Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-03-21
BRIGHT GOIORS THE RAGE.
Bah Discusses a Great Variety of
Woman'S Belongings.

GIVE Me ANY COLOR, so IT'S
RED" - BRIGHT-HUED PARA
SOILS AND SHIRT WAISTS-CURI-
Gus DESIGNS IN UMBRELLA
STICKS-VIOLET IN GREAT DE
MAND - ENGLISH ROYALTY'S
FAVORITE COLOR - STRENGTH
AND INFLUENCE OF INANIMATE
THINGS--HOW OFTEN OUR IDEAS
DO CHANGE-TYPES OF GIRLS
f THAT VANISH - SKILLFULLY
WEARING OLD CLOTHES-PECU-
LIAR HAIR DRESSING - RED
/ GLOVES, NEVER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
New York. March lit would seem
as il The fashionable importers had said,
as did the country girl of old: Give
me any color, so it's red. Always, OF
course, allowing the wonderful shades
of violet, that if they were less modest,
might be called the rage. If you ask
for a neat parasol, one for general wear,
you are shown a purple MORE, lined
with green and decorated on the end Of
its white wood stick by ball Of green
Jade! If you don't fancy this, the sales
man proudly brings forth fiery-red
umbrella, with stick ornamented In
what he calls: "Cleopatra-like.' And
by this he means that the lotus flower
in the fat Egyptian drawing, is the
chosen decoration. The handles Of
parasols are decidedly gaudy. Sticks
Of natural wood are finished with the
heads of cockatoos, OF swans and Of
ether graceful birds, all highly colored,
while in contrast one tinds on other
sticks tiny dogs, funny little kittens,
not TO mention enormous strawberries,
gocseberries, grapes and currents. And
all made to look like nature. | wonder
if these sticks represent the realistic
school? Still in reality, we wouldn't
tie pets or punches of fruit to our para
sol handles. But as | said, the cry
seems to have gone out, and over the
earth: ANY color, so long as its
red.
OF course, you have seen the red shirt
waists with their staring white collars
and glossy black satin stocks. 1t seems
strange to have such absolute
CONTRAST IN THE FAVORITE
COLORS
as there is between red and violet for
who can ever think of the violet as be-
ing anything but quiet and in good
taste: and who can think CT bright red
as being anything but rather exciting
for summer wear? People who study
the effect Of color say that one reason
the English soldiers fight 50 well is be-
cause Of their red coats, the color being
en- incentive of bloodshed. | wonder
if that's true? We all know how easily
one can be Influenced by certain ccs-
tune; so why shouldn't it be true?
Could pale bike stand for anything but
arbitration? If you were the costume
Of a Quakeress wouldn you be rather
ashamed to let your angry passions
rise? Could you be severe and say ugly
words if you wore a white frOck, daint-
lily trimmed with ribbon and lace? But
wouldn't it be easy TO be stubborn and
angry and to quarrel if you wore
black skirt with a red silk bodice and
carried red silk parasOl? Some day
we'll all know everything about the
real strength and influence Of inanimate
things. then Wen understand why we
are effected as we are by certain per-
fumes. and by certain atmospheric
changes. Why doesn't know that day
when its dark. the air is heavy, and
every sorrow YOU have ever had, or ever
exDect 10 have comes M before you and
makes YOU feel Yourself a much abused
person? Who hasn't joyed in the day
when the air seemed full OF a tonic,
very wine Ct life, when one almost
tried to drink it. and life seemed so we'll
worth living that che wanted to live
forever? You and I are perfectly
weak, poor creatures; were affected
morally and mentally, not only by what
we wear and what We see but by the
weather. Il is a great deal easier TO be
even a half-saint when everything
gees wrong, including the methods
adopted by the rain drops.
It's a good thing for US that the weather
changes. but it's curious how often our
ideas change. especially
OUR IDEALS OF BEAUTY.
How long is il since the lsnky, thin, gaunt-
looking girl. with a thick bang. frizzed
way down on her forehead, her general
get-up decidedly dowdy. was in fashion?
Following her there came the extremely
trig tailor-made girl; she parted her hair
exactly in The middle, and arranged it with
such smoothness that YOU felt It must
hurt her head. Every button on her frock
had a duty to perform and every one did
II. She gave no thought TO the beautiful
In. her, toilet, but concentrated all her