Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — The Crank Cured Her. [ARTICLE]

The Crank Cured Her.

“I used to be very fond of perfumery,” said a £oung lady the other day, "but I don’t use it now. I was cured in a strange way. I was stopping with my family at a summer resort for a few weeks. I had a passion for cojpgnes and floral essences and used to pour a quantity on my handkerchief just before leaving my room. All went well until a crusty old lady who sat at the same table with myself accused mo one morning of indulging in the liquor habit. You could have knocked me down with a feather, but the more I thought of it the more natural seemed the mistake, as I remembered that the basis of all perfumery is alcohol. I tried to make the old lady understand, but she told me 1 couldn’t fool her and advised me to reform before it was too late. She was just horrid, but as I didn't care I to be misjudged again I gave up using perfumes.”