Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-10-27

How to Perfume cowns-A Box Sea
Screened.

How to Perfume Gowns--A Box Sea
Screened.
Every girl nowadays seems to have
a penchant for a distinctive perfume
appertaining TO her and her belong.
the odor must assert itself delicately
and not be aggressive. A girl friend
of mine whose gowns suggest the
fresh sweetness of violet bed. told
me how she attained It. Look" she
said, opening her wardrobe, "here is
my scent sachet." and she produced
an ordinary coat hanger, but one glori-
fed exceedingly.
II covered the frame fairly thickly
with cotton WOOL" my friend explain
ed, "and then / sprinkled powdered
orris root, mixed with a little violet
sachet powder. thickly over 1t. I then
bought some satin ribbon little Wild
er than the WOOL and this gathered.
sewing the double upper and lower
portions together at the edges the
ends were fastened after the wood
was covered. and wound the ribbon
over and over the hook so as to con-
ceal the metal. and finished II off at
the bottom with a dainty bow. Mine.
you see. is covered with a lowered vic
let ribbon, but lovers of a different
flower perfume could accord the col
or to the flower.
MY sister makes hangers from the
wrists Of her long evening gloves
HI hA
the half Of small barrel hoop and
covers 1t like the ordinary hanger I
use, with wadding and sachet powder
sprinkled In 1t. She sews up one end
of the kid on the wrong side. and slips
the hoop in the glove-it should fit,
so to speak, and you can determine
whether it will by either adding or
taking away wadding. A ribbon is
put round the middle. terminating
with loop to hang it up by, and the
other end Joined neatly up. Dolly
tells me these hangers are most con-
venient and, as you will see, quite In
expensive to make. The two kinds OF
hangers are novel and acceptable we'd
ding presents. We find"
Have you any more novelties 10
show meT' l inquired.
"Here is a contrivance for my
blouses. dare say you are wonder
ing how 1t is made, but it is quite
easy, assure you. first obtain
wooden grocery box of moderate size
with a lid, and I had some hinges
fixed. then coverd the box with an
artistic cretonne, and padded the lid,
which would have to be used some
times for a seat hid all rough edges
with gimp. tackled with small uphol-
sterer's tacks.
1t is nothing more or less than a small
clothes horse. sand.papered the
wood until 1t was quite smooth and
then stained and vanished 1t. next
bought some darkish soft material and
fulled 1t very fully on down to the
height of the box, and fixed It round
the clot. horse firmly on cord,
leaving a good heading. The clothes
horse was next disposed round the
seat and nailed strongly to it; the re-
suit Is that after lining the inside of
the box with brown paper had
most useful receptacle for my daintiest
blouses, and a comfortable screened
seat as WELL" and she smiled proudly.
''I make the toilet covers for my
duchesse dressing table out of large
lawn handkerchiefs. A cover takes
three of these. and join them to-
gether with lace insertion threaded in
and out with two colored baby rib
bons finished off with rosettes at each
end of the insertion. Each end of the
cover is edged with widish lace fulled
on, and place It on my dressing ta-
BILE. These covers wash excellentiy,
and can often pick up three hand
kerchiefs sold together for a mere
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