Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-15
OUR BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
Fashion Lost Between Blonde and Bru
nafta TovaIfnase

hStte LONELINESS.
In Paris, more than in New York or in
any other great city. there is a decided
FASHION in beauty as wei as in dress
which changes as regularly as do the sea
sons, and which sometimes takes very
queer ana curious freaks. For Instance.
last spring the type of beauty that was
ali the rage was what was termed the
Daniel Gabriel Rossetti STYLE" This
type OF beauty Is aSsuredly one of the
most peculiar known. Ii was originated
by the Princess de Sagan, who is great
leader of fashion in Paris, and who ap
peared IN her box at the opera one even
ing gotten up in the wonderfully striking
'Daniel Gabriel ROssetti STYLE" The
most noticeable feature of this stvle of
beauty is the hair, which is dyed green,
ana arranged in pyramid
fashion on the top Of the
head Strange to say, the green
hair, though of course looking unnatural.
is very pretty and odd. 1t is dved the
most delicate and lovely shade of green
known, namely: Nile green. The com
pleXion that goes with this hair must be
like soft, slightly-blushing peach, all
cream and white. The eyes are black or
brown, the lips their natural color. and
the eyebrows dyed to match the hair.
Floating gowns, white in color. and com
posed OF airy, fairy tulle, or faille, are
always worn with this type of beauty
Every woman in Paris had the mania for
appearing like "Daniel Gabriel ROssetti
beauty for while, but at present in
Paris, which by the way Victor Hugo
calls the "centre of civilization" green
hair reigns no more, and Dame Fashion
dictates that her daughters shall now
appear IN as many different STYLES of
beauty as possible, believing, no doubt.
that variety is the spice of life"
In New York, for the past two seasons,
there has been great rivalry existing be-
tween the lovely blonde and darling bru-
nette beauties. The war still wages furi-
ously, and it is hard to tell at the present
moment which is to come out victorious.
and whether blonde beauties or their
darker sisters will lead fashions this WIN
ter, and which will be the more popular.
We do not often see in one METROPOLIS as
many real blondes and as many true bru.
nettes as we have in New York. 4 real
blonde has light hair with streaks of gold
through it, eyes that look like wild vio-
let's, complexion rare and white. with a
delicate flush on the cheek and light eye
brOws the color of the hair. True blondes
never have dark eyebrows.
Ii woman has all the above require
ments that go to make up a blonde, and
dark or black eyebrows, her beauty comes
under another type known as the cyan
Dyke blonde" of whom Lady Handeville
is one of the most striking examples we
have ever seen. Her hair is a wonderful
yellow, her complexion far as Il lily, and
her eyes black as slOes, with eyebrows to
match. The evan Dyke blOnde' is a
type of beauty not often seen. 1t is con-
sldered by far the more diStinQue type.
Although almost everybody knows what
is requisite to be a true brunette, there
are still few who are not even yet edu-
Gated up to it, and who call woman has
a dark clear skin ''cheeks like roses and
lips like the cherry" hair purplish black,
and dark gray eyes, brunette. No wO-
man is a true brunette who has not very
brown or very black eyes.
What is known as the "Irish type of
beauty is one of the lOyeIiest. No eve is
so blue, so large, so expressive, or so
heavily fringed as that of the possessOr of
this type; no hair is so glossy and dark
and heavy: no complexion so ROSY and
healthful, and to people in general this
type is the most beWitching and fasci-
mating.
a type of beauty that has had its day,
but of which we see representatives Occa-
siOnally, is what is known as the STRAW
berry blondes" Brick-red hair, blue eyes
and fair, pink complexion, are the accom-
paniments of this type. The ''yellow
blonde is another type which is rapidly
going out of fashion, and yellow blondes
are seldom seen now except on the stage.
Fanny Davenport is an example of this
type.
The daughters of Spain and Italy are
the best examples of the brunette type of
beauty; those Of England and Germany
of the blonde type; those of southern Ire
land of the Irish type, and those of Greece
of the Van Dyke type.
Here in America we have a mixture of
all types, as we have a mixture of all ma
tions. The true American type of beauty.
however, is neither of the blonde nor brIl-
nette, Van Dyke nor Irish, Daniel Gabriel
Rossetti, strawberry, or yellow blonde
types. The true American beauty has
hair~sOft and brown, eyes of gray or blue,
complexion rather white, clear and de-
void of rich color, and features not by any
means as regular as those of the other
types ofbeauty, but possessing far more