, 1874-08-17

cinra l.outsa Kellogg i,rei.c,,ca on
CotorS and nI,isic-'Eiao Prima D0nnss
Ahtpl1ikhra ELI I1crIrhnB.

<AhLNH1HE1C6 AIlf HCElkAHAa
Sdr1oda {AHa.1 Correspondence n the Nto York Sn,
Lust ovonlng had long tnlk with tho bollo
OF thu States abont good clotllca. As tho yoling
Indy ls, pretty vol known IN America, suppose
it's not lndolicatc to till you tIiat her name is
Miss Olara Loiiaa Kellogg. Miss Kollogs is
fainous, for. being ono Of tho most corroSlly-
dressod yo,ing ladios Il, Amorica. So, as tho
thousands Of yohng ladies promenade In thoir
eeasolcss tramp up nnd down tho hnIcony and
through tho broad flnlis, we tleld running talk
On tho subject Of iafeA' arosscs,
Tho first Young Indy to pass was Miss -,
Of Philadelphia, O ehort. blonde. young lady,
droAgod in black dress with low neck md short
BlcoycH.
,,:Thero. .aIiaa Kcogg, how ahout TINT toilet ?"
7 ssksd, pointing to the short thin, palo young
':Thnt toilet is all wrong" replied Miss Ko1-
logg, " II tho first place . short yo,ng lady
should nsvor wear n low neck, especially with q
pieces. 1t brcaltu tho limo. Now look at bor
tlore," continued MlAa Kollogg, !" as Blle stands
AWAY across tho room ngainas the whito wall.
You can SEQ tho drcaB. but no. neck or arms. Iii
fact the OBJECT Is an empty dress hung up against
you would 500 what would look like biz doll's
heal and nr1ns hltg OIL nail. Tho dress would
dsappe9r.- II a person wears o low nocfs, Rllo
Rllonld llavc her dress noarly tho colnr OF tho
trast, and preventing tho sharp. line
around tto neck, Then tho neck should
DO 1illed In with white iluafon or pa'o
gauze to soften tue limo bctweon the skin aud
tho dress, Qaaze. or 'aco blades. tho white of
tho ,ocs, and tho brown Of tho trcsa, anil nal;ca
m accord, not halsl note."
~" But wo .nro talking about colors Misa Kel-
logg. not munic," IHusgestcd.
"Yos, but tho relations bntWeen eolora aud
tho eight colors Of tic rainbow Il cali white a
color) gro wonderful: We liavo the eight notes
arranged In octnyes abovo. mud bclow. Wo bnre
tho eight colols arranged i'll octnvcs above and
boow. White In color Corresponds to tho high
cst note in muaic, aud black to tho low bass. Wo
raise an octave in music by putting: in moro Vi
blation-by dilutiug tho sound. Wo raiBo M
octave ~ color by putting i moro wllito (tlal is.
BY, di!uting), ana, WHOM VIC. have raised eoyoral
octaycs. tho red becomes pink, the yellow straw
color, md tho dark-greon becomes pea-green"
.'':But hos abont tho symphonies in music anj
color2" asked.
ssAhl thero VIC llavo my idea beautifully illus
tra.ed," exclaimed Miss Ke!ogg enthusiastically.
"Wnen mix several ornlo notes from d,ffcront
octavcs produce n sylnphony or harmony.
WHOM you mix several crude colorB you hnvo q
symphony Of one color. Mix bluo aud rod and
you hAvo gymphony-you have maroon; mix
blue mud yellow and you have symphony
phony-pink."
pnsHel by all dressed Ii, red aud bluo and ,olEow
aud white. The Louisville young ladies' all run
"Tnero!" continued Miss Kellogg :" TINT
Young lady 10 wearing tic crude uotos OF tho
natural scale. No Hymnhouy-no harmouy-uot
eyon n chord, How much moro agreeable to
the cultivated oyo ill these coloys would bo If
they wore mixed together. Nix tho rod and vol
low md blue mud white in proper proportions,
and slo could l,ayo tic lovely pongoc, or slate.
or loyo-color. or Dsnlarck brown, or saee-groou-
all lovely symplonicn.
A little child now struck a foW notes on tho
piano. ="
"see! that child Is plnying rcd aud bluo and
ypIlowl" exclaimed the priua donna ttchjldren
aud savages like tho crude eight notes aud the
crude eight colors uun,ixod and distinct, Edu-
cate thcin and thay like bymplonies in music
md Color Hlarr lines disappear rs tlov do Ia
tho rainbow or as tloy do in tho coorins OF tho
marble, oach melting into tho otilor, and Htonl-
iug o little OF tho other Trees grow thin nt tho
edge, aud melt into the sky. md esen tho sharp
edges OF a clag or house steal llttlo of tLo
grayuesH from nature"
A tall lady from Portland now passotl by with
little short man IRON Boston.
t.Taat ia dtscort" continued Miss Eelloog.
fixing lor eyes on tho ilI-mutou pair, "Why will
Payepa and 1losn? Why will yel1ow-harcd
girl wcnr blue drosB? Why will n eandy old
illnn dyo his 1nustaclo blac6? Why will the
ashy pale woman wear red? Why will tho red
faced woman Noar white? Why-why! whyl
Mr., Perkins?