The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-09-01

sue, pat"aEs, OF all 81! - IS LIE uICSt
uecomiag, though this Is con |
trary to the ordinary popular theory. |
A mere careful study OF the effect of |
color Oh tho face, taken III c)njnactOn |
with tho hair and eyes and complexion
would lead to much nors agreeable and |
harmonious results than are now
apparent, when ladies OF the most
diverse complications will array them
selves in any color that happens to be
the fashion.
few months back there vas a pas
sion for the beautiful, bat very trying,
color called magenta" Now The COM
piimentary color Of this shade Of pink is
yellow green, and the result vas that
women with pale, sallow compilations
became almost bilious, while even ordi-
nary fair, we'll colored faces looked yell
lowish. Again, lilac, purple ana mauve
beautiful as they are in themselves,
should rarely be worn Immediately
against the skin, all the Elementary
green ard yellow OF the complexion
being brought out in tho strongest light
Yellow, also, except to bsunettes, is :.
very dangerous color, though this is an
esthetie principle that few blondes will
accept, whereas brown, blue, decided
pink and white are becoming TO both
blondes and dark women.
Almost all shedes Of green can be
worn with admirable artistic effect by
fair women; while on the contrary, bru
nettes, unless they have rich, vivid color
ing, should forswear it. Another impor-
tant point, constantly neglected in cos
tune decoration, is the disposition of
color below and above the face. A lady
| with too vivid color in her cheeks
aooentuates the excess by putting her
self into red dress, while al apparent
| diminution of color would be produced
| by her wearing bonnet of darker and
| still more pronounced red. A pale, color
less complexion is suffused with del
cate plnkish hue if surmounted by a
bonnet trimmed with pale green flowers
| or green ribbons, and it is rendered q
| Thousand times ruddier if that headgear
be yellow.
Men have less opportunities than
women of improving their good points
or diminishing bad ones by any articles
to be obtained from color; but their
selection of ties and crayats goes to prove
in tie majority OF cases that they are
deficient iii right color seuse. Otherw Use
a fair man with light hair aud eyes
would avoid light red or pink or yellow
ties and habit himself in sober puppies,
dark grays. CT, ii he must be gay, in
pronounced shades Of green. Again,
everyone must have noticed bow per
slsteutiy red haired men indulge iii Il
particular shade OF bright crimson,
which has the effect OF officially setting
| their curls on fire.
Another attribute Of color rearly al
mos: always unrecognizod in dress is III
its relation to size. The optical effect OF
white is to enlarge objects; that of BLACK
to diminish them. CoGsequs nifty, for a
big, stout woman 10 array herself in
white is as fatal to grace aud elegance
as 1t is "A mistake for a thin liliputian
woman to dress in black If it were moi
economically impossible in city OF
smoke and dirt for the inhabitants t(
clothe themselves in white both in sum
mer and winter, it would be worth The
serious attention of sanitarians to try
and bring about SO desirable and ny
gienic change.
1t Is well known scientific fact tina
dark coIors absorb heat and part with i
much more rapidly than light ones,
truth that we are constantly proving il
domestic matters; for if hot water b.
poured into two vessels, the one whit
and the other black, the water in tbs
latter will cool before the other. Person.
exposed to great extremes of cold won Il
feel the severity far less if they wer,
clothed in white wooden garments which
like the winter snow covering the eartl
in winter, prevents the radiation of tht
internal heat from passing out of tn,
body. A piece of white fuT keeps thu
neck much warmer than the SAINT
quantity Of dark fur, which fact explain
regions.