Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-05-04
PERFUME AFFECTS MARRIAGE
Theory of Famous German Doctor
Scents to Avoid.

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 matrimonially in
clined, it may not be amiss to mention
one Of the causes for this celibacy as
assumed by learned professor from
that country whence comes so much
light and learning
Professor Jaeger, that famous Ger
man hygienic prophet, informs us that
as long ago as the eighteenth century
it was discovered that the scent of
| musk had been known to have dire
effects, being particularly disliked 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
sionate lovers had actually been eter-
little musk on the lady's handkerchief
1t is matter of regret that this sub
ject should not have come before the
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 as toilet water"
DR.. Jaeger cites another case also
which may throw new and aston
ishing light 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 "the honeymoon and how not
to conduct it, an object lesson for all
Europe.
Suddenly the absorbing devotion of
Carl for his Dorothea cooled land 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 faxen hair nc longer
looked to him gold, why her pale blue
eyes no longer seemed to resemble VIC
lets, and 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 Grant fancy Of her
lord and master. The traces Of cry
ing she hid with new face powder
and put on her smartest frock. Not
withstanding, the backgrounds 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-
thee had been using perfume in which
| musk predominated, and that this was
also largely used in the face powder.
Toilet accessories We're given up, and
Carl and Dorothea 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 Enclosed with it in
box, yet not even touching 1t, will be-
come strongly impregnated, while a
few drops Of musk placed on a sensi-
tive scale will in year or so fill
| large hall.
While considering the question of
perfume, it may be as we'll 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