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Show Younger Officers, in Rumanian Army Fond of Perfumes "Isn't She a Perfect Lady?" Ejaculates Briton as One Trips By. BUCHAREST, Dec. 6. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) The Rumanian, at least the city resident, is extremely fond of perfume, scented soap, rouge, cosmetics and other artificial aids to beauty. This applies not only to the women, but to the men. Tho average young Rumanian army officer of-ficer is scented, powdered, rouged and often, it is said, corseted! His habits mark him for a good deaJ of raillery on the part of foreign officers and visitors. In dress he is as faultless as a Beau Brum me! and in manner as polite as a L-ord Chesterfield. He Is seen at his best on Saturday and Sunday afternoons on the Calae Victoria (the Fifth avenue of Bucharest). Dressed in a sky-blue uniform, gaulily trimmed with red, high patent-leather boots with silvered spurs that clink musically mu-sically as he walks, glistening sword at side, white kid gloves and many military decorations, he makes a striking figure. "There she goes," remarked a young British officer with mingled sarcasm and humor. "Isn't she a perfect lady?" |