Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1913 — LAVENDER AGAIN IN FAVOR [ARTICLE]

LAVENDER AGAIN IN FAVOR

Pleasant Scent So Popular Some Years Ago Taken Up by the Present Generation. Who does not love the faint per* fume of lavender flowers? In past generations the delicate purple blossoms, dried in the sun, were used aP most entirely by our grandmothers for perfuming their fine linen, their gowns and even their hats. Linen chests were not complete without their small bags of lavender laid between the sheets and pads of lavender between the folds of table cloths and napery. Chests where al) the lovely hand-made lingerie was kept, where the prospective bride stored the articles of her trousseau as they were finished, one by one. were plentifully supplied with lavender blossoms tied up in neat little linen bags. Then, for some reason, the fashion of perfuming with lavender went out and the more pungent and heavier scents were used. But now, with the return of fashions of other days, the vogue for lavender is with us again Truly fastidious women now have their clothing laid between pads of lavender, and pinned in the front of their gowns is a small sachet, covered with silk or linen embroidered to match the color ribbon used in the lingerie. Twelve inches of three-inch wide ribbon that has been cut in half, then sewed together on the selvage edge and fringed out on the ends, then filled with dried lavender flowers, makes the prettiest kind of a corsage sachet Little bags or flap pads of handkerchief linen, having some dainty blossoms or a pretty spray of flowers embroidered upon them, are nice for the linen chest, or to put in the drawers of the bureau where underclothing or blouses are kept. Embroidered handkerchiefs, folded over in envelope fashion, then stitched In place, make pretty sachets when filled with lavender, in fact, any small pieces of silk, ribbon or fine linen can be utilized for this purpose. Lavender flowers are quite inexpensive; the woman with a slender purse can afford sachets of this kind, and they make delightful gifts for the holiday season.