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SUNDAY. MOV KM m TUB H ANNEB-HERAI.T), ATHENS. GEORGIA PAGE FOUR Pimple, i - Coat ir> §!E!^VaCE WITTO H@HiU 0N(£r MEN^ atfrtzcle < hen> °£ Nam* From left to right at top—Armenian children at Camp Wilson; Reading and Game Room at Y. M. C. A«, Brno, /Czechoslovakia; a pyramid of Latvian boys at Riga; at bottom—Townspeople enjoying a dance and social time at the Y. M. C. A., Riga, Latvia; The Boy Stouts of Esthonia had a tent of their own at their national agricul tural fair; Armenian orphans under the care of the “Y” and Near East Relief; Cageball at the “Y” Playground, Bucarest, Roumania. a session of the League of Na- that the welfare work pi the Amer- ns.” In religious ideals they ican people during the war has Acd. und the solvent for age-old divi- Welfare work for fighting mentis- ms. closed a whole new range of interna- This Czechoslovak convention is tional service. It became, as it were,, lieved to have been the first non- a conveyor of social ideals from litical meeting ever held in that one nation to another, untry of the chief opposing racial There is a higher motive, it is So it is that this welfare work has opened up new channels through which the good will of the American people can flow to other nations. There is nothing that holds mom promise for the future than the fact that there exists throughout the world today activities of a humaniz ing character inspire*) and guided by American agencies. The future of the new-born na tions, or of t’ e older ones for that matter, is not primarily a questions of statesmen, of balance of power and ideal boundaries; it is a future of men and women whose ways are human and whose- problems are human problems; and in the final issue these men and women will be set on the path toward a better so ciety not by laws and regulations,' not by books or sermons, but by the irresistible force of lives devoted without limit to personal service for IMPLK "EASY T APRON STYLE with band/ng of black b!ai here shown. This Is a so* /or ainsham. rubberised clot! crepe or sateen. The pattern Is cut In foi Small, medium, large ant lualnt French City “Says It With Flowers” and Turns Scents Into Dollars. ko. Nirrt* i Street and No. City SOMETIMES the American me- ^ chanlc who only makes one motor -car a day, or the American farmer who grows only forty bushels of wheat tooths acre, or the builder who turns out only one bungalow a week, may feel that life rue vea pretty slowly. Occasionally the Impulse prob ably comes to him really to get down to work and produce some thing. How would It strike him to grow, pick, and prepare 200 pounds of rose petals just to make One ounce of perfume? If he Is interested be can probably find a place In Grasse, the vanity case of the world. In the Maritime Alps of France. For 400 years the buslnass'of the people of Grasse has been turning scents into dollars, by dlstlUlnf the souls of flowers. That is the story just brought to America by M. .Fernand Java!, master perfumer. Javal Is presi dent of Houblgsnt, Inc. Hts visit to America haa the asms pur pose as that recently paid by Clemenceau—the establishment of sweeter relations b*?wee2 this country and France.' | An Industry 400 Years Old. . This city of Grasse—pronounced * grass, as in lawn—has been making perfume since 1500. It contributed to the charms of the hoity-toity ladies wbo at various times mes- , merited Louis XIV into spending ' more money than even a King should spend—and thereby assisted in bringing on the French Revo- J lotion. X | Revolutions come and kings go. ■ bat ladies go right on mesmerising. message of youth,Jove and happi- This Is the story brought to America by M. Javal, master per- fumer. There are not more than flve master perfumers in the world. There are more than flve kings, and more than flve presidents, but master perfumers!—no. To them all the millions of gratified noses are Indebted for their rarest experienoee. For to a nose the meeting with an exquisite odor is equivslent to the sight of an artist's masterpiece to the eye, or the sound of a great symphony to the sar.. Artists and composers get more credit for their concep tions Jhan perfumers, Java! ad mits, but he doesn’t feel quite right about it He objects strenuously to being termed a chemist Re says ha is not a chemist, nof are other per fumers. gardeners to leirn, and jkrhlch the peasants share only with the earth which they tllL Ancient Distilling Method. Tho growing and picking of the flowers represent only a step in stills. This is the most ancient method. Their fathers, and their father’s fathers, did It all before them. A more remarkable transition Is followed in the factories of Grasse, in this-method the delicate, wist ful breath of the flowers Is pre pared for the kerchief of the American lady through the medium of fat The petals are packed 'n this fat, which extracts the frag rance. When the flowers have given all that is best in them to live, anil the fat is "charged” to the limit of absorbtion, it Is bathed in alcohol. Three separate baths separate, the fht from Its precious burden. Then another separation Is'accomplished, and the perfume oil, wopth hundreds of dollars a pound, is obtained free of forefgn substance. It Is the concentrated essence of millions of 1 petals. In dilution It becomes the charge of the stoppered phials on the boudoir table—the charm of women and tho charmer of men—the invisible They know ‘ nothing of chemlstryr They know the art of perfume. * Perfumer* Unlike Musician*. "The most dlfflcult of arts,” he said. “It is not like music. The musician has notes, definite and scientific rules of harmony. The • Gilliams Service. N. T. blossoms, narcissi, jonquils, fuch sias, hyacinths, tuberoses, carna tions, May lilies— they are all there, in profusion equalled nowhere else. Now, as always, good perfumes t re the breath of flowers. They are tie distillations which make the souls of flowers immortal. By a marvelous secret alchemy, the 'mygterioys processes of nature! they are taken from earth and air and sunlight. They are the price less tribute of the flowers in valley and on mountainside to the wo men of the cities. t The flowers of Grasse do not prow wild—at least most of them do not. They are cultivated for their fragrance, just as flowers. ripple ot low laughter, a breath of perfume—they are aa potent as ever. 8o Grasse, steeped in scents and sentiment, still pursues its ancient occupation. » The city command* a fan-shaped valley between the mountains and the Mediterranean. It la a valley without winter. it flowers are always blooming. End to end, it la a garden. Old mea and old wwmen, young men nnd boy* and glrla go into the flelde and climb tb« mountain aides before the tun la np, to find the flowers before the dew la gone. By hand they pick the myriad petals. The dew holds the fresh- mw of the flowers, and their There baa never been a union of the flower-pickers, or a strike among them. As well imagine a strike among the harpists of the angelic orchestra! They are paid from twenty-five to fifty francs a kilo—two pounds—tor picking the blossoms. Their tastes are simple. Their culture is the culture of flowers, their success, assured in contentment, is profound and satis fying. Twenty-flVe to fifty Trencs a kilo buys all that they need >> buy. Flowers in Profusio . Variation of the rate of payment depends on the rarity or popularity if the blossoms being gathered. Grasse grows more than roses. Jasmine, violets, mimosa, orange sweetness, for the perfume bottles. Ever weigh s rone petal on pour finger? It is almost as faint and fleeting as the delicate odor It ex hales. Yet its .weight is crushing as compared with that of the oil tp It, from which the perfume comes. Two hundred pounds of petals to make an ounce of oil! How utany petals in a pound? It is a problem which probably even the flower- pickers of Grasse cannot ansWer. They are not mathematicians, 'rttey are children, with child's play as their life work. They do not count tho petals, or the hours, and Wren the years pass gently at Grasse, season flowing almost imperceptl- bljjgto season. perfumer has.nothing tangible. “He sets out to create something. i He senses what result may develop J from putting this odor with that • odor iu such and such proportions. He-brings Into existence sohtething new, that has never before greeted/ / signed-pair ef ron or girl » mads t» shrw, or lo two P« i it Us roost convew r washing and trot ImiVirtant lt**m in BitiyVof families ' rs keep clean ■ Any chance wind, stirring among | the dancers on a ballroom floor, or > rustling among tho flappers on an {American city street, boars testl- , many that methods haY* not . changed. j JL smile, a aldalong glance, the