, 1872-10-19
THEHEAD DRESS.


Mr. M. r. da"els III the oePteWpeE uunluer
Of st. Paurs, discourscs again very pleasantly OF
"Head Dresses, ~ and this time Of "Color.", He
treats Of this topic in manner to Interest the
ladies very greatly. A color suitable for dress
may not do for the head, is his opening axiom.
Blue has always been fayorite color, yet it is
not easy to account for its popularity. There
are very few blue flowers not many blue birds,
nor fishes, nor insects, nor animals: in
animals and in the human race there is
no blue at all. No beast has blue fur,
eyes, eye which Ighht-haired persons ali fancy they
possess, are about the rarest things in nature.
We may even give up the "blue vein," which
poets love, as visionary; the veins perceptlble,
for the most part, are either grey, red or green.
iah.
The old Tyrian dye Was not blue, it Was puce
color. and puce wavers between brown, red, and
blue but its general hue is q kind OF dull red
violet-in fact, much the color OF clotted blood,
and, to most modern eyes, it would probably be
masses, this is a velz picturesque color, and
beneath the bright and glowing skies Of Italy it
doubtless had magnificent effect:
This was the only purple color known to tue
covered By an inhabitant Of Tyre, fifteen hun
dred years before Christ, and perhaps its costi-
ness commended it in great measure to the
luxurious Romans, in Gcero's day one pound
weight Of wool double-dyed with this color being
valued at 1000 deaarii (saD and when ,..,I We
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creatures not deas, as the French word puce
would indicate) whence it was obtained, that
we're necessary to dye even pound OF wool, the
labor Of gathering them, and the slow and clumsy
process Of extracting the tiny drop OF color that
each contributed, it was really hardly more than
it WAS worth.
Green ia coming in fashion. This color, says
Haweis is becoming in itself, because it annuls
any tinge Of green which may be latent in the
complexion, and which, in dark persons, is often
cffr11 that f{1A Of.
The most sallow woman would be indignant at
hint OF this, and generally cont1ives to defy her.
self BY wearing the very colors which increase
the defect.
Pale green, go trying to the majority Of faces,
is, in some cases, q pretty ornament, and may be
mixed craftily with pale blue in q most charming
manner. The dress offered to Enid, .whete like
shoaling sea the lovely blue played into green,
quireB, however, taste to do this well.
Red is to be arranged with caution. The Span
| ish women have made deep red rose in the
hair, just under the ear, IN undying fashion.
Deep heavy reds are much used in the dlaperies
of the old Italian masters especially OF Titan
| they are always aided and contrasted, as no
| woman can contriye to be, when moving from
| place to place.
Yellow is an unjustly despised color. It has
many beautiful shades, and only when too pure
that shines like q Light in the hedge
lace wit with impunity. Tho dandeloR
must be used only in single vivid spots
dealt with, BY browniah yellow. The brunette
| may wear q green yellow, and be all the better
| for it. Some ye1lows are more suitable than
| any other colors to place near the face 80 good
is the effect on the complexion ;:they make the
enhance the blues and pinks. What is called
| buff somewhat dull, tawny, or warm yellow,
is one of these. We all know how beautiful is