The sun., 1904-07-31


Dame Fashion Is Q bit of fakir. sne
found IL easy to be very original and very
stern when Paris and London peutioneo
for new fashions only seni-annualiy. bu'
with the New York girls demand ior .
new fad week she 10 put to It to nold heI
supremacy. She has noticed, though thas
when Fate runs short Of situations ana
events. history is allowed to repeat itseil'
and who, indeed, Is Fashion to rise superior
to Fate? ,.sh,on
ia but the Oldest In fresh conditions. ine
fad this week Is for peacock colorS'
1t was first Juno's fad some few thou-
sand wears ago-an annoying thought 10
the New York girl But after all, Juno
apparently created no great vogue ior N'
and managed 1t very badly, without an
atom of subtlety. Any one could nave
trained peacock. It Is no more clever tnAn
to have q cocker spaniel or Boston terrier:
But to use q peacock color scheme m
decorations, In dress, in jewelry, In ones
eardep-that requires some brain. Anu
gray matter IL the New York girls strons
point. J,no,s
right to prior recognition ASIDE put he.
debt to whistler she has to oonsider iese
some one else should. The use OF the pea
cock for interior decoration really came 70
her with the account Of the sale OF Whistiers
famous peacock room. Not that she mas
the intention OF remotely initiating tne
particular decorative suggestion IN ~.
She is family obliged to 'Mr. Butterny
for painting the room. that's al; snaoe
more than to Juno for her interest IN the
subject. But she really intends greatly 70
improve upon both their ideas.
She Will not do anything % blatant 70
obvious a TO use the real peacock feefhers
or to initiate thsm closely. She VIII merely
follow tho wonderful green and blue ooiors
suggested, and will add tho bronze which
n the real marvel Of the original scheme
and which u usually overlooked IN peacock
color expression.
The bronze IL most essential, she feels
especially In any room fitting. It furnishes
the cement, a. 1t were, for the vivid blue
and green and adds q certain subtlety OF
harmony that two flaming oolors placed In
juttaposition can never express.
The real peacock color scheme includes
not oniy bronze and the green OF q marsh
pool and the blue Of dragonfy, but also
a delicate cool green that Is like sea grass
| IN mid summer, and even the bright green's
and the blue vary and the bronze has both
a metallic ustre and soft wood tone.
So that q peacock room or . peacock frock
according to the New York girl, would not
mean a massing together without any
shadows Of two Of the most insistent colors
and repeating them with more or less good
result again and again.
The room first, that 1t may be fitting
+, back ground for the wonderful Juno gown
when its turn shall come. Everything
must be in perfect harmony-foor, walls,
woodwork, furnishings and ornaments.
She will Use various shades OF blue as
we'll as green and bronze, yet most care
| fully selected, that the finished effect may
he truly the color scheme borne proudly
about by the satisfied possessor OF the
loyeliest plumage and the greatest variety
of vanity of any animal In the world.
The ceiling 10 a strange pale opaque
blue like the sky in q Neapolitan water
color. 1t il at once COOL and profound
The walls are in peacock green burlap
the dullest peacock green, yet distinctly
of the rich hue that belongs to the scheme.
Stencilled on the burlap in shadow
outline is a large design Of conventonalized
peacocks In bronze and wood brown, the
colors laid on very family. Only In the
border Is there q touch Of metallic blues
and green's in the stin pattern Of birds
heads and wings.
The floor is first stained in peacock brown
and while still wet there is n faint over.
wash here and there Of green. The effec,
ia most interesting and unusual. The room
woodwork is birch stained bronze e-browT
and has only a slight suggestion of the
green.
are entirely in peacock green stain. The
style IL the popular heavy Mission designs
with the metal work-the big iron mai
heads and the chains-a,l ooiored in polisl
of peacock blue lustre. The especially
lustrous blue on the rice green is an inspira
ton, It is 30 vividly beautiful,
The chair cushions, Mission style, are o
Japanese coarse linen. exactly the colo
OF the frame. They are not tackled il
upholstery style. nor firmly fastened to tn
chair, but caught at the top with bronzs
bro wn leather thongs. There are variety
OF the chairs, the heavy lounging chair, tn
Morris style, rockers, large and small. ant
q beautiful window seat.
There is a sense OF rest tfulness in havin
all the chairs alike One just notices tha
they are pleasant without stopping to ap
preciate them all. And to demand to,
much interest in a room because OF to-
! great variety OF effects is to decrease tn
sense Of peace and quiet charm.
The window seat furnishes slight varia
ton, because near the window in tn
, stronger light it suggests naturally fres
!, interest, as one always expects a still fur
ther enlargement of interest at a glimps
out OF the window.
The framework is Of kari wood, staine