Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-08-02

While not perfumes exactly toilet
waters are always scented, and their
use Is very beneficial to the Skin, par
ticularly in the summer, when 1t needs
all the refreshment it can get. The
scented waters are diluted with plain
water for use, for some of the vim
egars are so strongly perfumed as to
seem disagreeable when used full
strength.
From 20 drops to a teaspoonful of
the toilet water is put in a basin bath,
the water so treated being intended
for the rinsing after cleaning
sponge or tub bath. The liquid is left
to dry on the skin, as one of the chief
purposes of the toilet water is its ton
c effect. After weary day, a rub
down with good toilet water, proper
| ly diluted, makes one feel like new
being, and while it Is very convenient
to get the vinegars ready made they
can be turned out at home-yery easily
and sometimes much more cheaply.
Or all the fragrant toilet waters
nCne is so much used as rose water
and when this is pure it possesses the
greatest cosmetic virtues. One for
mula for this delicious toilet water
calls for four pounds of rose petals
and ten quarts of water. The water
is first distilled and then poured cold
upon the petals, which are shaken
around in the liquid. Then the vessel
is loosely covered and put in a cool,
dark place for several weeks, until
the liquid becomes odorous. Then it
is again distilled, and the drippings
are gathered in small bottles and
closely corked
Another formula calls for putting
the rose petals in an earthern jar
and covering them with weak brine
of common salt The roses may be
gathered every day, and the petals
added as they come handy
| An improved still can be made by
fastening an india rubber tube to the
spout of tea kettle and passing it
through cold water to condense the
steam The distillate,, or drippings
| should be received in a glass or earth
| en- receptacle; for if toilet waters
come in contact with copper, zinc or
| lead, they will exidize the metals.
Stills for home use, however, can be
bought very cheaply in the shops
from dollar and half up.
Many other garden blooms with
pungent odors, or even family delicate
ones, can be used for exquisite and
helpful toilet waters-mignonette Ill
les of the valley, clove-pnks, valer.
ian, heliotrope, honeysuckle, violets.
gardenias, jasmine, etc. In New Or
leans and Charleston Creole ladies
often drop the more richly scented
blooms into pure alcohol, allowing
them to digest or soak in the spirits,
when the odor thoroughly permeates
the alcohol.
A toilet liquid much used by the
ladies of the olden times, and often
called to this day "angel water" is
much esteemed for it's beauty value.
1t can be made at home in the follow.
ing manner:
Rose-water ..........................5 ounces
OranSe-flower water .............,.5 ounces
Myrtle water ......................2!2 ounces
| Essence OF musk ........... ......1s drachm
Mingle the various substances and
agitate the bottle for several hours,
continuing the shaking during the day
quite frequently for some weeks.
Keep thu bottle closely stoppered and
in warm, dark place. Let it stand
for two weeks or longer, then decant
the liquid, and If it is not perfectly
clear, filter it. Properly made, angel
water should be almost colorless.
There are many uses for bay rum.
one being that it is admirable for mas
saying the scalp after the shampoo,
when one is likely to catch cold or
the hair needs some little dressing to
keep it in order But if it is used too
often or too lavishly on the head it
will dry out the locks Bay rum of
a very good sort is cheap enough at
the drug store but if one is clever
at turning out beauty preparations
this formula would give about as pure
e thing as could be had:
Oh or pay ........................24 .24O grains
OH of orange ...................... l6 grains
| OIL OF pimenta .................... ID grains
| Alcohol Observation-Disclosures. quart
| Water ........................2o fluid ounces
Dissolve the oils in the alcohol and
add the water Then stir into the
liquid about two ounces of precipated
phosphate of lime and filter. This
will improve with age.
| New Color Schemes.