Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-09-01


Ireland and tended to popularize it
with the English. OF course, the
name is misnomer. Shamrock has
no odor 20 begin with, and royalty, it
is said, has neither adopted the new
scent nor shown it marked favor
Queen Alexander. gossip says. re-
mains faithful to her own private and
particular scent, the name and manu-
factTre Of which are kept profound
secret. 1t is described as delightful
perfume by those who have shifted its
royal fragrance, and people who know,
or think they know, say it is expen-
siye, which is not unlikely The
queen, however, is no more eXtrava-
CANT or self-indulgent in her personal
tastes than was Queen Victoria. The
young czarina, on the contrary, is
popularity credited with spending $l0,-
coo year on scents and soaps. II
hardly seems credible, unless such
things are far more expensive in
Russia than they are in the United
States or western Europe. Her fancy
is for violet, and so fond is she OF
this exquisite perfume that her rooms
are every morning filled with the
freshly cut flowers, while her ward
robes are yaporized with the scent.
The violets from which her toilet
water is made are gathered especially
at sunset, so Tumor runs, their scent
being at its best and strongest at that
hour, according to the empresss i'm
agination. The little Queen of the
Netherlands dislikes all scents except
clean, old-fashioned eau de cologne.
Queen Victoria is said to have used
only lavender water, and the queen
mother of Spain to have loved eau
i 'Espagne. which was made expressly
for her by a Madrid firm Of perfum-
ers.
The life Of man is glory; the life of
woman love-Balzac
The surest way to hit a woman's
heart is take aim lneeing
Jerrold.
1t is necessary to be almost genius
woman, Iove.-Balzac.
A woman often thinks she regrets
the lover, when she only regrets the
love.-La Rochefoucauld.
Mrs. Daniel Sully. who has been
much in public eye as the wife of the
execution king, is said to be one Of
the most expert needle women in
America Her embroidery is equal to
the much-vaunted convent work, and
her favorite gift for a bride, in her
intimate circle of friends, is trous-
seau of lingerie worked entirely by
her own hands, from seams to mono,
gram.
An up-to-date Partisan face masseur
has turned his attention from women
to dogs. and has sent out the follow
ing price list Putting wrinkles on
bulldogs faces, 80 francs; (s160);
making straight tails curly 90 francs;
making bulldogs forepaws crooked.
100 francs making dropping ears
erect20 francs; cTtting tails as de-
sired. 80 francs; changing color on
coats, so francs.
A beautiful hospital for horses has
been established on the continent.
Here horses have their coats electri-
oally massaged, their hoofs manicured
and their teeth filed and whitened;
and here they arm to stand properly
and to move in all the fashionable
eaits. Probably the most interesting
and novel operation to witness is the
electrical massaging of horses coat.
This has the same effect on a coat of
a horse as on the scalp Of a man; 1t
makes the hair thick and fine and
glossy. and, where the skin has been
rubbed bare, it brings on a new
growth.
Ruskiu says: "Cheerfulness is as
natural to the heart of man IN strong
health as color to the cheeks; and
wherever there is habitual gloom
there must be either bad air, unwhole
some food, improperly severe labor
ar erring habits of life
Margaret z. Sangster in a little
poem published in Everywhere, says:
Live in the sunshine don't live in the
gloom,
Carry some gladness the world 70
illume
Lire in the brightness and take this to
heart:
The world will be gayer II you'll do
your part.
A little wife Of nineteen was told
by her husband that she was waste
ful il the management Of the home
She tried To cut down expenses. she
vas young and inexperienced. tho
problem world not be solved. He
told her again that she was wasteful.
she was not there. The little wife
her clothing and belongings we're not
in the little home Home was no
longer home.