Said a young lady to her hostess: “I want to scent my lace
handkerchief and I have no sachet with me.” The handkerchief
was taken by the lady and placed inside a great rose-jar. “Your
handkerchief will be scented in a few hours and the fragrance
will never depart from it.” And it never did. The lady explained
that the jar had been obtained in China and had been a rose-jar
for generations. But when it came into her possession she
spent a large sum of money on attar of roses to penetrate the
inner glazing of the glass and her object was fulfilled. The
fragrance would never depart from it and was communicated to
any object placed in it for a few hours. Roman Catholic priests
remark that if they can have charge of a child until he is ten
years of age he will never depart from the faith. Certainly the
pervasive influence of the moral atmosphere is a mighty power in
determining character.
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=Character Impugned=--See MODESTY.
=Character in Pictures=--See GENIUS, PORTRAYING.
=Character Like the Diamond=--See REFLECTION OF GOD.