The Jewish Manual: Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette

fifty drops of oil of tartar. * * * * * HUNGARY WATER. Put into a bottle one pint of spirits of wine, one gill of water, and half an ounce of oil of rosemary; shake well together. * * * * * LAVENDER WATER. Take three drachms of English oil of lavender, spirits of wine one pint; shake in a quart bottle, then add one ounce of orange flower-water, one ounce of rose-water, and four ounces of distilled water; those who approve of the musky odour which lavender water sometimes has, may add three drachms of essence of ambergris or musk. * * * * * ESSENCE OF ROSES. Put into a bottle the petals of the common rose, and pour upon them spirits of wine, cork the bottle closely, and let it stand for three months, it will then be little inferior to otto of roses. * * * * * ESSENCE OF LAVENDER. Is prepared according to the above recipe, the lavender being substituted for the roses. * * * * * SCENT BAGS. Small bags filled with iris root diffuses a delicate perfume over drawers, &c. A good receipt for a scent-bag is as follows: two pounds of roses, half a pound of cyprus powder, and half a drachm of essence of roses; the roses must be pounded, and with the powder put into silk bags, the essence may be dropped on the outside. * * * * * ESSENCE OF MUSK. Mix one dram of musk with the same quantity of pounded loaf sugar; add six ounces of spirits of wine; shake together and pour off for use. * * * * * OIL OF ROSES. A few drops of otto of roses dissolved in spirits of wine forms the _esprit de rose_ of the perfumers--the same quantity dropped in sweet oil forms their _huile antique a la rose_. CHAPTER II. The Hair. All stimulating lotions are injurious to the hair; it should be cut every two months: to clean it, there is nothing better than an egg beaten up to a froth, to be