The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-21
TRrLDY Is THE NEW COLOR.
IL Is n Dark Pink and Is Fast BE-
coming "A Fad.
BON the New York b.

] coming "A Fad.
From the New York Press.
few years ago-ten O, more-there
/ was a rage for queer titles for colors. and
/ we heard about elephants breath. -
ashes of roses" crushed strawberry"
mud on the shoes" and three little
maids from school" All these were col
| ors, and with London smoke" East
/ river fog" and a few others, one would be
hard to suit who could not find a tint 10
/ his taste.
/ Letely there has been a revival Of the in
/ vention Of colors, and whenever you hear
a name that you cannot possibly make Mt
| to anything, you may make up your mind
that ii is a color in ribbons or cloth.
/ Now. one of the requisites. in the fem
| ininc mind, for Easter, Is a new color.
1 Here is Easter. and here is the new color
/ "Irilby.' one naturally expects Trilby 10
| be flesh tint, since we always think of
/ Trilby's feet before we give any attention
| to her intellect. her manners. her charac-
| ter, her accomplishments or her dress
/ Trilby's feet, according to the Individual
/ who mas exploited the new color. were
Of dark pink hue, almost a magneta sug-
| gest!ng that she must have Just come in
/ from a long walk when the artist com
pounded his new color with the feet for
a model.
Trilby appears in velvets, silks, ribbons
/ ana tOWers, and the storekeepers and
l clerks have become thoroughly familiar
with the tint in hundreds Of articles of
! 1t is hardly fair to say that only the
| feminine mind demands a new color for
Easter. since men are quite as insistent
that there shall be something new al this
season and we may expect to see scarfs
\ OF the Trilby tint. as well as Trilby shape,
/ before this is printed.
! Another color-or. rather, pattern-that
/ Is in high favor now Is Poly" POLY
what. what may be asked The answer is
POLYTECHNIC" This color Of pattern is
mainly seen in mems possessions-ties and
canes As its name signifies. the color is
a. combination, instead of simply one.
Ihere are several shades of blue, in stripes
/ with reds, yellows and other hues. ar
/ ranged in alternate stripes. 1t is very
effective, or as a Bowery gentleman would
goods stores cali Il '.swagger. 3" When
| seen in thick cane, the effect OF Poly
/ is almost alarming.
This is Napoleon age, so poor old Bona
parte Is called upon 10 furnish fash
/ ionabe color to New York society 1t is
/ called Napoleon blue" It is rather a
/ dark tint, and is supposed to be Of the
/ exact shade of the great warriors mill
tary coat.
The Havana" is a popular shade 1t is
! the color Of dark cigar, and. as a face
] tious dry goods clerk said yesterday, 1T
! lights up well, particularly at night, after
! dinner II will be used for dresses as well
as neckties, because anything that can be
made up into wOmans dress this season.
/ is equally desirable for a mans scarf.
pretty combination is known as "Ha-
Vana and forest" IL is a dark brown. rep
resenting the Havana cigar, and bright
green, such as may be seen in the forests
/ and meadow land in the spring. The colors
! harmonic beautifully, and II Is probable
! that the combination will be a great ia
vorite this spring and summer.
/ Apple carcelle" IS a light green-the
] Kind IF annie fha small
| to any other, notwithstanding the pains
| that may follow his Indulgence. Green
one that has seen the apple sarcelle"-
/ or apple sauce" as II is irreverently
1 called-will admit. 1t is particularly at
tractive in a woman's big waist, with bal
loon sleeves. Womans dress is running
/ to waist this year
Sunset pink has been evolved from tho
! tints of the evening sky as IL appears
/ over the top of the Coney Island elephant
/ from Manhattan Beach. II Is a delicate
/ hue, and is really strongly suggestive of
/ the glow of sunset in the spring, although
/ it also resembles the inside Of boiled
salmon. II Is one OF the most graceful of
1 the new tints.
American Beauty" is a shade Of pink
that has already become familiar in the
American Beauty" as IT Is indeed worthy
/ of its name.
la Cigale" is a. green of light shade.
I and reminds one of some of Lillian Rus
/ sells garments in that popular character.
/ There are many greens this season, and
] TINS Is one OIL lut most dtlrdcllNe.
! Aurora purple" comes with the dawn
and conveys the idea of the day just strug-
/ Cling into view through the blackness Of
/ night. This color will be worn by young
women, of course but will be suitable
! for mothers-in-law with stern ideas of the
duties of husbands, and is said to be par
/ ticularly effective when worn In the dim
Z religious light of a front hall at 2 in the
morning. as the man of the house let's
himself in with his latchkey and his boots
in his hand.
Caprice pink is a coquettish shade of
who have a pretty habit of sinking their
to draw into themselves In the glare of
/ the electric lights. It is a good deal of the
color Of the inside of a kittens ear
Scotch plaids are everywhere The
prob Roy Macgregor plaid" Is a favorite
and the tartans worn by many Of the
clans are shown in the stores, to suit the
politics and fancies of every one.
Mocha" is like freshly ground coffee
and its bright brown IS attractive to ali
who like subdued tints with a sugges-
tion of life in them
The old fayorites still hold their own
They are the electric blues, Nile green's,
old roses. shades of ecru. sheens, maizes
crushed strawberries. shrimp pinks and
the thousand other tints that were the
style a few seasons ago. But they are
back on the bargain counters and are not
considered in comparison with their new
rivals. There VIII be a blaze of new color
in dresses, bonnets and neckties when the
services begin in the fashionable churches
this morning.