Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-06
OUR BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
Fashion Lost Between Blonde an
Brunette LOyeliNcsS.

In Paris. more than in New York or in any
other great city, there is decided fashion in
beauty az well as in dress. which changes as reg
ularly as do the seasons. and which sometimes
takes very queer and curious freaks. For in
stance. last spring the type of beauty that was
all the rage was what was termed the "Daniel
Gabriel Rossetti style" This type Of beauty Is
assuredly one Of the most peculiar known. 1t
was originated BY the Princess de Sagan, who ia
| great leader Of fashion in Paris, and who ap-
peared III her box at the opera one evening gotten
up In the wonderfully striking "Daniel Gabriel
kossetti Style" The most noticeable feature OF
TINS style OF beauty Is the hair. which ia dyed
green. and 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 dyed the most delicate
and lovely shade of green known, namely. Nile
green. The complexion that goes with this hair
must be like soft. sghtly-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 composed Of airy, fairy tulle or
fai'le. are always worn with this type of beauty.
Every woman in Paris had the mania for ap-
pearing like Daniel Gabriel Rossett beauty
for while but at present in Paris, which by
the way Victor Hugo calls the ''center of civil
| iZatiOn." green hair reigns no more, and Dame
Fashion dictates that her daughters shall now
appear in as many different styles of beauty as
the spice of ife"
In New York. for the past two seasons, there
has been great rivalry existing between the
| lovely blonde and darling brunette beauties.
The war still wages furi0usly, 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 winter and
which will be the more popular We do not often
see In one metropolis as many real blondes and
as many true brunettes as we have in New York.
A tl
through 1t. eyes that look like wild viOlets COM
piexlOn rare and white, with delicate flush on
the cheek and light eyebrows the color of the
hair. True blondes never have dark eyebrows.
IL woman has all the above requirements
that go to make up blonde, and dark or black
eyebrows. her beauty comes, under another
type known as the Ivan Dyke blonde, ofWhich
Lady Handeville is one Of 1.-The most striking
examples we have ever seen. Her hair is q
wonderful yellow. her complexion fair as lily,
and her eyes black "a sloes. with eyebrows to
match. The cyan Dyke blonde" is a type OF
beauty not often seen. 1t is considered by far
the more diyiingue type
Although almost everybody knows what is re-
qniste to be a true brunette, there are still a
few wAo are not even yet educated UP to it,
and who cali woman who has dark clear skin
cheeks like roses and lips like the cherry"
hair purplish black and dark gray eyes. bru-
nette. No woman is true brunette who has
not very brown or very black SytS!s sSts'H ="
"Hdl Is kuOWH as the ''lTlSn type OF beauty Is
one of the lOveliest No eye is SO blue, SO large,
so expressive, or so heavily fringed as that of
the possessor Of this type: no hair is 80 glossy
and dark and heavy; no complexion 80 rosy and
heathfui. and to people in general this type is
the most bewitching and fascinating.
type OF beauty that has had its day. but of
which we see representatives occasionally, is
what is known as the "strawberry blondes. -
Brick-red hair, blue eyes and fair, pink COM
plexion, are the Accomplishments 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 Ireland OF the Irish type, and
those of Greece OF the Van Dyke type.
Here In America we have mixture Of all
types rs we have mixture of all nations. The
true American type Of beauty, however is
neither OF the blonde nor brunette, 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 devoid OF
rich color. and features not by any means as
regular .as those OF the other types of beauty,
but possessing far more expression.