New-York tribune., 1901-09-23
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1t is remarkable that few women know how
to dress becomingly. The little woman will efface
he self in brilliant colors with calm content.
The tall woman who is all angles where curves
should be arrays herself in stiff fabrics that ac-
centuate and multiply the angles. The stout
an whose too liberal curves need softening, wears
shiny that fit like gloves and reveal her
overgenerous proportions with unfriendly truth. The
moon faced woman dons absurd little hat or
bonnet that perches above her vast expanse of
countenance like a caricature and the sharp faced
woman with long nose tits her hat at a down.
ward angle that reduces her face a series OF
points-chin, and hat brim-with disastrous
effect to any possible beauty.
She of slender physique should robe herself In
soft fabrics of delicate tnting, suited to her com
2exion. If distinctly brunette she may wear plnks
grays or dim reds blues perhaps yellows If
blond. with little color. green. blue and warm
brown are likely to be suitable If neither blond
nor brunette, coraline pink. cornfower blue and
shades of green and red are usually becom-
ing.
Striking contrasts in dress are rarely wise. from
the beauty point of view, they distract atten-
ton from the wearer to the gown. The entire cos
tune should be so harmonized that no detail OF
adornment obtrudes itself upon the observer
Sometimes a Is honest enough TO admit
Ito HERSELF that she has striking personal
charm, and deliberately seeks secure briiancy
in her dress. Such daring often is rewarded by
success when she has artistic sense OF color
values and relations. One young woman. for in
ger OF being a walfower and determined to avert
such awful fate. She told the story to friend
thus
II knew that it was not a matter of brains. for
I have much the other girls. Men do not
for brains anyway! So l stood before my
mirror and studied myself as if had been some
body else l saw gray eyes, bright enough out
too indefinite in color; ordinary features nelther
good bad; light hair with no special tint; a fs-
of medium height. neither petite nor tall ana
rather too slender for beauty; story Of common
places in fact
II said to myself, III see II can get some color
in my eyes and hair the first thing So l expert
mented until found that certain shade of blue
brought a positive blueness to my eyes, and
adopted that. l learned that to put an ounce OF
peroxide of hydrogen in the rinsing water after
shampoo. month, would give warmer.
brighter tint to the hair 1 have done that ever
since. ! had all my gowns made in the fufry ana
frivolous style. and deliberately set about doing
the airy fairy Lillian sort OF thing Vanity? Not
a bit of it. l consider it every ones duty TO look
as well as she and to be as attractive as pos
sibIe for the sake of everybody in general
II always wear delicate blue for evening gowns,
and have them of the lghtest possible materials.
such as chiffon tuie or moussene dc soe and day
monds but l permit myself to wear pink roses,
that give just the one touch of bright color which
the costume needs. ! think my friends VIII JusuIy
me In saving that am no longer III uahsef vi
The young woman quoted might have gone fur
ther, had modesty permitted ana saia @ ina. 81 Sne S Is
set-"not pretty perhaps, but SO dainty and pictu-
rescue" is what people of her. She carries the
color idea into ali her gowns only varying the blue
from light TO dark befits the costume; Her
tailored gowns are of navy blue serge or broad
cloth Her carriage dress is OF sapphire or tur-
quoise blue and her neglgees OF ciel blue Her
hats have hlue feathers, TO harmonize
with the gowns and everywhere and always she is
a nhnnv in blue From being colorless and in
sisnitcant she has become creature of striking
indiyiduality who enjoys all the social triumphs
that usually are monopolized by beauty.
Another young woman. acting on the advice or
her friend, adopted red as her evening color 1t
was andacious but voted original and
effective as it brought out all her best points of
oonnieyion and converted her sallowness into
ytxidness She too only the filmiest
tariais ard in an evening gown OF deep red tulle.
with touches of black suggests oriiant tropical
bird. -.
r.reSn select1on ef colo-s and cultivation OF fine
csrrisee she cannot make herself look attractive.