Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02
Color and Complexion-A Study for Ladies.

Color and CompleX1on-A Study tor LADIES.
RED DRApERY-Rose-red cannot be put
in contact with the rosiest complexion with
out causing them to lose some of their fresh
ness. Dark-red is less Objectionable for
certain compilations than those rose-red,
because, being higher than this latter, ii
tends to impart whiteness to them in con-
sequence of contrast of tone.
GREEN DRApERY-A delicate green is, on
the contrary, favorable to all fair COM
plexions which are deficient in rose, and
which may have more impaired to them
without inconvenience. But it is not as
favorable to compilations that are more red
than rosy, nor to those that have tint OF
orange mixed with brown, because the red
they add to this tint will be of a brick red
hue. In the latter case dark green will
be less Objectionable than delicate green.
YELLOW DRApERY.-YeIlow imparts
violet to a fair skin, and in this view it is
less favorable than the delicate green. To
those skins which are more yellow than
orange it imparts white; but this combina-
ton is very dull and heavy for fair COM
plexon. When the skin is tinted more with
orange than yellow, we can make it roseate
by neutralzing the yellow. 1t produced
this effect upon the black haired type, and
it is thus that it suits brunettes.
| VIOLET DRAPER1Es-Violet, the compile
mentary of yellow produces contrary effects;
thus it imparts some greenish yellow to fair
complexions. 1t augments the yellow tint
of yellow and orange skins. The little blue
there may be in complexion it makes
green. Violet, then, is one of the least ia
| vorable colors to the skin, at least, when it
is not sufficiently deep TO whiten it by con-
tras1 of tone.
BLUE DRApERY.-Blue imparts orange,
which is susceptible of allyng itself favo-
rable o'white and the light flesh tint of fair
compilations, which have already more or
less determined tint of this color. Blue is
| then, suitable to most blondes, and in this
case justities its reputation. 1t will not
suit brunettes, since they have already too
much of the orange.
ORANGE DRAPERY.-Orange is too brilliant
to be elegant; it makes fair compilations
blue, whitens those which have an orange
tint, and gives green hue to those of a
yellow tint.
WHITE DRApERT.-Draperyo of lustreless
white, such as cambria muslin, asserts
we'll with fresh complexion, of which it
to compilations which have disa agreeable
tint, because white always exalts all colors by
raising their tone, consequently it is insult
able to those skins which, without having
their disagreeable tint, very nearly approach
it, Very light white draperies, such as
muslin plated or point lace have all entire.
ly different aspect
BLACK DRAPERY.-Black Draperies, low
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are in juxtaposition whiten the skin; but if
the yermillion Or rosy parts are to certain
point distant from the drapery, it will follow
that, although lowered in tone, they appear
relatively TO the white parts of the skin
contiguous to this same drapery, redder
than if the contiguity to the black did not
exist.-Harmony Of colors, by d. E. Chevrem.
A WHALE SToRY.-Nearly three years
since, in company with over one hundred
other passengers, sailed in the ship Ply
mouth, Capt. Paulson, from San Francisco to
Reaejo A few days out we fell in with a
whale some sixty to seventy feet long, and
which kept us company twenty.four days,
and only left US when we got on soundings
CLOSE to our port of destination. This
whale, most Of the time, kept directly under
the ships bottom, and so close, that on sew
eral occasions the keel must have touched
him as we could see that his back was
scratched by the copper. He would come
up to blow every twenty to thirty minutes,
ranging a few rods from the ship-almost
always to the windward-and then resume
his position under the keel; and whether
we went fast or slow it was all the same to
him. On going down he would almost in-
yariably come within two rods of the ship,
with his head opposite the mainmast, and
slowly settle to his place, his fukes being
even with the rudder. On one occasion we
lay becaImed for two or three days. with
two other vessels about half mile off, Our
whale paid them visit of an hour or two
each day, but always came back to his
quarters. After he had been with US five
or six days we got tired of his company. |
and an attempt was made to drive him off |
BY firing into him and few days after the
effort was repeated, but he would not leave
us. Thirty or forty heavy rife balls were
fired into him, some of which struck him in
his blow hole, and drew blood, but all to no
effect; and except on one occasion, when |
ball hit him at the bottom ola spur on the |
back. when he gave slight shiver.) we
could not perceive that he felt them. al
'houSu iHa!iy ol the pails Struck MIN Wnen |
not more than two or three rods from the |
ship. On the days after the shooting, at
every shot-hole would appear a small white
bulb, but in three or four more days he
would show no signs of having been injured.
During the passage we were close to many
other whales, but our achale paid not the
slightest attention to them. Persons on
board who professed TO know, called this a
Sulphur Bottom Whale, whether correctly |
or not, cannot say.-Exchange
MA. souLE.-The Washington Union of
the 18th, has the subjoined semi
official statement of the revocation by the
French Government of the order of prohibit
ton relative to Mr.. Soue:
The Order Denying Mr.. Soule Passage