The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-18
HARMONY In WOMAN.
What She Should Wear to Set Off
Her characteristics.

That devoted disciple of Delsarte, Hen
rietta Russell, says that the only woman
who can wear black to advantage is the
one who has black eyes, black hair and
is fat. Most girls OF sixteen could wear
black, but there is always color that
each person looks better in than in black,
which she thinks should never be worn
in clothes. not even in mourning by
Christians.
why, then, If black is SO bad, is it SO
generally worns' the writer asked.
Lying north ofEurope on an island is a
city that pretty well rules the world: that
city is under a continual fog; now choose
color to wear on a foggy, dark day,
something that won't show dirt and
you have found the reason why sunny
India and sunny America wear black
because they wish to be so English. The
wearing of this dismal hue belongs to
modern times. Who ever heard of a
Greek or an Orietal or an Egyptian in
black2
LAS to harmony between the individual
and the DRESS" continued Mrs. Russell,
you can make 1t in three ways; first, by
contrast, which is the way children, say
ages and uncultured people see colors. A
Child notices bright light because it is
different from other things near it.: the
savage likes red because usually he sees
only the low tones of woods and forests
about him, and red strikes his dull OBJ
serTation. People use the primary col
ors-red, yellow and blne-because they
are childish, barbaric and uneducated in
color sense.
A GLOWING MELAEGE.
t"The second way of making harmony
is by the mixture of as many colors as
possible. The best example of this kind
of color mixture that / can think of is
q fifteen hundred dollar Indian shawl
that saw yesterday and Millet's
sAngelus, which saw few weeks ago.
to these rich combinations as one
note struck on the piano is to
full orchestra A mixture of
color like this brings out by CORE
spondence the many colors that are in
the skin. Rich coIors, however, must
not be worn by too delicate skin: its
delicate tones would be killed by con-
trast with the rich colors, and the resllt
would be white or gray complexion.
The same richness of color can be found
in the fade tints of some Indian or art
fabrics, none of the color being surong
enough to injure the delicate tones. La
dies who have q beautiful but not q
do well to choose the colors OF their
gowns from bouquet Of faded roses OF
various colors.
.'The third way to make harmony is
by graduation. Blue eyes will be bluer il
the blue dress worn is d grayer blue than
the eyes; red cheeks will be redder if the
red dress worn is a duller red than the
cheeks. Brown hair VIII have more gold
en- high lights if there is gold in the dress,
but gold of a lower tone than the high
lights of the hair.
Choose then your dress with reference
to contrast, lightness or graduation, ac-
cording to your type. If there are any
brown or tawny shades of yellow-hee
from gray as from a pestilence."
TEA JACKETS
Tea jackets are one of those comfort
able fashions that attract many followers.
A tailor made gown worn all day has the
bodice replaced at tea time by one of these
prettily trimmed jackets A jacket III
blue silk, trimmed with black lace, ac-
cords well with any black skirt that may
be worn with it.
A jacket which can be worn with al
most any skirt is of rich black matelasse
gauze, lined with white silk; waistcoat
and sleeves Of black lace, with velvet
waistband, ribbon and-velvet hchu, with
Medici collar of white ribbon.
A pretty Jacket is in cream cashmere
with a loose front Of cream surah
trimmed with Oriental embroidery. With
ribbon and embroidery to match.
Another attractive jacket is in shrimp
colored plain soft silk fully trimmed with
old lace. These dressy little affairs look
very stylish with the plain skirts which
English women have adopted and fully
appreciate. In Paris there is an attempt
to revive drapery, and especially paniers.
Still another fashionable form is de-
signed for full dress at the theatre. 1t is
of black velvet beaded with gold and
trimmed with fringe. The high collar is
also beaded on the inside. With this are
worn long black gloves. These theatre
| jackets are often composed of material
beaded all over in steel or other metallic
effect
NOVELTIES IN GLOVES.
In gloves a novelty consists of those
made in real Russia leather, with the I'M
mistakable subtle perfume. They are
very soft and durable, are in mahogany
shades and have four buttons. Then
come the suede and kid gloves, with the
ornamental points up the back of the
hand. This pointing is uncommon and
delicate, stamping the glove as a good
one. Mouse colored kid gloves, in sew
eral shades of the color, are novel with
plain or stitched backs, and so is beau.
tiful pale lavender suede evening glove,
with French sewing up the back in black
for slight mourning. Choice shades for
evening wear are French pearl and gray.
For the daytime the tan shades still hold
their own.