Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-04

| the world until an American woman,
| Mrs. William W. Hall OF Denver. dis
covered IL i'm a Roman convent. learn
ed the process and brought it home
The Crusaders brought back from
the Orient the secret of making altar
of roses A mandatory of this per
! fume was established near convent
in Italy. so runs the tradition. The
perfume was made and the rose pulp
remaining was thrown out as worth
less The nuns gathered up this
odorous pulp and by experiment de
veloped the art OF making beads for
rosaries from IT,
First the fresh rose leaves are
thrown. handful by handful. into the
hopper of an ordinary kitchen meat
chopper A dish is placed beneath
to catch the flood of juice that pours
from them as they are ground, and
all this juice is poured back upon
the pulp. The mass of wet pulp is
then spread on an iron baking pan.
1t is the contact with the iron which
gives it the Jet black which is the
eventual color of the beads
For twenty hours the mass re-
mains. occasionally turned and stir
red with knife to bring every por
ton into contact with the iron. Then
the mass is run through the chopper
again and put back on the pan. This
is done nine times in all At the
end Of that time one has fine. coal
black dough with no resemblance To
rose leaves but with all their scent.
At the end of the ninth day ordi-
narily the paste is rolled. but only
experience can tell IL il is exactly
ready on that day or il IL should
dry little longer. II too dry IL
can be moistened with a little water.
When the paste is ready to roll it
win retain any form into which ii is
nodded. IL too hard il will crack.
For beads enough pulp is pinched
out to make a bead as large again
as is required II is rolled into
sphere and left on a flat surface to
harden. Twenty-four hours later ii
is rolled again. smoothed and left to
harden another day. on the third
day 1t is pierced. A wire or a hat
pin may be used to pierce the beads
through the center and the beads left
upon the wire or pin to harden.
At this time or a little later the
beads may be marked or carved with
any design desired Any small inn
plement which will make an impress
sion MAY he used. a hairpin has
been known to achieve wonders, I'm
skilled hands.
The beads are left to dry until they
have ceased shrinking Then they
h.
between dry palms. then between
palms mositened with vaseline or
cold cream This gives them the pol
ish Of duh jet and the process is
by drying them on soft |
cloth At any later time when the |
beads grow dun they may be restor-
ed TO luster by the palm and vaseline |
The charm of these beads is thar |
they long retain the rose odor They |
may seem to lose IL when worn i'm |
the open air. but regain IL on being |
inclosed i'm a tight box I'm cotton /
wool Rosaries, necklaces. bracelets |
and watch fobs are made and hatpins /
may be achieved by dipping the head |
n the pin into glue and pressing II |
into the mass OF pulp which |
has been chosen for the tops.
In stringing these beads personal
iaste is followed. They may be used
alone or they may be strung with
.wo little gold beads after each large
rose bead. In long chains this is
charming
No white or pale rose will make
hese beads successfully. Only strong.
leavy odored petals give a satisfac-
DRY result Mrs. Hall computes that
IN the average II requires the petals
Il twelve roses TO make one bead
Each mess of pulp started must go Il
through alone. Additions OF pulp at
IN earlier stage of the process will
uin the whole But beads from many
different messes can be strung to-
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