The age-herald., 1901-01-13
SKETCHES FROM
 EVERY DAY LIFE
A SYMPOSIUM IN COLORS.

sketches in white and black, so to speak, are generally very artistic creations A blonde woman, not to be a fright, has to understand the art of dressing to perfec- tion. I venture to say that taking them woman for woman, the blonde women are better dressers than their darker sisters. You see their coloring is so fine and del- icate that it takes the finest and richest fabrics to set it off. They realize this and dress accordingly"
 ''I believe what you say about blondes, as to their taste, is true," said another, but a woman with brown hair and eyes and costume which is a symphony in browns can have anything I've got, and myself in the bargain. Talk about your black and white etchings! What are they compared to a study in browns. There IS something so soft so tender and charm ing about brown. The girl in brown is to other girls in red and blue as a gray November day to the burning glare of July and the blighting snow of March. Brown is my color Brown October ale nut-brown maid, brown-with all it's sad ness and sweetness"
 A momentary silence followed this sen- timental outburst during which the pres ident relit his pipe. The president was not a bit sentimental, yet it took three matches to do the work for which one ordinarily sufficed. The other members seemed sur prised at his nervousness They thought he had missed his morning drink was showing signs of age. The truth is the conversation had recalled to his mind the a Sj Uh was dressed in Spanish yellow gown, with large black hat trimmed with feath- CTS. Her hair and the hat and the feath- CTS were all of one shade and it was hard to tell where one began and the other left off. Her eyes were soft and black and her face and figure and coloring were such that any old thing would have been becoming. All colors looked alike on her. that is they all looked equally we'll He was just about to describe this yellow dress and black hat, when he reconsidered. He remembered his reputation in the club, which he must maintain. It would never do to indulge in sentiment ''I confess" he said, that I don't understand why the red-headed man should select a blue hat band. The red-headed woman and the
 
 the former seems a part of the mystery of choice. As for the effect on you senti- mental fellows of various colors, that is easily explained. Women, of course, study these matters as part of the laws of beauty. Is an unwritten law that women must be beautiful and to aid them in this they study the laws of beauty, and learn what colors harmonize best with their own coloring. Blondes are more circumscribed in their choice than brunettes. There is always some one color that is more becom- ing to particular woman than any other. The ensemble makes a combination color and some men are susceptible to this color and dumb to all others just as their eyes can see some colors and not others, and just as the ear fails to catch any sounds above or below it's compass, Only the sentimental eye, to speak, has but one color or combination that attracts, as to use a simfle somewhat unsentI- mental, a dog will hear all notes on a piano or violin with indifference, except some particular note which will make him howl with delight"
 After this explanation by the president no one seemed inclined to say anything and there being no further business the meeting adjourned. F. H. M