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Show CHEAP PERFUMES. Some of the oources From Which Musk Is Obtained. (From tho Philadelphia Record ) Most woman who Indulge freely in tho use of cheap perfumes do not know of what they are compounded Tho principal Ingredient of low-priced perfumes is musk, animal musk, which Is obtained from sooral creatures Tho muskrat Is probably the best known of picse. and a few decades ago tho wIvob and sweethearts of men who set traps around ditches and ponds In the countryside carried proudly tho bags of musk obtained from thl6 source. As an nrticlo of commerce the musk supplied by several sev-eral varieties of civet catfl Is prob-ahlv prob-ahlv tnc best known today The odor In strong and sweet. The strength Is the particularly noticeable fenturo and ls tho reason why it Is tho foundation of the perfumes. In tho small mam mal housos at the Zoological Gardens aro two sizes of civets, ana any ono with an Investigating turn or mind may stand near tho cages and catch tho musky odor The musk is used in the cheap perfumes, per-fumes, as only a little ls needed, to give a mobt lasting odor to an ounce of perfumery, but the musk itself In not cheap and It Is ono oi the duties of the attendant of tho mammal house to collect 1L It Is then sold through regular channels and ls ono of the sources of revenue to tho zoo, although al-though a small one. |