The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
AN AID TO
WOMANS
WITCHERY
All Perfumes Belong
to Her and Her
Alone
Their Selection an Indication
of Temperament and
Taste of the
User
New York SUM-

No artifice augments woman's
witchery more than the subtle, faint
fragrance which she contrives to i'm.
part to the fiuttering folds of her
gowns and belongings. Another
means of obtaining the anne charm Is
the perfume bath, whose fragrant
aroma clings to the body for hours at
terward. Not only does the delicate
scent cling, but the perfume bath
gives to the skin a soft, velvet like ap-
pearnnce. Such a bath is an admir-
able substitute for aromatic toilet
salves and swe~etscented soaps.
Some women have even tried the
plan of injecting perfume under the
skin with a syringe in order to make
an odor Of violets or roses cling to
them. A few drops OF perfume is all
that is required. From the moment
the skin is charged with the scent a
faint, subtle. Elusive perfume seems
to breathe forth about the woman
who has tried this freak Of fashion.
This plan, though, is not without its
suggestion OF danger. Perfumes are
health-giving as we'll as beauty-giving.
and their use, therefore is not wholly
a matter OF taste. Nearly all perfumes
have antiseptic qualities. and are val
liable in keeping away infection. The
perfumes which are the most agree
able to the sense are not always the
most helpful to the nerves. Amber
girls. for instance, is positively often
sive to many, yet II Is said to possess
a wonderful power OF clearing the
brain and driving away the blues. On
the other hand altar of roses, with
the suggestion of glowing suns and
gorgeous Eastern colOrs, p%redisposes
to teara
A faint odor OF musk acts as a tonic
forwhich the best antidote is the odor
OF sandal wood. The fragrance OF the
cltron is as soothing to nervous folks
as the sound OF far-off music. The
scent OF orange flowers Is so depress-
ing to the action OF the heart that II
is not safe for anyone with disease Of
that organ to inhale II for any length
OF time. Reviving perfumes come
from herbaceous plants largely, from
the odors OF mignonette, rosemary
and lavender. and soothe the nerves.
In the time OF Shakespeare some
flowers were specially dedicated to
middle age. The perfumes OF lilies.
jasmine and acacia are pleasant and
soothing 10 a healthy sense. though
delicate nerves cannot enjoy them In
their garden freshness. Brought clos
er in their cluster OF blossoms their
odor is narcotic and depressing. so
that persons grow faint at their smell
OF them, and may be put into heavy
slumber as II drugged by their odon
A vivid perfume is nearly always
bracing, while a subtle n Is general
ly e~neryatlng. A oma should
choose the perfume she uses al care
fully as she selects her garments.
Some one says that a woman who
changes her perfume as she does the
style OF her bonnet is hopeless. On
the contrary. the woman who always
exhales the same delicate fragrance
is like the flower she resembles. Her
friends think OF her and know her as
the incarnation Of the violet or the
rose with which she is assimiliated.
The character Of the woman, or, at
least, its development, may be told by
a perfume.
Tell me your perfume" says the
person Versed In this lore. " and I'll
tell you what you are"
Violet is the device OF the %coquottish
It is faint. fragrant. Elusive. drawing
you on to seek out its artful %patroness
AS for the scent Of orchids. that is for
the grand and stately dame. The
scent OF the marechal rose is the
scent of regret and or sentimental
memories. and Of the white ros that
OF young love.