Show SWEETENING THE BREATH Simple Devices For Filling the Mouth With a Vague Yet Delicious Perfume Per-fume The charm of an agreeable breath consists in the fact that there Is nothing noth-ing noticeable about it only somehow there is always a subtle clean fragrance fra-grance In the atmosphere surounding the person who pays due attention to the inward as well as the outward man There Is nothing that so nearly suggests sug-gests this atmosphere as the delightful days tramp in the country one sinks to sleep under grassbleached sheets with I the scents of the fields still lingering I I about them Such bed linen as thl3 has I always been died in the open air and I t upon Inquiry it will he discovered it has beenfoided IRY with sprigs or 1 bass of oldfashioned lavender scattered i scat-tered between If one seeks for the reason for this same odor ot cleanliness cleanli-ness about certain people it will be found that after all it comes from the very prosaic fact that both breath and person are as clean as the wellwashed sheets and It is only after this purity has been attained that the linen is ready for the lavender or the person for the use of perfumes That most hideous thing bad breath is in almost every case to be traced to the teeth In proof of this statement Is Is only necessary to draw attention to the fact that people who have no teeth but those provided bi the dentist seldom have disagreeable breath and In the rare cases where this is noticed in toothless babies it is banished at once by some simple medicine medi-cine Cleanse the mouth thoroughly after first brushing the teeth The very best mouth washes may now be bought In tablet form one or two of these will make sufficient wash to last a week and must be kept on the stand as Inevitably In-evitably as tooth brush or powder A thorough washing and gargling with this wash and a positive knowledge that here is not the slightest suspicion of decay about the teeth and one may then make sure of a sweet breath bv the use of cachona made as follows Dissolve three ounces of licorice extract ex-tract in the some measure of cold water wa-ter Two small saucepans or tin cups one larger than tho other arranged like a double boiler with boiling water outside Is necessary When the licorice is dissolved add half an ounce of gum arabic and and one of catechu Allow it to boil away to twothirds then add a drachm each of mastic cascarilla charcoan and orris root The latter is for fragrance while most of the other ingredients are sweetening and cleanIng Ing These are to be pounded to a pOwder pOw-der before adding to the other ingredients ingredi-ents Afterward stir still with the boiling water in the outside vessel allowing al-lowing the whole to boil down until It Is of proper consistency to roll into pellets pel-lets All of these materials are so simple sim-ple and inexpensive that for a very small outlay any druggist will weigh them out For a change a few cents worth of whole cubebs are cleansing and sweetening sweet-ening for the breath two or three of these well chewed and swallowed will leave a pungent pleasant taste In the mouth and give to the breath an agreeableness not at all suggestive of doctorinsr Orris root should always form an ingredient f in-gredient in successful cachons it suggests sug-gests violets and is the subtlest < > id most successful perfume to bn Srrtalned If it is always made sxZ > that It Is fresh Before buying i eak a bit in two and if moist and there Is a slight suggestion sug-gestion of dZftiD violets all Is well Do not expect any but a slight odor this comes out only after the root Is broken in small bits and soaked in spirits 11 grated like horseradish frt will yield its perfume still more effectually A very simple but effectual sweetener of the breath is root licorice As it leaves such an awkward quid which cannot be swallowed it does not take the place of cachous which melt In the mouth but if while putting the lost touches to the toilet a goodsized bit of this is nibbled it gives a very agreeable aroma to the breath The writer once stood on a street corner In close confab with a group of girls Incoming in-coming rather close to one of them In the desire to catch a whispering bit of 11 f nf t3 gossip a faint odor of violets I was perceptible per-ceptible Not a sign of this flower appeared ap-peared upon any of the party so with a sniff of pleasure the question was asked Who has violets on this bleak day when they are worth their weight in gold Im the culprit was the reply from one of the party but its the odor without the flower and she took from her muff a bit of stick nibbled nib-bled at the ends Only this and nothing noth-ing more It need not be added that every girl of that party became a confirmed I con-firmed REBEKAH nibbler 03 UNDERWOOD c I |