, 1890-12-11
FASHIONABLE coLoRs.

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pretty articles for holiday gifts.
FASHIONABLE coLoRs.
Tho Tints That One shouid Wear
Nowadays.
Red appears very prominently in
all the decorations of the day, and
as we are thinking Of Egypt and
Cleopatra and are deep in Orient
alism, 1t is not strange to find
minglings Of red and gold, red and
yellow developed In designs that
are positively Eastern In their char
acter. A very rich silk exempliiiee
this. 1t has n broad stripe of deep
red, alternating with one Of dull
mode. upon which are red figures
that look like lotus leaves. This, of
course, could be used for waistcoat,
cuffs and pocket laps on Louis
Quinze coat of mode cloth.
1t Is again announced that Zinc,
that chilly gray with blue cast
over it, will be worn during the
cold weather. If 1t Is true one can
only hope that 1t will be combined
with Rich soft furs of velvets, for the
color Ia even more reirigernting
than its name would suggest.
The Ideal Figure.
The slender waist has hidden us
adieu. Nineteenth century beauty
of form consists not of thinness, or
even slenderness, or what Is usually
termed gentility o. figure, says the
New York Star. Prlor's "small by
degrees and beautifully less" and the
late Duchess of Devonshire's waist
of an orange and half are not the
Ideal figures of to-day The Del
sarte maiden, who supports this
opinion. will refer you to the Medi.
clan Venus, the most celebrated of
the Grecian statues. A single glance
Will convince you of the fallacy of
those Ideas of beauty which have
been formed by the advocates and
admirers of small waists and sic nder
figures.
The body and limbs of that para
gon of beauty are round and full.
Examine still further, and suppose
for moment that the Medician
Venus were to be placed In the
hands Of one of our first-rate dress
makers to be invested with the
usual quantity of clothing now
worn, all fitted perfectly to the
shape. The result would satisfy us
that modern forms produced by
tight lacing are destructive to the
health as well as to beauty, and
bear no analogy to that lovely,
graceful and eXquisitely beautiful
model of antiquity, Whatever is
mean or scanty In nature or in art
can never be beautiful.
How an Engagement Was Almost
Broken.
A young French woman, who is
now married, tells a story of how
her engagement was nearly broken
off through her acquaintance with
Mile. Bonheur, who at the time was
busy on a picture In Paris, working
in the house of the young French.
woman's cousin.
One afternoon the painting did
not go well, and Mile. Bonheur
went to the Jardin desP lantes for
inspiration, taking the happy girl
as n companion. Sitting OH bench
in shaded walk, they saw In the
distance the girls betrothed, who,
instead of joining them, looked "a
moment, thensl ung away In pas
sion, and for tue space of q week
was not heard from. Then finally
he paid u sulky visit, demanding an
explanation of her apparently inti-
mate relations with another man.
IA man?" said the laughing girl,
now comprehending the desertion,
''shall call the gentleman@"
"What, in your own house?"
said the mystitied caller.
A minute later Mile. Bonheur
stood in the doorway listening
smilingly to the ceremony of pres
entation
"AhW said the only half pacified
lover, then monsieur"
Monsieur" interrupted the tri-
umphant girl, sis mademoiselle,
and ify you like you may come into
the studio and see her latest pic