The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
The HAsKFIN LEETFER
Perfume for Everyone.

Il By Frede
Perfume making is one of the old.
i est Industries in the world. 1t Il
claimed that even in the stone age
both men and women were addicted
to the use OF juices pressed from GER
tain plants which produced pleas
ling effect upon the nostrils The
Pharohs first used perfumes, which
were manufactured by the Persfans,
and the Persians borrowed perfume
making methods from the Arabians.
whose altar Of roses was first made
before history began.
The manufacture or perfums has
| been recognized as an important
business by every nation of the world
since the beginning Of time, but no
country has ever produced better or
more lasting perfumes than those
| which have been manufactured in
the United States for the last ten
years. Even in Europe, American
travellers have been surprised to find
thatthe highest priced perfumes and
soap frequently bore an American
trademark, even though sold by a
foreign firm. Yet. despite this fact.
American perfumers have always
been dependent upon a certain guam
tity or imported ingredients. the sup
ply of which is at present influenced
by the war. Tt is believed that sub
stitutes can be made. and that with
in her own borders, this country can
produce every article now being iln-
! ported for perfume making.
increased cultivation OF the
flowers producing perfume is need
ed. Many Of the plants used for
perfume already grow here. while the
native flora includes numerous sDe-
cies from which perfume might be
secured. Yellow Jasmine. sweet
golden rod, swamp magnolia. wild
azalea and wild grape are among the
most promising species.
Perfume farming in most countries
| lis chiefly by hand labor and it is
not difficult After the crop is gath
cred. the process of securing the
Odors requires care, but not elabor-
ate equipment. The distillation
methods. by which the ancients Sc
cured. attarEof roses, are within the
reach of every housewife who de-
sires to manufacture her own per-
fume. as an increasing number of
women are doing.
For distilling altar of roses or 9th
er blossoms, take an ordinary tin oil
can and put a cork in the hole in
the top, through which the oil is
supposed to be poured. Have hole
in the cork large enough to admit the
END of four-foot length of copper.
tin or galvanized iron pipe, such as
| can be purchased at any, hardware
store Put pound of freshly gath
cred rose leaves in the can and then
over them pour ieght fluid ounces
of alcohol. Place the can on the
stoye in sauce pan of water. Keep
i the water at boiling point and turn
J the other end Of the tube going into
the cork at the top of the can. into a
glass jar on the table by the stove.
| When the water boils the alcohol in
| the can Is heated. This extracts the
perfume from the flower petals and
! gradually causes distillation through
the tubing into the cool glass jar.
| This is simple form of the process
by which all perfumes are distilled.
Water is used instead Of alcohol
j4by some perfume makers. This pro-
duces what is known as the essen
tial oil of the flowers, which rises
to the top and is skinned off. The
old Persians did the skimming with
a feather. and an oil g1obule the size
of pin point was worth saving when
a pound of it might be worth hun
dreds of dollars.
Another simple manner OF secur-
ling flower perfumes in the home
Kitchen is by absorbing them in fat.
"A shallow plate or pan is coated with
melted suet, which is thickly cover
ed with fresh flower petals. Another
/ pan Is placed over 1t and it is tight
| ly wrapped up in paper for twenty
four hours Then the dead flowers
are taken out and fresh ones sub
stituted, and the process repeated I'M
| til the fat is strongly scented with
perfume The fat is then cut in
small pieces and dropped into a wide
mouthed bottle Of alcohol. The al
/. cohol will absorb the perfume from
1.-THE fat as did the fat. from the flow
sers.
| Odors distilled at home can be
to suit the taste OF the user.
Essential oils. distilled from the
lrinds OF oranges and lemons IN the
i5same manner as from flower petals
lHhave valuable perfume qualities and
figure largely in the perfumer's trade.
land other fra grant plants may also
isbe blended with the flower doors.
The home perfume maker has also
unlimited possibilities in the manu-
!facture OF sachet powders and pastes
| that will supply sweet doors indefi-
Inite1y. Rose petals can be finely
lSnacerated either by a rolling pin or
food chopper. The pulp thus form
ed can be mixed with powdered or
5ris root and any desired spices, with
/ Il few drops of the homemade rose
altar. 1t can be dried in an air
Light. place and may then be crum-
tfbled into powder Or broken into
pieces. It$carries lasting fragrance
lin either case.
| Its claimed that no other people
in the world are so prodigal in the
use of perfumes as Americans. "a
twell-known perfume manufacturer
estimates that the amount OF per-
fume consumed annually In this
country represents an average expen-
diture Of ten dollars for every fam
lily OF five persons. or course this
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