The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-29
TO WEAR,
on the Selection of Tfnts TO suit
the complexion.

No woman is ugly when she is dressed y
Only Lord Chesterfield could have been
guilty Of such a gallant perversion of the
truth.
If he used the word dressed" adyisedly
and meant clothed with a due regard to the
selection of becoming colors and to the cut
and style of the gown to suit the individu-
atty to the wearer, he was undoubtedly
right-no woman is ugly who is artistic
ally and becomingly dressed. But so few
women seem to know what colors will
enhance or destroy their good looks, what
style of gown will conceal their defects and
heighten their charms and what way of
arranging their hair Will improve their
faces, that dress oftentimes instead of add
ing beauty to the appearance has the COL
trary effect.
People he are ford must be carful what
reds they use even more han pale people.
A deep blue red, that red suggested in a
plum or the velvet leaf of a red pensy that
has caught a shade from the petals Of it's
near neighbor the dark blue pansy, is the
color for fiorid compilations. Grown peo-
pie should be careful not to wear
bright red. As Modjeska observes. AS
Il grows older red is more becoming
above the face than below it Dark
cardinal velvet above gray hair and lark
eyes has a most charming effect.
Pink is most becoming to fair, young
people. Rose color, combined with black,
white or gray can be worn Nth impunity
by the youthful aud fair.
Magenta should be suppressed. Only a
dazzlingly beauteous being could survive
the uglifying effect of this deprayed color,
and then it must be combined 18th white.
DARK sage green is an almostuniversally
becoming color. 1t annnls any tlnge of
green there may be in the complexion; for
that reason brunette people generally look
well in green.
Only those who have an exquisite COM
plexion should dare to wear pale green. If
the compilations are clear, rosy, fair and
dark have equal privileges.
Dark green, combined with pale blue, is
becoming to brunettes with clear, pallid
complexions.
Yellow is a delicious color-a f&vorite
hue OF the old masters and old Dame Ma
ture. Warm yellow has a coed effect on
the complexion. 1t makes the skin look
fairer than it really is. 1t goes pleas
ingly with many colors. A brunette will
look particularly handsome in a green
yellow. Mustard color, which is i~nsufer-
able by daylight, is simply delicious in the
gaslight. Pure blue and yellow is harsh.
A good rule is to never combine two oolors
of equal intensity. One of the two colors
should be dull and not too pure.
Yellow will bltId well with old gobelin
blae, with heliotrope and certain shades of
blue grays, Amber of all shades is ex-
eeedingly becoming to dark people.
People with blue eyes should not wear
bright blue. 1t makes their eyes look
faded, ard deiraets from lie bloom of the
complexion.
Black should be worn advisedly by both
old and young. The young can veal it
better thar the old. 1t brings out clearly
the hard lines in the face, and seems to
deaden the bloom Of the skin. Golden
haired blondes, rod-haired maids and
matrons and dark people with clear, rosy
compilations. can wear black and look
well. All others can modify its hardening
effects by combining white, red, orange,
gray or yellow with 1t.
All but people with very coarse CON-
p~lexions look exceedingly well in white.
Every colol can be made becoming by
being artistieally arranged and relieved by
another color, or by the soft, subduing
effects Of net or lace or airy tulie.-Aes
York Herald.