How to Make the Best Rose Pillows.
The rosea chosen must be as perfect as possible, all withered, scentless petals being discarded. They are cured much in' the same manner as those for jar use. They must in no oase be dried in the hot -sub, bnt spread out upon a board or some other fiat surface, where there is dim light and no intense heat. As in the oaBO of the jars also, they are treated with common salt, which, is at first laid in layers and afterward thoroughly mixed througH
There is a preparation known as Japanese potpourri, which comes at very reasonable prices. A small quantity of this mixed with the leaves imparts a sweet, mystic odor, which, added to the fragrance of summer roses, makes a delicious pillow. It may be, of course, of any covering whatever, but the petals should first of ell be inclosed in a lining of thin material. With a rose pillow in her den any woman is warranted a siesta with sweet dreama She who is insensible to its sweet influence is in a fair way to become the inmate of a sanitarium.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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