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Show Hj 1 1 ,4 Husbands Spoiled, Bachelor Girls Made, j Hj',1 1 By Using Certain Kinds of Perfume. jzi h'M St. Louis Globe-Democrat. i j t VjAt.a.tlmc when so many women, t;i young and' attractive, are left lonely, li ! ' ...and deploring the fact that the men. of )' '' i . 'the day are not matrimonially Inclined, Li -.it may not be nmisw to mention ono of j' , the causes for thin celibacy as assumed ' ii v liy a learned professor from that coun- 1 'ii-y whence comes much light and I . 'gaming'. F i 'Germany presumably stands next to !j ' ii England as an exponents of the bcau- '' lies and advantages of the purely home I I "I1 life, and that hard times, matrimonially J I Speaking, should be sufficiently recog- 1 I ' ;nlzed to be discussed Berlously In a f I ''"country where the quiverful Is not a 'I " matter of dread' Is distinctly interost- ! ' tng. Prof. Jaeger, that famous hygienic J ''prophet to whom we owe thai comforta- J0bio but hideous" undenvear of pure wool, attributes the crisis lit the modern mar-i mar-i miage market from which we are suf- ferine not only to tho general luxury of . ihe day, but especially to the excessive use of perfume, which has become one of tho necessities of life, and which v mose men dislike. Perfumes or odors, as tho French more correctly call them, the word perfume per-fume having originally meant a scent I obtained only from the combustion, of "aromatic wooda and gums, not only , r greatly affect the olfactory organs, but tho entire nervous system as well, to .which they act in some cases as a , strong stimulant. In the extra sensitive, however, they are often prejudicial, and a bad' head-- head-- ache Is frequently a result Probably, however, few people have ever suspected that the scent of musk, whether the odor be derived" from the musk deer, the pretty, old-fashioned ( pot-plant, with Its simple yellow flow- ,, era, or the chemical substitute had ! anything to do with that unwillingness i to marry which- Is one of those difficult ( questions which modern governments ! at census tlmo periodically have seri ously to consider. II ' Musk Kepulses the Lover. Yet Dr. Jaeger informs us that as i' 1 long ago as the eighteenth century It I , was discovered that the scent of musk ) n - had "been known to have dire effects, be- Ing particularly disliked by men, and ' that, coming from one beloved, It had 4-ven been proved to change affection into aversion. 1 . He quotes a case in which two pas- slonate lovers had actually been eter- nally separated as a consequence of a ' ""little musk on the lady's handkerchief. ' Unfortunately, the German professor does'not give us Just those details of the ! story that wpuld have been Interesting 1 as well as useful for musk, like patchouli, iy from Its durability used as the base of many of our moat popular s-cents; and it would be as well for our young girls thoroughly to understand the matter. Hl It is a matter of regret that this sub-ject sub-ject should not have come before the ' I public before, for the heart saddens when it considers the thousands of J maidens doomed in past ages to per- Hl ( petual spinsterhood, all for the want of ' a little guidance in the choice of what f was once known as "toilet water." Without a knowledge of the end to H . Dr. Jaeger's interesting story, a. man is H(1u left to wonder whether the beloved used l the fatal perfume unconsciously, and ' ' merely with the desire to render her- self more attractive, being left to pine .-.way In single blessedness, marveling HJ l Why Adolphus had ceased to love her; j vhether she was driven to employ it dc- 1 ' y llberately, as the last means of getting H; ' r'd of an unwelcome suitor, or whether Hr f the wily Adolphus did not perhaps hlm- H r v elf contrive that sho should use the I fatal odor in order that In the eyes of ' z his friends he would be well Justified in I .,. breaking the engagement! 1 All these arc points which the learned ' German doctor should be compelled to Hr make clear In the Interests of a declln- j i Ing population. Perfume Conducive to Divorce. Hj Dr. Jaeger cites another case also I which may throw a new and astonish-Hji,, astonish-Hji,, . Ing light on the persistent demand of H. 1 '! the day for Judicial separation between H husbands and wives, and the Increasing HL ( growth of divorce cases. The story t should be seriously studied by all mar- Hi i J ried couples, who may possibly find Hj i, 1 (herein the true cause of any domestic Hr i unhappluess. H' ,1 A young German couple loved one an- H) ""'I other- in that rapturous style which ' (. makes "the honeymoon and how not to 1 conduct It" an object lesson for all Eu- ' Suddenly the absorbing devotion of Carl for his Dorothea cooled (and this it before even pessimists would allow the H , y K)salbillty), changed to Indifference, 'j ;:nd ended in evident repulsion. Nelth- t er .could understand the cause. I I Carl would gaze at Dorothea and j ' wonder why her llaxen hair no longer ) looked to him gold, why her pale blue H' l7es no longer seemed to resemble- vlo- H " j 'ots, and why her plump ahort figure H1 ippeared no more to be the model for H , pocket Venus. , i Dorothea wept her pretty eyes out, J and tried with various feminine arts to HTi J v-'in back the errant, fancy of her lord .md master. The traces of crying she hid with a new face powder, and put on ' her smartest frock. Notwithstanding, i the bridegroom's repulsion was growing ' to violent hatred, when accident rc- Hl vcalcd the cause. H . Going to a wardrobe In which his wife j i , kept musk, the sensitive bridegroom fainted away. A doctor was called, and j it was then found that Dorothea has been using perfume In which musk- pre- :3 dominated, and that this was also j lurgely used in the face powder. Tol- 1,1 let accessories were given up, and Carl H,; 'ind Dorothea were once more the lov- 1 , mg couple of olcL On such small things H , ' llocs tne happiness of a lifetime hang. . I s Animal Perfume Repugnant. j The reason given by Dr. Jaeger for 1 I the peculiar dislike most men 'have to H ' i musk Is that only vegetable scents, such ' 'ose, violet, illy, etc., are agreeable I H I 1 ; to the masculine mind; while others ' H ! """ch as ambergris, civet, castor, known ' s animal perfumes, are particular Hi !;j I odor is so potent as musk, and Ita i jt.ij power of penetration is such that pol- 'f! ished metal inclosed wl,th it in a box, 1 l v et not even touching it, will become ll :'j T u-ongly Impregnated, while a few H rl ' 'IrPs of musk placed on a sensitive I , ,i I cale will In a year or so Jill a large it i ll' While considering the question of l I j perfume It may be a.s well to remind h 5, iifyentors that there Is a fortune walt- j , 1 lag for him who can reproduce the re- H i freshing briny odor of the sea, the H' Iff I grateful and healing fragrance of the i ii Pine woods or that peculiarly dellght- j hi e lul, sweet breath which mother earth l,lf yields ufter warm rain. Hl ' As far 33 musk Is concerned, now i ' 'I l. that we ere forewarned as to the evil 'M ilj ,. consequence of using it, it will be easy for the unwed who nvfe lovers of sweet odors to relievo the depression in the marriage market by choosing some other oth-er perfume. Having- given the remedy, we can look, forward jvlth confident certainty cer-tainty to a new boom in the, marriage market. ' ' |