Show E The h Peculiar liar Health Value of Some of the Perfumes es We Use M Pi e many wise beliefs of the i was one that the secret of o. o nd herbs wa waS conducive to toj I j ith t and d the he prolongation of ot life lite I herbs notably vervain w t. Jt the evil eye The Mosaic r tUIl of nard and frankc frank frank- c Greece set cinnamon gates to n and sui rounded It with a r ver a hundred cubits b broad oad Ii Souls ul swam through and there there- urged r d themselves of earthly gross gross- records five eighty remedies g. g id from odorous rue one forty Ii e was mint two thirty balms ir ft one enty from rom lilies bulb bl seventeen medicaments n nn ng in n the virtue of ot violets s. s Thus It appears that the violet cure for cancer Is among the very new things that science scorned because they were so very old Pure violet essence Is said to be es especially especially es- es suitable to nervous people But It must be obtained from the flowers th themselves not from the chemical im Im- Chemically derived perfumes are irritant poisonous even to persons persons per per- sons of ot especially sensitive tion True flower scents are obtained In three ways First by spreading fresh blossoms upon glass glass' thickly smeared with pure grease letting them stand in 10 inthe the sun and as they wilt replacing them until the Is as fragrant as the flowers second by repeatedly In fusing petals in oil and third by infusing them In ether which Is then distilled in a dry solid As this solid sells for 0 an n ounce it is easy to understand why y y the ether process though far and away the best is not commonly used But the scented I grease and the essence made by steeping steep steep- ing it In pure spirit ar are never cheap After all the scent possible has been extracted extracted ex ex- from the grease it is still fragrant fra grant enough to make the very finest perfumed soap All the scents flower orange water are refreshIng refreshing refresh refresh- ing and in a degree stimulating jf properly ly prepared To make a lasting perfume some animal base Is essential musk or 01 ambergris If the base Is too strong It makes the scent flower curiously Irritant People who feel teel themselves faint in a crowded room are often the victims victims' of several scents simultaneously attacking their nerves A single odor no matter how strong after a a. while deadens the ol olfactory 01 factory nerves whereas a combination keeps them active |