Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1914 — Housewifely Hints. [ARTICLE]

Housewifely Hints.

Now is the time to hang fresh bag* of lavender In one’s wardrobp and lay it plentifully among personal and household linen. Tiny sachets of it sewn into one's garments not only exude a delicious fragrance wherever one moves, but are an excellent preventive of infection. Lavender 1* the favorite perfume of both Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary, who get a large consignment, freshly distilled for them, from Mitcham each year and use it in great quantities. All the cushions in the queen mother’s boudoir are filled with a certain amount of new lavender every summer, sq that the room is always full of the delicate English perfume.