The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
Matinee Perfume and q Mere Man
Concerning Women Who Soak Themselves in Heavy Perfume and Then Walk Out Into an Unprotected Word-From Lily fthe Valley, When it Marres Stephanotis,
 and Fringpani, When it Becomes Engaged
 to Gardenia, Good Lord Deliver Us
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

tis and Gardenia. Whatever the combi-
 nation was, it simply paralyzed Yours
 truly I sat through the show too stupi-
 fled to really know what was developing
 on the stage. I have had the headache
 every moment since then, and the worst
 and the worst part about it is that the perfume seems to have sunk into my clothes. Occasionally I seem to get a
 whiff of it..
 "A ghastly thought goes through me
 every now and then" he continued T
 read an article once, written by
 Beauty Expert, on How to Impregnate
 the Flesh With the Scent of yiolets It has haunted mes this hideous idea and when I think that maybe the per- Hume of that lady in front of me has sunk into my new blue serge suit lUGHl If I were public Censor I'd send her to the ducking stool at a re- liable Turkish Bath and boil the of lending perfume out of her pores, or sentence her to spend the rest of her life away from public places. where other people pay for their seats, and lare entitled to be protected from per- fumes that offend them" Rather wholesale and direct criti- cism, eh?
 I heard the other side of the matter defended later on by woman of the ltype described by the offended man. I think maybe she defends the other woman because she herself has sneaking fondness for Gardenia per lfume strengthened with Valley Lily and iStephinotis, alias the Grand Opera Star
 If he felt that way about perfumes he ought to have stayed away from the matinee It's the one place where . woman has a perfect right to wear her favorite perfume. If she goes to the play in the evening with her husband 1 he usually stipulates that she is to l use no perfume. The Matinees are a woman's staked-off territory, and no
 man has right to crfticise her fond
 ness for them, and what she wears to themw 5r 1 Maybe,
 l Of course some perfumes DO offend.
 but there is no generosity in putting all delightful odors under the ban
 merely because ONE Matinee Lady hap pened to give a Mere Man the head ache.
 l In one of Henry Harlands exquisite
 stories, very lovely lady walked--and
 where she went a faint trailing scent of violets fingered.
 "Orris root violets," explains MT.
 Harland. Her chiffons. I know, went to sleep on Orris Root pillows" 1 Many of us recall dainty old ladies
 of the Lavender and Old Lace" varie- l ty, whose filmy gowns and diaphan-
 ous kerchiefs were haunted by the
 ghosts of dead and witEered rose pe- | tals.
 1 sweet Alice and Rose Geranium dried and White Glover are scents so delicate and delicious and so like the clean, cool fragrant wind itself. from
 country garden that they never of- | fend.
 No, never
 But I agree with the Mere Man en- tirely, when he declares these loud, permeating nauseous scents rifle your nostrils and make the very air hi4eous
 about you. and join heartily in his in- Ivocation when he begs; I From Lily of Valley wheD it marries Stephanotis. and from Fran rfpani when 1t becomes engaged to Gardenia. Good Lord Deliver Usw