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Show Talks That Are Helpful l "I consider perfume a necessity," aald the dainty womun, "and not a luxury." There may be many who disagree with her, hut It cannot be gainsaid that the toilet water at least ranks next to ?oap and tooth powder In the list of toilet requisites; and. furthermore, far from being extravagance to buy the best. It Is economy rather, for the better tho essence tho less one need use ami the more lasting last-ing and agreeable it Ls. In fact, a cheap essence Is the height of vulgarity, and repels re-pels Instead of attracting. ' PROPRIETY OF PERFUMERY, j 0 Toilet waters, perfumes, scouted soaps and face powders should bo of ono odor when used at one time. Woo to the woman who mixes them. Of course, one is .not bound lo kcop to the same odor day after day! Ono may have half't dozen different kinds at hand and vary them, but let it bo between halhs. ' Never, never, never attempt lo use a second kind on the some handkerchief or linen, or even on one's Derson, without certainly washing ofr the first. Thoso who spray the hair with perfume or toilet water should remember that alcohol alco-hol (to be found in all these pieparatlons) has a drying effect, and each woman should consider whether her hair can stand It. Those who wish tb try It may use the ordinary atomizer for it. The perfume sponge bath is only for thosa with a fairly oily skin or ono given to moisture, nnd these will find It thoroughly delightful with the effect replacing re-placing tho use of talcum powder. Following the warm bath wring out a Turkish wash cloth In hot water. Spray i this moist wasli cloth with perfume and draw tho cloth over the body as Is done with the towel. The now use of sachets is to moisten a fresh litlc cotton or linen or silk pad with perfume and baste It in the garters andunothor In the corsage or sleeves near the wrists where the sleeves are thick H enough to hide the pad. A tlowcry scent H is in this way obtained not had by the use of sachet. H Sachet scattered in personal linen or left ojhmi in a Jar in the boudoir is pleasant and, if of good quality, refreshing. Prob- H ably the best is one composed of French nnd Oriental blossoms and put up by an American firm. The sachet has a French nume, Tout Mon Jardln, which, trans-lated. trans-lated. Is "all my garden." Skin sachets aro the novelty of tho sea son. These are soft, velvety powders which arc rubbed into rhc skin and im- H part their fragrance to it, replacing per-fume. per-fume. They come In but three odors. All perfumes arc either what the Httlc boy called "bouquet flavors" or simple flower flavors. The latter are generally used, though it is merely a matter of in-dividuallty in-dividuallty and not fashion ut the present j time. Neither docs mode dictate any par-ticular par-ticular scent. )H Those who uso violet may bo warned that placing it near the heat or strong light will bring about a chemical change IH In Its color and fragrance, and ono not to IH be desired. IH In purchasing (olle. waters and per-fumes per-fumes It Is well lo know that the color bas nothing to do with its quality. Often a colorless perfume will be strong and durable while one of deep tint may have IH little fineness and sweutness. With either IH the colorless or the timed, one should jH bewaro any ruthless sprinkling on gowns or laces slnco the stains aro not always removable. jH QUALITY NOT QUANTITY. j Ono new perfume, Three Flowers, Is odd. Composed of threo different flowers, it gives different effects at different On the whole there aro not many novel-tics novel-tics In this line to be had, however, as France, supreme in this realm of man-ufacture, man-ufacture, has been loo much occupied with Its great war to create much from the wealth of flowers which has hitherto yielded so freely to the perfumery chem- :!!!!: |