Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-26


ivory or cream, can be counted on one
hand. Often one hears woman say she
cannot wear white, but as rule she is
mistaken Blondes of all ages, from the
cradle to the grave. look lovely in II. And
the same may be said of nearly ali bru-
nettes. Every one who has color either in
the eyes hair cheeks or lips can wear 1t.
Even the lady mentioned above, who Is so
hopeiessly drab. would look a thousand per
cent better than she does in the eternal
g1ays she has worn many years.
Pale blue is a shade to which many peo-
pie are devoted, and why l fail to see. It
is not artistic. 1t looks well on few wo-
men, and 1t fails to bring out faint colors
In cheeks or eyes. Golden-haired blondes
look well enough in it, but there is no
depth in the color itself If 1t is ever very
becoming. 1t Is to women with light brown
hair and pale blue eyes. For blue-eyed peo-
pie. it should be borne in mind always look
well In some color which matches the eyes.
Hence many shades of blue should be
RELOCATED to them alone. Turquoise blue is
worst of all. Thank goodness. the rage for
it is over 1t was. perhaps. the most hope
lessly unbecoming shade to the majority
of women that 1t has been our sad fate to
see In such very common use.
Pink for Youth Alone.
Then there is pink. A woman said not
long ago that she thought pink should be
relegated to children. Grown people should
never wear it Perhaps few of them should
wear 1t. but by all means let those to
whom 1T Is becoming don 1t in order that
the eyes Of onlookers may be gladdened by
the sight of so much cheer. At Newport
there Is so much of it in the morning that
one-half of the day can really be called
pink. Most people with pink cheeks can
wear it: and only the other day L saw it
on a girl with sallow skin and grayish
green eyes. She looked far better In it
than in any neutral shade such as she
usually affects. So make a note of it.
everybody. Try the effect of pink on your
hair and complexion before banishing that
color from your repertoire.
Lavender is a much abused color Bru-
nettes of every shade have decided 1t is be-
coming to them. and. as matter of fact,
they are usually mistaken. 1t is neutral,
and needs something fair to bring it out.
such as white skin, or red or golden hair.
Green is color which is scarcely an
preciated. In its lighter shades nearly
every one can wear it. There is not IA
blonde who cannot find some combination
of green which is most becoming to her.
and II brunetteS find nothing in the bright
tones, they can experiment with Nile green.
Red is a color which adapts itself to both
blondes and brunettes in or the other
of its hundreds of tones and shades 1t
is a common ground on which they can
meet Nearly every one. in fact. can wear
it in either dark or light shades although
the brilliant red of the poppy is confined
to clear-skinned blondes and dark-eyed
brunettes. In summer it is pleasant enough
to wear, perhaps, but 1t is rather trying
to the onlooker on a hot day.
Yellow When All Else Fails.
When everything else fails, try yellow.
Nearly every one can wear 1t. Blondes
never dared to until short time ago. Bru-
nettes declare they can only do so when
they have color in their faces. This is a
mistake, they would find by few ex-
periments. Women with red hair have
rather avoided the color as they do many
others, because no one has ever tried before
them to wear it. But like brown, yellow
adapts itself to almost every wearer. To
say that brown adapts itself to every one
Is rather sweeping assertion, for there
are women with coal black hair and brown
eyes. They look much better in navy blue
with a dash Of red to set it off.
The strawberry blonde or the plain red
headed girl can always wear brown, russet.
maroon, white, some shades of red and
many shades of green. She can also use
yellow sparingly unless her skin is dead
white and her hair a pale yellow red.
There is scarcely anything she had better
LEI alone, but she should be reminded that
brown is much more becoming to her llan
blue.
A good rule in trying the effect of colors
on the complexion is to put them against
the back of the hand. If the skin there
does not look dead under it the color is
usually safe one. Matching the eyes is
another excellent plan. Some hazel-eyed
women might find it difficult, but if they
can find anywhere the hue of their chang
ing orbs they may be sure it will be a sue
cessful gown which they can construct Of
the material, be it cotton silk.
And now that we exempt from GER
tain shades why not wear softer. brighter
and gayer colors? On the street somber
shades will always be worn by women Of
good taste, but there are our homes and
the thousand and one delightful places
where We are not in the public eye. Let
US first find what is becoming to us and
then brighten the spots which we haunt.
MABEL BOYD.