Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22


IL years as they are now And
although some women who have
learned to dislike them--or who never
learned to like thenl-still hold out against
their use. their popularity seems likely to
increase
Doubtless some women who never be-
fore have used them DO so now because
of the very attractive bottles and boxes
in which they come to US from Paris.
After the introduction OF the minafet
tunic last year there was a veritsble
shower OF oriental perfumes. Some OF
them were put in heavy little glass bot
ties with minaret shoppers. Others were
put in heavy glass bottles which were
covered with gold lace and net. The bot
ties were made in many different shapes
sometimes they were squat and broad.
sometimes tall and narrow. sometimes
three sided and sometimes six sided.
The bottles were packed in wonderful
little boxes-of brocaded silk and plush
and velvet and wonderful cotton fabrics
worked with gold and silver threads.
There are more Of these fascinating
bottles and boxes to choose from now
than ever, and whether or not they are
to blame for modern womans liking FOR
scents. the fact remains that she does
like them.
Modern woman likes scents: but she
does not like all scents. She Is fastidious
about their use, and likes to be original
in her choice of them. So sometimes she
makes her own. And usually she makes
one careful choice and clings TO that
For instance. she likes the scent Of
roses. So she has fresh roses about her
house. uses rose-scented toilet powder and
face powder. puts rose-scented sachete In
her clothes and rose perfume Of costly
sort on her handkerchIefS. Or she chooses
some odd oriental odor and uses that in
everything pertaining to her toilet.
Selecting toilet powder is the easiest
sort of homemade perfume-making u
do, and this is the way to do 1t:
Buy rice or talcum powder, unscented.
of good quality, and put it in q tin
box that has tight cover. Then choose
the scent you want TO use. and buy some
of 1t, in a convenient form, In the pow
der.
One way to scent powder Is TO put tho
petals of fresh flowers IN a box of pow
der, leave them there for two or three
If the scent is not strong enough put
another batch Of flower petals In the
Lowder.
This method can best be carried out
in summer, when fresh flowers. full OF
sweet odor can be got more easily than
they can be got at florists. Violet
petals are good to use, and SO are rose
petals. Glove pinks that are highly
scented give delightful odor and so do
lemon verbenas and rose geranums-
A way to scent toilet powder in an
original manner in the winter is to pre-
pare a little bag Of spices. There can
be foundation OF pot pourrf. seasoned
with any desired spices, or q little bit OF
absorbent cotton can be dosed with per-
fumes and filled and covered with spices
and then done up In q little gauze or
net bag and buried in the powder. Bits
Of sandal wood can be used in the same
way.
A satisfactory sachet. for seeming pow
der or for putting in little bags among
your clothes or household linen. ID MADE
for the most part Of ordinary spices from
the pantry shelf. 1t calls for equal
quantities of ground mace nutmeg.
cloves. cinnamon, caraway seeds ana
Tonquin beans. All these spices should
be freshly ground. so that they vii! be
full of spicy odor Weigh the combined
ingredients and add to the same amount
Of orris root, ground
One way to use this sachet 10 20 aoo
il TO a bath bag. To make the bath bag.
mix half a pound of fine oatmeal. cup
full Of bran. three ounces Of powdered or
ris root, the same amount Of almond
meal, two ounces OF powdered cssule
soar and sachet powder to scent II suf-
ficiently Put this mixture In flannel
bag and plunge it in a hot bath.
Any toilet water can be made In TINS
way: Mix an ounce Of the oil OF tne door
YOU desire with a cupful of tho strongest
rectified spirits you can buy. The recti-
fled spirits Of wine. which are used by
French perfume makers. are by far bet
ter than our grain alcohol for the pui-
pose.
various oils that can be used are oil OF
lavender oil of rose. oil of rosemary ana
oil Of pink. The spirits and the sweet
smelling oil should be agitated In e bot
tie until they are thoroughly mixed.