National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-26
C0l0rs for Evening Dress,

y A lady Of taste, says fashion Journal,
will not forget thai colors change accord
: ing rs they are looked at by day or by
lamp-light. and we see her in the middle
of the day stepping into a closed saloon
lit up with gas to choose her evening
dresses.
A rule soon learned by experience in
such things is that color a,lino or lusDe
III beauty by daylight according to the
greater OF lesser quantity OF yellow it
contains, Violet, which is the opposite
Of yellow, is that which changes most ;
it becomes dull redish- brown Blue,
If pure becomes ereenish; ii dark, il
LOOKS bard and blackiah il light, it
/ loses color, and turns gray. There is
shade OF blue which has no brilliance by
day, but acquires great dead by the
yellow light OF gas, while iHrq9oiSe silks,
charming by daylight, are quite cfacee
under the lamp of ballroom.
Those greens which incline most to
yellow look the prettiest OF an evening
thus apple green acquires the brilliant
tints OF emerald peacock green loses
its blue reflects, and becomes too yellow
ish. Yellow materials are certainly those
which appear best by lamp-ight, espec-
tally silks and satins. Buttercup yellow,
so bright at any time, is brighter than
ever OF an evening straw-color becomes
roster, sulphur-colo, does not change,
and maize becomes e.quisitely soft and |
clear. All brunettes know how extreme
ly becoming it is to them in the ball
room.
Pink charges to salmon-color The
yellow light Of gas or candies, so hostile
TO all blue tints, enhances the splendor
OF red. Ruby becomes more brilliant,
nacarot appears lighter, cerise deepens
to crimson, and crimson inclines to ca
paclne, which itself assumes a more or
ange-hke tone, and orange vies with fire
color.
Even black and white are subject to
the alteration caused by artificial hight
blush blacks, by lar the most handsome
by day, lose all their beautiful blue
shade, and become hard and dull.
White on the contrary, gains much by
if faded, it lights up again,
and actresses often choose yellowish. {
white dresses, knowing they viii look !
best on the stage. Perhaps the loveliest
of all shades for the evening is silver
gray, which acquires n somewhat ROSY |
tint; but erays which contain any amount {
of blue, such as pearl gray, lose all their
beauty and look dull as soon as lamps
lle lit {
THE GORDON CAsE.--It is said by q |
New York paper that George Gordon, {
whose case is attracting so much atten- Z
ion, first won the confidence Of Mr.. Bel |
len, Of Fisk & Belden, by displaying c
,aucers of diamonds ana old silver that J
lad been bought in Chatham street. t
Horace Greeley was next caught through n
Loomis's friend Sears Greeley intro a
luced Tom Scott, and Scott introduced n
lay Gould. Gordon broached great L
scheme of consolidating the Erie and v
New York Central to the railroad kings,
md they were to have a bridge across
he Hudson and a great depot in West
hester county. Vanderbilt dld not take
hand in, but operated through his SON =
n-faw, Horace L. Clark. They all got o
he idea tina, Gordon controlled the CITY il
,ress, especially the HeraH, because Fl
lanes Gordon Bennett FUSED to be one n
# our tenants and took our family
lama The shares OF Ere were given 81
. bay land in Westchester for the big T
snsolidation depot When Gould found o
le was sold and that Gordon would not r,
etuIn the stock he had him arrested, t.
nd l.. Roberts signed his bail for S37,- b
90 and Hoiace T. Clark went security. d
he end is not yet. Meanwhile Mr.. p
iordon is living in seclusion. a
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