El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-06
The Perfumery Nuisance
Best Market Is in Factory Towns In
EngIand-TOO Much
Is Vulgar.
. By Dorothy DIX
PERFUMERY manufacture

a y
a speaking for the Perfumery
4 = Manufacturers association be-
fore the ways and means committee in
Washington the other day, l mace a pa
theJic protest against lncIedsLl-5 me
duty on the raw materials rom ~ii-lu
extracts are made. And ne said he
wasn't sDeaking for himself, out Tor
tha sake OF me Door girls who would
have to cut down on their use OF scent
If prices were raised
ssT6e besi market for perfumery is
in the factory towns Of New England
Nrbv know of typewriter who
sDends at least two days salary each
week on her toilet articles / ask that
Derfumerv-this slice Of happlneSs-be
preserved TO the shop girl and the
factory girl, for they are the ones who
Most of us who ride in street cars.
and attend theaters and other crowded
places wish that the price OF perIum-
cry could be put up so hlgh that 1t
would be prohlbluVe, ana LRal the
women and men whose slice OF happi-
ness consists in going about smelling
TO heaven could be denied InaU malO-
dorOus iOy. To use attar Of roses is
breach of the peace. TO disseminate
patchouli is a crime that should be
punishable by law.
The Interesting Thing.
But the really interesting tnlng-and
the Ditiful thing-ln this manu1actur-
er's testimony is that the biggest mar
kets for perfumery are the mill towns
of New England. because 1t shows how
madly women grasp at the injuries Of
life >even if they must deny themselves
the necessities.
A girl will have her bit of ribbon
If she has to 80 without bread to get
it. She Will SILVER for lack or suffi-
cient clothing, TO put the money in a
string of imitation pearls She viii
go without lunches through a whole
winter 10 save UP to buy willow
plume in the spring She viii sit up
half the night. doing without the sleep
and rest she needs, to make her silly
lace trimmed garments which have no
wear in them. she puts her hard
earned money in flimsy silk stockings
and paper SOled pumps that come TO
pieces at the IlrSL wearing instead
Of good, substantial stockings and
Nor is the working girl the. only
sinner in TINS respect Practically ali
women put ornaments and show before
use Give a woman certain sum Of
money TO furnish a house. and she viii
spend three-fOurths of it on bric-a-
brac and gilt chairs
Worse stilI, she viii set apart the
best room in the house the room that
gets the most sun, and light and air
for show, while the family huddles in
All For show.
Then there IS the woman who liter
ally starYes her family in order that il
may make show when it goes out on
the street She denies her children the
milk. and butter. and meat that they
need to make them healthy and strong,
TO put lace on their pettfcOats and FUR
on their caps. and she works herself
into the grave and her husband into
nervous prOSIrauOn for the sake OF
living in q little better neiEhbOrhOOd
and dressing a little finer than they
can afford.
Men are far wiser in this respect
than women are. A man is generally
live according TO his means. If he is
working man he dresses like a work
ing man. and he does not try to ape
the appearance and clothes of million
aires. but every woman wants YOU to
think that she has just strOlled over
from Fifth avenue and left her limOu-
So she must have a dress Of the cut
of Mrs AstorblL though she has TO
buy shOddy to do it, and she must
change the style Of her hat as often
as Miss Croesus does. though she
starves In the doing Of it. It's all
very sad and very foolish, and makes
most need to learn is the law Of values.
If they would only take the necessi-
ties and leave the luEuries alone they
would md that they had really got
the lUZuries too. for there is no lux
ury equal to being really comfortable.
what They Would Get.
and all women would find that If
they spent their money for the plain
substantial things they need. and left
out the elegancies they crave, they
kOuld have a comfort Of body and a
peace and ease of mind Of which they
have never dreamed. The ache in our
hearts and the gone feeling in our
stOmachs are the result Of our having
lunched upon macaroon and sailed
almond, instead Of cOrned beef and
cabbage.
The real reason why we all com
plain so much about the high cost Of
living is because we are spending our
money on the frills of life instead Of
the subStantialS. We think we are
bound to have automobiles and go to
the opera, and when we've done that
we haven't anything left with which to
buy butchers meat and groceries.
We should all be happy and con-
tented if we had the courage to do
without perfumery. as it were.