Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-18
MEN, WOMEN AND COLOR
a wom~n's TsIk while Having Her View
Gown Fftfed.

soxk MATTERS IN WHICH MEN HAVE A. an
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MEN A cESrrKr Aso-THH SCIENCE fEEsR
Is IN DRESS.
IS FrEE ALL. MADAME MoDIsrE,-
- said fair young wsshingtonian, 80 she
posed before her dre-smAker preparatory 20
bursting from the comparatively duh chirsali,
condition Of winter belle into the br.iliant
butterfly stage Of . summer girl, "sfter all,
l think believe in paying good deal Of ~tten-
ton to ones toilet"
Madame Modiste flushed arranging sCrne
ga1zy chiffon around her models pretty neok,
and as she stood OF and viewed her hsndiwOrk.
head on one side, said. with as distinct an
articulation n mouthful Of pin, would permit:
after al! Pray, did you ever think other-
wise? It mus; have been before made your
acquaintance, then. as, judsins from the number
Of gowns have designed for you, il IL certainly
some time since You have believed 10 ths con-
trary."
rHouoHrFuL SUMNER OBI.
'Ies, 10 all appearances that is true, /" saia the
summer girl, but do Won know al the wi.ile I
have been scheming these elaborate fro,lks I
have agreed with Wordsworth when he .ays.
The world IL too much with Us"
For be il known that this particular winter
belle and summer girl was an sll-the-year-rsund
blue stocking as well, the modern blue stock
ing. ~ everybody knows, going about with
neither unkemPt locks nor slRtteruly dress. but
instead appearing in most artistic gowns and the
latest things in bonnets.
md most entirely disagreed with Amer
bach when he said something 20 the effect that
= n. a
! the wood is 20 children. Anyone might know .
man wrote that, for Of all the aggravating aoul-
narrowing things, shopping is the most. Why.
I one can wear ones self out. body and mind trv-
ing 20 match colors. aud. besides. at such times
Z one usually has insult added 90 injury ID the
| form OF clerk who tries 60 make you believe
that the two tones OF old rose the amofhvst
tone and the salmon tone. will go nicelF To-
! gether, Tor no more cogent reason than that
they both are named old rose when in reality
they are about as harmonious as fat and sharp
chord would be II struck at the same time.
A BLESSING or POVERTY.
ut is at such times that have Thought
Blessed be nothing and actually looked with
envy on those people whose circumstance
wouldn't permit them any great latitude il the
choice of clothes, and ne for men, deaI me-
Didn't wish were in their places positively
limited by fashion to black or gray for every
day wear"
"And brown" added Madame Modiste, a. she
arranged a fall of lace on the summer lfirlis
rounded arm. Haven't YOU noticed how men
wear cinnamon brown this season. making them
look Tor all the world like 80 many perambalat
! ing sticks of cinnamon. for the complications IL
moot Of them shade of directly from their gar
ments 30 that except for the white collar YOU
couldn't tell where the clothes ended and the
man began"
and the severest black, that scarcely
changes Ia its cut for full dress occasions"
said the summer girl. ending her sentsnce,
which Madame Modiste had interrupted
SORRY ron MEN.
"But I've changed since then, and now
actually am sorry for men 90 think that all
the becoming drsperies and colors are denied
them. And one doesn't realize what lot Of ar
| ference il makes until You compare the pictnres
| of men of a hundred wears ago saw whose frillsd
waistcoats, knee brooches. cooked hats and all
| yer buckles made them look % fne. with the
photographs OF those Of today. At first glsncs
| you are apt 70 think that meu have deteriorsted
in looks, but if you Will just in imagination
dress the nineteenth century man in the rev.
| dictionary costume, why. be II blossom out sitb
all the handsomeness Of his forefathers. utterly
exploding that old theory OF beauty unAdoraed
Just fancy how nice il would be 20 gaze
down from the gallery on the House ar
rayed as George Washington was when in full
dress. instead Of looking, it does now, liz an
| impressionist sketch done in charcoal"
BUT THE KNEE BREEcHEs.
'Yes, some men would look well that wsy, !"
said Madame Modiste No she gave hitch TO the
trail Of the summer girls gown; sbut how about
those who are not sufficiently developed below
the knee TO look well in knee breechss2" And
she smiled up at the summer girl
| II have a recipe which would remedy that
defect" replied the summer girl resoluteiy.
what is it?'
..To walk down the monument"
Really"
''Yes, really. Any one who will try II oace
viii be forever after convinced Of It's efficacy.
for as early the day following he will b
painfully aware that he has the necessary muscles
and, OF course, II he has the necessary muscles,
even il undeveloped, why. IL viii only take
practice to make them anything that IL desired:
and 50 for such cases Id recommend daily
stroll down the monument. A party Of us
walked down last week in order 10 see the msm-
orial blocks. You know You can't half zee
| them from the elevator, and the next day, nav!
''0h, Madame Modiste, make those ribbon
loops just a little longer.
''This much2n
''yes; that's right"
ONE ADVANTAGE MEN HAVE.
''There is one admirable thing. though, about
mans present style Of dress" went on she
summer girl, switch q womans does not
possess, and that h that though Of courss a
may get shabby il il not possible for it 10 be 20
shockingly out OF taste rs il is for womau's
for there are no colors in IL 20 conflict really
think that it would be good plan to have lsw
that would compel every woman 90 wear blsek
who couldn't pass examination in cotor
harmony, not allow her 10 join the sisterhosd
of bright-hned women unless she knew sonse-
thing Of what she was going into, any more than
person can join an orchestra unless he kn0rs
something Of sound harmony. OF course the
majority Of them would want TO wear colors, -
they do nov, and il there was no way 10 do 10
except by passing this examination, why, they
would all go TO work and study, and the result
would be that you wouldn't see, - you do noe,
brunette wearing gray because il happens 10
be the style or some salow-faced woman In Q
heliotrope gown, which, becsuse IL was pretty
on delicate blonde, she forthwith ooncluds1
was the very thing for her, too.
TEE ooLoRs THAT BECOME HrR.
"A woman should find out what colors be-
come her and stick to them, even IL every oas
else on the planet is wearing something else;
she wouldn't be totally alone, for nature, IN
some Of her infinite variety Of colors, would
be keeping her company, for IL IL odd, isn't 40
that whatever II the last new shade you cen
find IL in some cloud or leaf or flower 90
plumage Of bird, proving that instead Of iss be-
ing new il is 20 old - the universe.
"And il in addition 70 this the stout woman