The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-02-06
NO 6
ROSES AND NERVES.
A NEW CURE SPECIALLY RECOMMENDED
TO MILLIONAIRES.

III MlLLlONAAhEo.
1t is within very recent date, that
experimenting scientists, including the
most reputable of physicians, have
learned that perfumes are really medi.
cines given in another through
the nostrils. One might go further
back and find that medicinal perfumes
are only rediscovered now, for. they
were really discovered centuries ago,
when incense and myrrh were used to
cure ills as we'll rs 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 medi-
cine men Of the wild tribes of all coun-
tries work by means of perfumes and
herbs. Every woman knows that a
bottle of ammonia held to the. nostrils
will help a headache. Our grand
mothers used the camphor bottle, and
this restorative is still used as the
home medicine. The yineigrette and
the little smelling bottle of all kinds
are filled with salts or a powder Of
sweet-smelling odor based upon medi-
cinal properties, and there is no doubt
that few whiffs will help headache
and sometimes completely cure it.
And now roses are advocated for. many
of the aches and pains of life which
frequently arise from overwrought or
disordered nerves. It has been dis
covered that the rose will cure head
ache. It's perfume acts as medicine
upon the nerves. Its color-particu-
larly if deep red soothes the senses
through the eyes, and It's cleanliness
and medicinal properties generally act
upon the system not only as a curative,
bat as tonic. ~
The sweeter the rose is, the better,
for the sweetness of this flower is of
such peculiar delicy that it neither
clogs upon the nostrils nor pals upon
the senses. Other flowers with heavy
scent make one languid. But the rose
is invigorating; and it is known now
that the concentrated rose-that, is,
the natural smell as obtained from
roses in great quantities--wiH certain
ly act upon the person as though. he
or she had been famed by breeze.
The rose curist asserts that if the scent
is inhaled directly from the very heart
of the flower it is more beneficial to the
patient than though it were inhaled at
long distance through an essence, or
an extract. There are different ways
of administering the rose. medicine.
The prtient can make a pillow of r9ees,
on this she should lay her head, taking
care that half a dozen of the blooms
are arranged that they point toward
the face. In this attitude her nose
and mouth are buried in their sweet
ness. The idea is to go to sleep on a
bed of roses when you wake up your
headache will be cured. abs
The best rose is the garden rose, as
it retains its red rose scent without
having lost anything by being culti-
vated. 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 day. Uncleanliness and
disorder that strike upon the sight act
upon them as though they had had a
fit Of sickness. An unhappy combi9a-
tion Of colors will frequently affect the
nerves and produce headache. When
people are as sensitive as this they can
be cured by the color treatment, and
this color cure is now actively in oper-
alton in many places.
When undergoing severe nervous
strain it is good plan to take rose
and hold it to the nostrils; breathe
deeply of the scent. a
THE SPIRIT OF WINTER.