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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-12

pie are made very sick by them. And, al
ways, tho spirits are depressed by poor
| smells.
In certain eeashoro places the summer COL
ony has been made out OF sorts, out Of ap-
petite and miserable generally by strong
| fishy doors. while one resort was almost
| cleaned out last summer by TIE odor OF
kerosene which swept over 1t.
1t is not fanciful this dislike for bad
doors, and the resulting illness. but real.
Now. working on the lines that scents ere
good for the body, nervous specialists arc
doing q great deal for their patients. and
| wonderful cures are being wrought.
And among these is cure which tho
Viennese have for being "out OF Sorts
It is one that Is worked upon society
women with great success. but 1t Is doubt
full IL the woman OF average means could
afford to try it.
Yet IL she could 90 so 1t would be with
great benefit to herself.
The woman who is out of sorts in Vienna
, and who applies 10 this hospital, which Is
called by Il term which in cur language
means a sanitarium, is conducted TO room
and there she disrobes. puts on loose robe
and lies down upon a very sweetly secuted
couch, upon which there are dozens OF sweet
pillows and a scented coverlid.
She is given a book to read, while the
attendant hurries away with her cloth
ing.
FOR LOW SPIRITS.
In an hour everything is brought back to
her sweet and fresh. and, as she dons her
gown again the patient smiles and shifts
gratefully.
Her clothing has been sprayed with an
essence Of rose and, after the spraying,
which was a thorough one. the clothing was
aired and sprayed again.
After this a pressing iron was run over
the clothing. II necessary, to restore It
and take out the dampness
The patient goes forth deliciously scented
and the cure upon the spirits is said to be
perfect.
The spraying formula, obtained with diff
Guilty from one Of the attendants Is this:
To pint Of spirits Of cologne add a grain
Of musk.
Let stand in dark place for three
months.
To this add half an ounce of tho OIL of
rose geranium Let stand three months
more.
Dilute one-half with spirits of cologne.
Use as a spray. Tho same formula
might be tried by combining all the ingredi-
ents and letting the mixture stand two
weeks
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-12

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
II the summer girl who has weak nerves
will 20 cut into the garden and pick
dozen flowers Of all hnds-seraniums,
pinks, roses and other flowers with petals
that are not too heshy-and IL she will pull
off the petals and cover the flowers with
spirits of cologne. she will have within q
few hours a very nice smelling lotion. some
thing which will refresh her nerves.
If she be city girl she can take hand
ful of petals out of the rose Jar, cover them
with alcohol and snin the fragrance. or she
can break fresh rose into q tablespoon of
spirits of cologne and inhale tho fragrance
There is more virtue in the smell of q rose
than you suppose.
In the fine houses of England, where the
English housewife makes 1t her business to
administer TO all the needs OF her largo
family. there is always a very large Jar of
rose petals.
The jar is prepared something like the or
binary rose jar which used TO stand in
every home except that there are very few
spices IN 1t.
The odors are as OF Araby, sweet. pure
and in certain atmosphere quite heavily
spced, with the spice of the pink, not the
spice OF the spice box
The heavy perfumes have their mission
as well the light ones, and the woman
who is going TO doctor her nerves with
sweet scents must make study of them.
If you are inclined TO scott at the efficacy
of scents. just stop n moment and consider
Have you never, In --our early days, seen
ryour grandmother sniff the camphor bottle?
Have you never shifted It yourself? Are
ithe uses of smelling salts. hartshorn and all
lthe keen little odors of the salts bottle un-
known to you?
And have you not benefited by the using
of them?
INFLUENCED BY DOORS,
In ol6en days. In the temples, the priests
healed with sweet scents.
They bought perfumes and the sick IN
lhaled the odors.
Among the Indian tribes now, and in GER
tain parts of the far East, there are people
who believe that all cures can be effected
with scents. and the doctors on being called
pour out sweet perfumes. adapting their
-odors to the disease
Certain doors will make people i'll
Have you not known smells that acted
very injuriousayf
Bad doors win act upon tho heart. upon
the stomach. and particularly upon the
spirits.
If bad eden srs too long continued, peo-
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7 'T Will also tell you that you must keen
your wrists wet with some invigoratina
Perfume
For the wrist lotion he gave her 4 for
Huia which contained ammonia. violet wa
| ter and alcohol.
| This she used as a bath for the vr1sts
| when she felt very tired
But for constant companion he prs-
| scribed q very nice little smelling bctt'A
lotion which began with an ounce of ado
| rose geraniunl.
To this was added half an ounce each of,
| Oil of verbena and oil of bergamot
he instructed her to keep a bottle Of itl
upon her dressing table and to snin IL a
often as sho felt the need of It. It was Ia
be diluted one-half with alcohol n tool
strong for her nerves
\ REFRESHING TREATMENT.
The very weak woman should not try IA
battle great deal. for water depriyes the,
system Of Its oil.
1t is very easy thing to wash nil >hs,
oils out OF the skin OF the woman who n
not strong and the poor. tired victim will,
fird that she Is reduced to nothing at all
nervously speaking.
The Spanish ladies of rank who ind
themselves worn out with their society dul
ties recuperate by rubbing themselves vithl
OILS: and the tired American woman shouId
do likewise.
The body very readily takes up oil, that
are rubbed into it. and. instead Of washins
out the natural oils of the constitution. =
woman W, should add to them. massaging with
OIL and treating her system to copious II,
oauons OF 1t outside and inside
The delicately constituted woman NAV
Dathe with toilet vinegar. and there aEs
some excellent bath yinegars from vvbfcXh
she can select the most agreeable
Inc aspirant for strong health can trp
ms very economical bath lotion, which is
highly recommended by nerve phys:ctan.,
rake half pint of fresh berries. rasp.
berries or Strawberries. and maoerate them
until all the juice is extracted.
Pour over them a pint of vinegar and LAP
stand three days Strain and add q little
to the bath. II desired a little violet wat.,
can be added TO make the bath sweet.
Such small thing as the wearing of n
rose In the hair Is recommended for thu
woman who Is nervous
And the corsage bouquet % that the rosa
Is brought up right under the chin Ia \
odors.
Roses are very invigorating in their scent.
even more SO than the carnation, with It'll
strong aroma of cloves.
But. however employed, the priucipaf
u tii1 ne Tor the nervous woman to remember
Is tnat certain scents are very good for
certain nerves and that. IL she will STUDY
her case. she can select the right scent.
society women. very busy women and
certain professional women who work under
high pressure. use perfumes constantly.
iney make no effort to secure q laStinR
perfume, for they prefer the delicate odor1
that must be frequently renewed.
Ihey 6athe In sweet vinegars: they eo1I
specially prepared scent bottles: t
though you never get a strong odor of1pSrs
Is almost enchanting.
AnSHeru to corre<pondent. I'm -
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In that case the spirits of cologne could
be added from time to time as long as the
mixture preserved its scent.
The tonic effect Of sweet smells n 30 great
upon certain persons that certain nerve
doctors advise the seeming OF the hair.
And where patients suffer from headaches
and great depression of spirits, 1t has he
come practice to scent the locks thor
oushly every day.
/ The scent is not a heavy one. but light
invigorating scent
Those who are afflicted with hysteria can
scent the hair, and this is used as q con-
slant remedy In many cases.
Musk should not be used, however, as 1t
Is said to aggravate hysteria, nor should
any other heavy perfume BIO employed.
Lavender water and violet water both
make very good scents for the hair. and
they should be applied as a spray to the
hair while 1t is hanging
IL soon dries. for the perfume evaporates.
Ihen the hair can be done up again. and
finally scented again II the case be very
bad one.
LAVENDER FOR SHOCKS.
Women who have very weak nerves, or
who have received n shock OF any kind,
should scent the hair and the skin with Law
ender water. and should sniff the perfume
OF lavender as much as possible.
In the summer time. when contagious dis
eases are abroad, the woman of delicate
constitution cannot do better than TO carry
with her smelling bottle of sweet odors.
Said a well-known specialist concerning
the smelling bottle:
The smelling bottle Is one of the most
useful articles woman ever carried.
1T Is worth its weight III gold in the mat |
ter Of reyiving spirits. and, as for the pre-
vention Of contagious diseases. 1t is far be- |,
yond price. ]
do not think that the smelling bottle |
will cure disease; but it will prevent it."
AT a summer resort, where scarlet
fever broke out two years ago, all of the J
summer boarders were advised to carry
about with them bottle Of lavender salts /,
and to tnhale from its depths very frequent |
ly. |
The theory was that the pungent odors of |
the lavender kept away tho disease and |
that no germs would approach within SMELL |
ing distance of tho lavender.
Germs and insects of all kinds dislike |
strong odors. and there is no better way |
of keeping them at bay than by scattering /
perfumes notwithstanding the clothing with |
them, inhaling them. and otherwise secur-
ing their presence.
4 smelling salts which was recommended
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for Queen Alexandra during a nervous at
tack and which was taken up by her ladies
In waiting. who made 1t quite court fad
began with little squares of carbonate Of
ammonia which were placed in a wide
mouthed bottle. t'
Into another receptacle there was placed
half an ounce Of oil Of cloves. And to this
was added quarter Of an ounce each of oil
OF cassia, oil Of lavender and OIL Of berga.
mot.
After the whole had been wen blended q
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little was poured upon the ammonia squares
and renewed frequently to keep the scent
strong.
AN ATTACK OF NERVES.
A year ago ono of New York's society
women had a severe attack Of nerves. one
which confined her to her bed and made her
half hysterical.
This was followed by nervous Indigestion,
and soon the woman was wreck reduced
from her normal weight to thirty pounds
below normal
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Wrinkles came into her face. and she
looked as old as her own mother.
She applied to her physician. who said,
Madam. If you were working woman I
would tell you to go TO working girls
summer home ard remain there for a
month. Then. on your return. 1 would put
you on diet Of white meat and cereals.
But. since, you are society woman"
continued he. land will not obey rules, I
will tell you to sleep sixteen hours out of
the twenty-four aud to dress loosely,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
PROVIDENCE COLOSSEUM

"One Is certain Of getting several times
more than his moneys worth tomorrow
excellent events have been programmed
by the management since the season
opened. but nothing that has Interested
the admirers Of bicycle riding more than
will his sterling card OF races The chief
feature will be the 20-mile motor paced
contest. in which De Guichard and Mel.
rivalry which agitates both OF them. while
Caldwell will try and convince the pair
that neither knows the game.
Caldwell is always fast and plucky in
rolled out the miles in the hour race last
week indicates that on this occasion he
can do something out OF the ordinary.
De Guichard. one OF the wonders of the
wear can be counted on TO rap records
good and hard. He is aching for. this
chance OF making up for the deteat ne re-
ceived from Nelson some weeks ago.
This fact will add interest to the race
Nelson last week failed to get n place
because his motor did not operate salts
factortly. but Wednesday night he hopes
10 have that little difficulty all provided
against. Should the race go through TO a
! conclusion without any breaks, IL viii
be- without any question, one of the live
uest prettiest spectacles seen on the Col
! cssuem track
Schulz Hoffman and Ruden will take q
"whack'' at each other in the motor race
! scheduled for three miles. This contest
/ should prove a hummer for with ma
/ chimes I'm order and riders determined. th'
| laps will he reeled of In record shatter
/ ing IA ashton. There is no race like thai
/ between motors 10 arouse the enthusiasm
! OF the throng. and this affair is expected
! TO keep onlookers In a furry of delight.
Some OF the best amateurs In the coun
try have signifled their purpose 10 en-
gage in the amateur events. the five-mil,
open race and the two-mile handicap.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
LAWN TENNIS

Ere the sun goes down tonight the
battle for the international championship
In tennis will he well under way and the
athletic world will know better what the
outcome Of the contest IS 20 he Upon the
efforts of the players now depend the
results for everything ts now completed
for tho contest except the winning Of
the events.
Yesterday the fnal arrangements were
completed and the drawings for opponents
made. The English team Is as an
nounccd yesterday. while the American
team Tor the singles is W a. Iarned and
r. -. Wrenn. bob" Wrenn is second
man or substitute. n is hard 90 predict n
result though confidence I'm the American
team is considerably braced nov that II
Is known that the Wrenns are 10 take
part In the singles. All the players are
In superb condition and ought 20 furnish
gilt edge sport. and all the athletic world
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
YACHTING.

The Rhode Island Yacht club had an
uneventful run yesterday from Newport
because of light wind and the siesta which
the sea INDUCED in Lady Wing led The
feet into Stonington. making a remark
ably good showing. She caught occasional
puffs OF wind which did not seem 10 blow
the way OF the other boats and cut
through the water in a lively manner.
compared with the speed Of the others
and the little wind. Onaway led among
the cats while Rama. Sachem and Kath-
erina were among the other winners. The
summary follows:
Clnnn "a L. atarf .nn.
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fATi0NAL lEAsU /:

NEW YORK Z. BOSTON i-llTnnings
New York and Boston had a long drawn
game yesterday at Boston In which New
York won by three runs In the iith i'm
ming. The game was full OF excitement.
Mathewson was a power In the box while
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
MONTREAL

Runs-Wagner. STAFFORD, Crisham. Syl-
vester 2, Cogan-6. Clancy. Kellacky-2.
Three-base hit-Kellacky. Stolen bases
Wagner . Crisham, Rock. Armbruster.
Sylvester. Cogan. Clancy Sacrifice hit
sylvester. Double plays-Rock To Sylves-
ter TO Crisham; Sylvester to Rock "a
Crisham: Kellacky To Clancy. Fist base
on balls-Off Coma 2. of Luyster I. Hit
by pitched ball--Crisham. Armbruster,
sheehan Umpire-Caulfower Time-2h.
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PONY POLO.

The Westchester Polo team defeated
the RockaWay "a by IA points yester-
day The game was brimming over with
team work and the game throughout was
fast and skillful. The Waterbury broth
ers gave an exhibition OF great speed in
their game. handling their mallets with
exceeding skill Their back and forehand
strokes were furious slashes made on
allowed the Rockaways IL goals handi-
cap. because OF their youth. and made the
winning goal In the last three minutes OF
the play
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sArmbruster out on muffed infeld fly.
BUFFALO s. BALTIMORE /.

Buffalo had batting streak yesterday
at Buffalo whion drove one Baltimore
pitcher to the banch and made second
seem but a toy. Wiltse was the first man
but after giving four singles and several
other donations he was removed I'm the
NTH with Pounds following lie was
equally inenecti'e. Hartman batted with
vengeance. Attendance 1928. The score:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING
NEW ENGL AND LEAGUE.
FAT.r. RIVER IN WRENCE ?

Yesterday Fall River did some heavy
hitting In the seventh and eighth innings
and took the game from Lawrence az Fan
River Harris for the visitors pitched
q good game for while but weakened
and made some errors which cost him the
game Attendance $50. Score.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
NEWARK

Runs-Thiery, Devlin-2; Bean. Halligan.
Thielman-3. First base on balls-OH
Thielman .. Left on bases-Newark .;
Jersey city ). Struck out-By Moriarty :;
Three-base hit-Thielman. Two-base hits
Bean billiard. Stolen bases-O Hagan,
Clement. Double plays-Lawlor To Spier-
man 10 Bannon Devlin 10 O'Hagan; Mo
riarty TO Devlin. Umpire-kelly. Time
lh. o0m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
AMATEUR GAM S.

The Silyerites and Goldbergs met on the
ball field yesterday and the latter went
down in a game over teemtng with runs.
The Silverites almost doubled the score
large as IL was. The TWO teams are from
John +. Brady's establishment, while the
game was played at Washington Park.
They pitched a great game, registering ls
strike-outs Thomas A. Fox played
good game at short and CrandGll made
a home run in the fifth. The score was
i3 TO %.
The lineup Of the Silverites was: Peter
A Foley, p; Sanderson, c.; n. German
ID: Henry Blanchard, 2b.; IA. q. Gran
dali 3b.: T. A Fox, :. s.; r. r. Barowe,
C. e John Brown. r. T.; Charlie Cum
mings, l. {.
The Newman Athletics went 10 Pom
tiacs grounds and came away wearing a
sorry look and a score OF TO against
them. The game was the fastest seen on
those grounds and was played I'm record
time of hour and 20 minutes. Knoop. by
means Of startling one hand catch
robbed a batter OF n safe hit In the
sixth O'Rourke took honors in pitching
by shrinking out nine men and giving but
three hits. Amorg the honor men also
were Kane Fahlman for the Pontiacs and
Knoop and Sullivan for the visitors.
Knoop struck out nine men but could not
prevent the Pontiacs from getting hits
when hits were needed.
Innings ........
Pontiar- ar-.......... 2 o 0 q x 9
Newman Ath... 0 2 o 0 0 o.
STEAMER CONNECTICUT 10, OFFICE
BOYS ..
A very interesting az well as extremely
enjoyable baseball game was played by
the Connecticut crew and nine from
the office on the wharf at Palace Gar
dens Sunday for the dinner. The ga me
was replete with thrilling Incidents, as
both teams arc baseball experts as well
AZ iends For the crew Frank Thomas,
Captain Beady and Barrett did the field
ing stunts. while Olweiler covered first I'm
graceful grand stand style. Turtelots
pitching could not he beat and when he
warns up there Is no finding the ball at
all.
For the Office nine tho men played
good aD-around game and were especial
" effective I'm their battery. The game
abourded I'm many spectacular plays I'm
which Pryor. KiErie. Mathews, Saunders
and Dyer all figured. The lineup:
Crcw-Summers C.: Turtelot r.: OIL
weller. ID; Spinney, 2b: Pendeton 80.
Beady g. g.: Thomas. c. o. Barrett. r.
e. Halgun. !. Z.
Office-Murray e. Mathews, p: Kigire
ib. Dyer Oh: Patterson. Sb Newton e.
g.; Saunders, c. Z; +. Pryor r. T.: J
Pryor, !. Z.
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Willis weakened in the 1lth and his sup
port failed him. Attendance 2175. Score:
Innings 60. 10 II
New York. o 0 o 0 0 "a
Boston ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0-l
BROOKLYN I. PHILADELPHIA 4.
Schmidt gave Brooklyn a game yester-
day from Philadelphia at the Quaker CITY
by good pitching, not giving hit after
the third inning Thayer was hit hard.
Flood did the fielding stunts. Attendance
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
ST. LOUIS 3. PITTsBURG 2.

St. Louis at st. Louis took the last
game Of the series yesterday from Pitts
burg I'm to style. Falkenberg left too
much for Luven TO do 10 return the day
when he went out OF the box In the
seventh Murphy was in good form. At
tendance $50. Score.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04

Concord ......... 0 0 o .
NEW BEDFORD :. HAVERHlLL ..
Haverhill wore a blank at the END OF
yesterdays game at their home GROUNDS
with New Bedford. Both teams had
large sick list Attendance $50. Score:
Innings ........
New Bedford 90. ! u 4
NASHUA 3, MANCHESTER !.
Labelle did the trick yesterday with
good support in the game between Man
chester and Nashua. Miller was not only
hit hard and at will but was also fined
for improper language by the umpire. At
tendance $50. Score:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04

Timely hits and ono close decision gave
Lowell closely contested game yester-
Gay az Concord. Attendance $50. Score.
Innings .........1 234 5s7se
Lowell ..,.........2 2 30 0 0 u 4
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04

This is from the latest photograph of Mr. Whitney ana
horseman his best No longer content with
of the turf is said that he intends to accom-
pany his SON. Pavne Whitney W. H. Ellis who friend
King Menek other millionaire hunters to African Junges
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
ST. louis 5, CHICAGO 3.

st. Louis took the game from Chicago
with score of 20 g. The visitors failed
to score till seven innings were played.
The game was never In much danger. At
tendance 1850. Score.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04

In the sveepstakes races OF Nt"PUTE
yesterday the Barbara proved again the
winner She was sailed by her owner
Mr. Rutherfurd. There were only TWO
boats in the race after the start. for the
Carolina withdrew Mrs. Payne whitney
was on board the Vaquero III. The ooats
sailed over a course Of two miles bearing
10 the leeward and return twice over.
The Barbara led from the start and
maintained her position throughout luf-
fing match. leading at the end Of the hrst
round by one minute and AZ seconds
The Vaquero gained on the second rouno
but could not overcome the lead OF the
other boat.
The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING
AMERICAN LEAGUE
:. BOSTON ?.

Washington and Boston drew even
honors In batting yesterday at Washing
ton, but the locals punched theirs and
made IL a win. Bostons infield work
~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04

will center its interest on the outcome of
the events
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
(First Game.l

Innings ....... 2 3 5 6
Jersey City ..... | 0 l 3
Base hits-Newark 6. Jersey City g. Err
rors-Newark 3. Jersey City !. Batteries
Hesterfer and Spierman; Thielman and
Dillon. Umpire-Kelly Time-lh. 40m.
Second Cameo
JERSEY CITY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
ROCHESTER,

Runs-kuhns. White Two-base hit
Miller. Three-ba hits-Massey. Myers.
Sacrifice hits-White. Brodie. Double
plays-Steeman 10 Johnson, Kuhns to
Toft. First base on balls-Of Leary ,.
Struck out-By Bruce 3; by Leary T. Left
on bases-Toronto 5. Rochester o. I'M
pire-Swartwood. Time-1h. 45m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
JERSEY CITY 3-s, NEWARK Be

Newark and Jersey City played a dou-
ble-header at Newark yesterday both OF
which games went TO Jersey city. Thiel-
man allowed but six scattered hits in the
first game and made IL a shut-out. In
the second game Kellys decisions against
the home team caused a riot after the
game In which he. the police, some spec
tators. bottles and stones figured one
man went 20 the hospital and Kelly went
TO the station I'm the same ambulance for
protection. Newarks should have had the
game with a 2 TO 0 score. Attendance 300.
Score.