bur-
led In their sweetness. The idea Is to
go to sleep on a bed of roses: when
yo'i wake up your headache will be
cured.
The best rose is the garden rose, as
II retains its red rose scent without
having lost anything by being culti-
waited.
One of the rose treatments is
through the eyes. for the nervous man
or woman--people who cannot endure
the sight of blood, who cannot see suf-
fering, whom an Injured animal will
unnerve for o day. Uncleanliness and
disorder that strike upon the sight act
upon them as though they had had a
fit of sickness. An unhappy combi-
nation Of coiors will frequently affect
the nerves and produce a headache
When people are as sensitive as this
they can be cured by the color treat
ment, and this color cure is now ac-
lively In operation In many places.
When undergoing a severe nervous
strain it is a good plan to take a rose
and hold it to the nostrils; breathe
deeply of the scent.