The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-05
THE HOME.
Fashionable Dress Colors.


According to the importers and manu-
facturers' orders brown will rank first.
In this line modore, marion, caffeine and
trappiste are the better, writes Emma
M. Hooper in a valuable article on
"Colors and Materials for Spring" in the
March Ladies Home Journal. Two
bright golden browns are caffeine and
marron; trappiste is a rich shade OF red
dish brown, while tabac and modore are
like the tints of and excellent cigar. Su-
matra, glaneuse an Pygmalion are light
golden brown. Three remarkably hand
some golden copper browns are Siam,
MelilIa and Java. The former two are
very fashionable in Paris. Castor and
beige are the only beige shades worthy
of mention, and these are the same as oil
wore, a combination of brown, gray and
tan, producing cool, restful shade TO
wear alone or to combine With brighter
colors. Green comes next in prominence,
and the shades having grayish or ese-
da cast ara very choice. The newest green
is Hilda, reseda apparently dashed
with blue tint. Two bright yellowish
greens are known as fougere and mousse.
Nile. delicate blue green; emeraude,
a deep, vivid tint, and Russe, dark
water green; are all repeated on the
latest French color cards. Six whitish
or willow green shades are from nearly
white tone to clear medium TINT
These are narcotic dracaena, roseau.
palmier sedum and cycas. The hrst
three are only fit for evening wear. A
Partisan fancy for combinations ana
millinery is caspienne, which connolseurs
~ c%rn w ro-
sem bles fresh leaves or stems. ana has
peculiar softened brightness.
Pink is still favorite, and in old rose
or old pink, two exquisite shades are
Aubussan and Walkyrie. These are
lovely for gowns or millinery, and are
too soft to look warm on summers
day, This cannot be said of bright
shade known as pompon, Bengale, an
almost reddish shade, and laurler.
which reminds one slightly of magenta.
Old white or ivory, cream, pallle,
dainty straw tint; form a, very light
golden tinge; ebenier, shade darker,
and deep gold, include the shades OF a
yellowish cast.
The pains from slight burns is very
great. An excellent application is
thick paste of common baking soda
moistened with water, spread on piece
of linen or cotton, and bound on the
part. writes Elizabeth Robinson Scovil
in an article on "What to Do in Emer-
eencies in the March Ladies' Home
Journal. This can be kept wet by
squeezing water ON it from sponge or
cloth until the smarting is soothed.
A thick coating of starch can be used
instead of soda, or, wheat -four if nothing
better can be had, but neither should
he applied if the skin IS broken. In this
case it is better to use vaseline, olive or
,inseed oil. If the air can be effectually
exluded from a burn the pain is relieved.
BIisters should be pricked and the
hnid absorbed with soft cloth before
dressing.
If the clothing adheres to the skin the
loose part should be cut away ana tne
| matches of material soaked off with oil
| or warm water. When the injury is eX-
| tensive the sufferer will be FRUSTRATED
| and may die from the shock. Heat
| should be applied to the extremIt1es and
| over the heart, and hot drinks given
until the doctor comes.
In burns from strong acid the part
should be covered with dry baking soda
or lime. as the alkali will neutralize the
| acid. No water should be used, but
! cosmoline or oil applied after the alkal1
| has been brushed off.
| When the burn has been caused by an
alkali an acid must be used. A person
recovering from the effects of burn re-
ouires very nourishing food.
| Stationery.
| The stationery a woman uses is one of
| the little things which betray her
knowledge of the world, culture and
refinement, and especially is it one of the
| things about which strangers are most
unsparing in their Judgment. Demon
est's Magazine says: One invariable rule
can be laid down; avoid all lined papers;
they are extremely bad form. If you
wish to make choice of stationery that
is beyond criticism, select either white
or cream-tinted. 1t is used by most
fastidious women, for strictly good form
does not recognize any tinted or fancy
Dapers. 1t may be rough or cream laid,
according to personal taste, and three
sizes are chosen for social correspon-
dence, commercial, octave and billet.
Envelopes should be almost square, OF
size to hold the paper when folded
once. Odd shapes are in as bad form as
fancy colors. From time to time the
stationers' windows blossom out in varl-
GUS rainbow tints, ana the popular
| fancy. ever eager for something new
seizes upon the latest novelty. But These
are things which We can only chronicle
| without recommending.
The only new color this season IS pc
culiar reddish heliotrope, called High
land heather" :
Either the monogram or the address,
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