Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1904 — Helps Perfume Trade. [ARTICLE]

Helps Perfume Trade.

“The perfumery business nevdr wa better,” said the perfume dealer th other day. “I sell more perfume tha I ever did before, and I think m heavy sales are due in a large part i > the automobile craze. “You know the odor pmanatlng fro? those gasoline autos is not pleasaw! Lovely woman does her best to over come it by using lots of perfume. Juri take notice the next time an au'i| whizzes by you and see if you don 1 get a good strong whiff of perfini with the gasoline if there is a smarts attired woman in the machine. ,t “Women may be golug in for atl> letics more than ever, but they are gy Ing in for perfumes, too, and the mog expensive kind. “It would surprise you, though, » know how many men have the perfumery habit as well. I think the n«v fancy silk handkerchiefs may hap something to do with that” It