The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-03
WOMAN AND HOME.
Household Hints and Helps Cleaned
From the Press
To UtiliEe stale Bread---RemovaI of
spots and STANDARDIZATION and
Dress and
Complexion
MARY I. Collins in courier-Journal1

MARY l. Collins In Courier Journal
1t does not follow that one must be extrnv.
agant or wealthy in order to know what
shade Of suiting is the proper one 10 bring GU,
the best tints of the complexion, or what rib.
bon will change an unbecoming dress into
perfect harmony with the tints OF the skin.
Tho rules can not be always relied upon, but
they are a guide, and so let us con them over
that we may not forget:
Compilations require tho eolors that en-.
force their peculiar excellence and render
weaknesses and shortcomings less oh.ery.
able.n
The why 10 lower any tint that Is exces-
sive in the face is TO bring a strong color of
the same class In close proximity TO it, but IL
is not always a desirable remedy Pink and
white seem only suited TO the young and fair.
Yet white Is used by young and old, but when
the face is dark by nature or yellowed by
time, then the accessories arc imperative. II
the complexion Is good but pale. a black
scarf arranged with a gold pin or a bunch of
ribbon or flowers will transform the effect.
Blue suits the blonde and enrches her golden
hair. but DESTROYS the beauty Of palelblue or
gray ewes and Is apt to bring out any latent
tinReo Of yellow In the fnce. Gold in some
form viii hide this, and white in contact with
the face subduea tho i'll effects of the blue and
preserves its good ones What wonder. then,
that blue is 80 great a favoritel But ths
brunette must not attempt It unless il be n
purpleish blue and relieve 1t with orange.
Orange and purple or orange and black are
her colors above all Others, except the faith
full and ever-ready crimson. Dark, strong
colofs are for very dark faces, rendering them
lighter by contrast
Only the fairest, softest and rosy-tinted
compilations look well in pearl or silver gray.
But gray tints are generally found to suit
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many shades Of tho color, and they are all
such good backgrounds for becoming reliefs
of ribbon. Green is usually recommended for
fresh, fair and rudy complex ions, but great
care should be used In Its selection and adap-
tation. Bright greens enhance the red in the
face, while deep myrtle shades relieve IL to a
certain extent Yellow greens are impossi-
BILE TO any but the purest tinted skin. The
dive greens are, like the grays, becoming to
all, as they are good backgrounds for bright
red and dark shade of crimson.
Florid people are safest in brown or red.
though the Inter is not always a cure,
though sometimes the excess OF red in the
complexion is counteractei by the dark red
dress or crimson ribbon on a black dress.
Black becomes "a fair and fiorid face better
than II dark and iorid one. Brown is a safo
color for this style, and the softer and deeper
the Havana brown the better. Seal Is too near
black TO DO becoming, unless II IL a seal fur.
Fur is the most softcning to every complexion
of anything that can he worn. The fair and
rosy will select black and the dark and pale,
as indeed the dark and rudy, will find seal
skin refining. Gray fur shoulI be used with
caution mar the face, but none other need bs
feared.
It is from a study Of all these things with
their gradations Of tone that give to some
women their reputation for beauty. Dressed
carelessly, the beauty would vanish. 1t
takes time. because that which suits perfect
health is almost sure to 10 unbecomiug, II
palhd or slightly more flushed. A practiced
eye will take 1t all In at n glance and know tho
remedy. And Is It not worth n little time
and a great deal OF thought