Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-20
PERFUME AFFECTS MARRIAGE.

Theory Of q Famous German Doctor
Scents to Avoid.
At a time when SO many women,
young and attractive, are left lonely,
and deploring the fact that the men
Of the day are not marimonially in
clined, it may not be amiss to mention
assumed by 4 learned professor from
that country whence comes 50 much
light and learning.
Professor Jaeger. that famous Ger
man hygientc prophet, informs us that
as long ago a. the eighteenth century
it was discovered that the scent Of
musk had been known to have dire
effects. being particularly disfiked by
men, and that, coming from one be-
loved. it had even been proved to
change affection into aversion.
He quotes a case in which two pas
aonate lovers had actually been eter-
nally separated as 4 consequence Of 4
little musk on the ladys handkerchief.
1t is a matter Of regret that this sub
public before, for the heart saddens
when it considers the Thousands of
maidens doomed all for the want of a
little guidance in the choice Of what
was once known az toilet water"
DR.. Jaeger cites another case also
which may throw a new and aston
ishing Hight ON the persistent demands
of the day for judicial separation be-
tween husbands and wives. and the
increasing growth Of divorce cases.
A young German couple loved one
another in that rapturous style which
makes 1.-The honeymoon and how not
to conduct it, an object lesson for all
Europe.
Suddenly the absorbing devotion Of
Carl for his Dorothea cooled (and this
before even pessimists would allow
the possibility, changed to indiffer-
ence, and ended in evident repulsion
Neither could understand the cause.
Carl would gaze at Dorothea. and
wonder why her haxen hair NO longer
looked to him gold. why her pale blue
eyes no longer seemed to resemble vio-
lets, end why her plump, short figure
appeared no more to be the model for
a pocket Venus.
Dorothea wept her pretty eyes out,
and tried with various feminine arts
to win back the errant fancy of her
lord and master. The traces of cry
ing she hid with a new face powder,
and put on her smartest frock. Not
withstanding, the bridegroom's repul-
sion was growing to violent hatred,
when accident revealed the cause.
Going to a wardrobe in which his
wife kept musk, the sensitive bride
groom tainted away. A doctor was
called, and it was found that Doro-
theo had been using perfume in which
musk predominated, and that this was
also largely used in the face powder.
Toilet accessories were given up, and
Carl and Dorotbea were once more
the loving couple of old. On such
small things does the happiness of
lifetime hang.
The reason given by Dr.. Jaeger for
the peculiar dislike most men have to
musk is that only vegetable scents,
such as rose, violet, lily, ETC., are agree
able to the masculine mind; while 9TH
ers, such as ambergris, civet, castor.
known as animal perfumes. are partic-
ularly repugnant
No odor is SO potent as musk, and
its power Of penetration is such that
polished metal inclosed with it In a
box. yet not even touching it, will be-
come strongly impregnated while
few drops Of musk placed on sensi-
tive scale will In a year or 30 I'LL al
large hall.
While considering the question of
perfume, 1t may be as well to remind
inventors that there Is a fortune wait
ing for him who can reproduce the
refreshing briny odor of the sea, the
grateful and healing fragrance Of the