Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1929, Page 41

Furnace Tools FRIES, BEALL & SHARP 734 10th St. NW. Use Cuticura Ointment for all skin troubles RED, rough skin, -ou. itching, feet, chafings, chappings, rashes, itritations, cuts or burns are quickly relieved and healed by ap- plications of Cuticura Ointment. No household should be without it. USE OF PERFUME {|Enforced by Law During Reign of Hammurabi in Babylon. “Chemists are undertaking a ‘new task, it is reported, in seeking to classify perfume odors, but the use of perfumes is exceedingly ancient,” says a bulletin from the hudnuur!en of the National Oegg;uphlc Societ; ' Bible malc-m that perfumes were in vogue among the Hebrews, and in the reign of Hammurabi, the George Washington of Babylon—for Hammu- rabl also was & general, an engineer and administrator—the use of perfume was enforced by law. “In ancient Babylon and Assyria mighty warriors bathed themselves in Yerfumu and wore their hair in care- lully curled, highly scented locks. Moreover, the perfumes were distrib- uted in tiny glass vials and bottles, progenitors of the fancifully shaped bottles of today. Egyptians Ate and Drank Perfume. “Ancient manuscripts and hiero- glyphics on tombs tell of the delight the people of early Egypt found in per- fumes. During one era a day a weck was set aside when the people were asked to perfume themselves entirely. The scents whith they procured from trees and shrubs and aromatic plants would be too strong for modern taste, ‘The most ardent present-day advocate of perfume would be overpowcred by sweet smells if he could visit an ancient Egyptian household in the ay ol the ‘perfume era.’ He would find his food perfumed and his wine perfumed. He would be surrounded by women bathed in perfume and men whose bodles were covered with highly aro- matic unguents. Were he to visit a home of ancient Babylonia he would breathe perfumed air from the aromatic wood burned in the fireplaces in the houses. “Artistic vases of alabaster found in ruins of Greek and Roman settlements were the perfume ‘bottles’ of these peo- ples. Roses were the favorite flower of the Romans and likewise their favorite ONCE MANDATORY f|to certain "t x THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGLON, D. G, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1929. and the scent of roses greeted him when he arose in the morning. Have an Ache? Try Perfume. “The Greeks had a special pmlon perfume. Their poets wrote poem to lt and about it. Only the most cue- less of the Grecian dandies was 50 btless as to bathe himself in but one ind of perfume. It was fashion- able to rub mint on the arms, and many of the other scents recomm were just as ‘highly spiced.’ wines which graced fimr banquet tables meymmlmd roses, violets and hya- “When a Greek found himself worry- ing too much over his troubles, he used a recommended perfume to clear his mind. = Stomachache, headache and various other aches were said to be re- lieved by the application of different flowers and plant scents. The Greek quacks of an ancient day had a full supply of scents to relieve troubles, real or imaginary. Votive offerings to the gods were highly scenfed and clouds of incense arose from the "Grecian altars. o Rosemary. Beautified Hungary's Queen. “Perfumes were introduced into Spain Lthe Arabs. Southern Arabia, the Sheba of the anclents, was the chief source of sugply for the trees and plants Which yielded the perfumes of the Egyptians and Greeks and Romans, and the {er(umefl of Araby’ were not mere license but actual fact. Perlumee were brought to Eurobe grad- ually, but it was not until about the middie of the sixteenth century that they became almost universally popu= lar. A still popular scent, water of Hungary, was first distiled from rose- mary in the fourteenth century. Queen Elizabeth of Hungary, a conscientious user of this scent, was kept miracu- lously beautiful until & ripe old age by its application, according to sume early writers, ‘The popularity of scented gloves was & factor in spreading the use of per- fume in Europe. France and Italy were especlally partial to the sweet scents, while in England, as rxn luc’lenb Grecce, s of perfumes were ascribed remedial and leduc'.lve wert One earnest citizen pe! ned Pari ment, in the latter hlll flf the e eenth century, to inflict the punish- ment for witchcraft on women who en- tranced men into marriage by using perfumes, “About the time this bill was intro- duced the famous and infamous Caglios- tro was selling his magic perfumes and love potions to the court beauties of France and England. Cagliostro, an alchemist, whose real name was Bal- samo, posed as an Italian count. With & beautiful and unscrupulous wife_he wealth and noteflety, in the Mexicans to See Maneuvers. Capt. Samuel C. Rojas, Mexican mili- tary attache, and Capt. Juan Beristan, nis assistant, have been authorized by the Becretary of War to attend the Cavalry maneuvers in the vicinity of E1 during the remainder of this | regardin munlexpll forests. 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