New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-19
How the Sweetness of June
MAY Be Made to Endure

scent your couch deliciously from rose time
TO rose time.
For sachets, cut a sheet of cheesecloth
very slightly bigger than the space the
sachet must cover. also cut sheet of thin
white wadding, lay the two together ana
cover the wadding thickly with your sweet
stuff. Lay on more wadding and another
sheet of cheesecloth. Tack all together, turn
and run or whip together edges, then cover
with thin silk, slkoline or lawn. Sachets
can be rolled up and heated the same as
pillows to the betterment Of their odor
Only the patient and the deft hands
should try to make rose essence. To patient
dizziness must he added great plenty OF
flowers. Get some panes Of glass, not too
big. by 10 inches is a good size. Wash
them clean and provide clean tray, either
carthen or agate. big enough to hold a pane
Of glass. and at least an inch deep. Cover
pane Of glass thinly yet evenly with sweet
lard. lay rose petals, as fresh as possible
thickly upon the lard. then place thlh
strip Of wood across each end Of the pane
which should be resting in the tray lay
another clean pane on the strips, cover II
with lard and petals. and repeat un''
YOU have a pile Of seven or eight Set the
filed panes in the sun-the tray will eaten
any grease that may ooze out, Next morn
ing remove the petals and put on fresh
cnes, pile again. and again set In sunshine
or falling that. a dry warm place Rereat
the change Of petals every day for fort
nirht-three weeks will he better stlll-the
more fresh petals. the higher the fragrance
80 Nv will he f1ll1 OF
the scent Then set the panes edgewise IN
a clean vessel. over hot water. Let the
water simmer until the grease runs or, then
strain IL through double cheesecloth. AFTER
! n is partly cool cover II with grain alcohol
and set in the sunshine for a month II the
grease Is strongly impregnated. YOU may
drain off the first spirit and replace IT win
4 fresh The alcohol will take up enough
/ of the essential rose oil 10 he very
| fragrant-good either as an essence or
Navoring But II will never take away all
the scent from the grease This process
known as enfeurage. provides all the hnest
natural nerfumes Of commerce. The grease
either lard or olive oil, is made INTO toiet
soap-thc sort affected by royalty anu
multi-millionairesses
Soap making Is a parlous process lot one
uninitiated. Still, II I went now to the
trouble of making rose essence thus /
should venture upon trying TO make soap
also. Melt the grease in water hath'
when II is hot, but not boiling. STIR IN
potash I've, only moderately strong anu
slightly dashed with boraX. Stir wel!-t
the grease does not show sign Of com
bin,ng add stronger I've, and cook slowly
until the mass thickens. Let cool. The soap
will, he standing on top of LIQUID Remove
Il 10 a clean vessel melt with gentle neat
and stir in a quarter of its own bulk IN
rlvcerine. and the same amount OF very
fine oatmeal or almond meal. Pour mo
pou,ds. or 2 sheet, which cut into squares
after cooling.
This is not work that pays directly save
IN the pleasure one gets through the doing
But whatever enlarges our competence en-
Iarges likewise our horizon. Wherefore
hold that even soap making may be part oil
a very liberal education