The Washington times., 1904-06-12
Sweet Odors for Living Rooms Which Bring
Rest and Soothe the Nerves-Neuralgia
Pillows Which Cause Pain to Vanish
Fragrant Reward for a Little Patience and
TroubIe-A Pretty Girls Advice.
makes an excellent addition to the bath,
and only a tablespoonful is required.

makes an excellent addition to the bath,
and only tablespoonful is required.
Rose Lotions and Creams.
There is a milk Of roses which is
charming as a bath accessory. Take the
petals Of a dozen dried roses and put
them in bottle. Cover them with water
and let stand twenty-four hours. Strain
and add enough benzoin TO make the
bottle very milky. Shake well and add
few teaspoons TO the bath, This will
give very softly fragrant bath.
To make a rose cream for the COM
plexion is not a difficult matter, but
here one might as well use the perfume
instead OF the ripe roses. Take Of pure
oil of sweet almonds as much as will
fill small coffee cup To this add a
lump Of white wax half the size OF an
egg. Heat together and while it is heat
ing stir in half steaspoon Of powdered
borax, and about three drops of ben
zoin. Take off. beat with an egg beater,
and, when it is almost cool, add two
drops Of altar Of rose or its imitation.
You viii have a very nice soft cream
for the complexion. It will keep in
definitely. and will do much to ward off
the sun burn and the wind burn
winter.
A Fragrant Reward.
The girl who gathered rose leaves all
summer and patiently dried them in the
sun to make rose pillows for fall. was
rewarded by pillow Of sweet smells.
To do this, as IL should be done, do
not draw the line at rose leaves. but
add all the other flowers Of the garden.
all those whose petals can be picked and
dried Gather them in great armfuIs.
and pull Off the petals and spread them
out upon sheet to dry. Toss them
until all the moisture is exhausted, and.
then I'LL your pillows with them.
II Is a very good idea, when putting
the dried leaves into the pillows, to be
sure that they are thoroughly dry. And
also to add about a teaspoon Of rose
geranium perfume to- say. a peck Of the
leaves. Toss well until the OIL is All
absorbed. and I'll your pillows with the
leaves This makes one Of the best
quieting agencies known for the nerves.
Perfumes That Soothe.
For the small neuralgia cushions make
dozen thumb cushions. FIJI Thorn
with spiced leaves. Take the rose leaves
and add cloves and aIIspice. Let All
stand together in a covered lar week
before filling the little cushions with
them Pack away in an air tight box
ana bring out only when neuralgia IS
aging.
Rose leaf perfumes are very nice
things, and particularly soothing. They,
act upon the nerves rather than mon
the complexion. SAN. upon the nerves
hinge many things. and the woman
whose nerves are In a good state is
pretty sure TO have a nice complexion.
To make n nice rose leaf perfume Ike
pint OK rose leaves and put them I'm a
gallon jar. Cover them with the best
alcohol, using perhaps a quart ADD to
this two grains of musk And. after =
week. pour In an ounce OF the oil OF rose
ge-anium. Let stand three months II
you can wait so long; otherwise a few
weeks will suffice. Pour off until there
is not n drop Of the fluid left. Bottle
and you will have a nice perfume This
can be added to tile bath. A heaping
tablespoon will be enough
Our Mothers Prize Recipe.
May dew was a priced recipe of our
grandmothers. They gathered it and
bottled it and used it all the year upon
The skin. But better than this IS
homemade rose water which is made
by adding roses to alcohol and keeping
this lotion for daily use in the bath
IL must be strained and bottled and
put away 10 De uSeQ rs DeOtQ.
There is a rose and cucumber lotion
which IS very fine FOR the complexion.
1t is made by taking roses and covering
them with water, which IS poured off
and more water added This is again
poured off. Half a pint Is obtained at
each pouring. This Is now put into a
bottle and a teaspoon Of borax powder
IS added. The whole IS shaken well and
a tablespoonful OF benzoin is poured in
and the juice of two cucumbers is
added. This is very milky and sweet
scented and can be added TO the bath
as required.
\ nice rose skin food can be made by
taking an ounce Of pure mutton tallow
and melting it over hot water. To this
Is now added a lump OF white wax as
big as walnut. And 10 this is added
half an ounce OF sweet almond oil. AS
the whole is melting there should be
added five drops Of benzoin and ten
drops Of oil Of geraniuB This will
smell exactly Ike roses and will act
well uDon the skin. IL IS good for the
neck and hands. for II viii act as a
bleaching agency.