The sun., 1904-07-31
: FADS OF THE 4
( NEW YORK GIRL Y
WHISTLER AND JUNO SOd-
dEST A COLOR SCHEME

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In the dull green that is 20 often shadow
or undertone in the peaoock's own color
sohenoe This wood - beautifully carved
and polished, 20 that It has much the eject
Of a lustrous semi-precious stone
The upholstery Is plain and nat without
tacking. It 10 of linen, 70 match the ceiling.
with cushions Of the most vivid green ana
blue, the very oolos that blend IN tho eye
Of the peacook's feather.
The floor cushions are Of tho bright oolors
and bronze burlap, undecorated and quite
plain, save for large bronze rings In the
cornors to make 1t easy to lit them from
place to place.
All the small tables and the square heavy
writing table are stained green, 10 mateh
the chairs, and the screen In front OF the
open FIRE is of carved kari wood. Ihere are
some woven stools OF Corean maVns'
both green and blue, and tea table OF oo-
rean mating in the dull green.
The draperies are all very hent ano
yery cool looking English art prints In
huge scattered design OF heurs-de-hs' the
colors including every peacock tone .ne
liohtest and darkest. These hang at win
dova and doors. and the windows have an
inner full curtain Of green American manu-
fact,,red fab net that gives tho enect OF
looking out Of doors through delicate
traoery of foliage and seems to connect
room with tho green world beyond.
The large palms arc In Chinese OIL jars
Of dull earth color, wildly decorated with
tall field lilies, blue with green stems. And
hanging bowls for flowers arc OF Spanish
pottery, swung in light frames Of woven
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The fittings for the tea table arc OF East
Indian glazed pottery, rich brown ana
ereen like the italian majolica. And the
tea table cloth 10 Of blue linen, With dragon
Aies and beetles embroidered In glowing
tropical border. -,
The room is lighted With candles, dull
blue and green, in wax Spanish pottery
sticks, And there are q few huge green
and OPAQUE blue Chinese porcelain lamps
hung In wistaria vines and carrying small
vicks floating in sweet oil; these, hung IN
the windows and lighted just as twilight
fades. give faint, mellow glow. half unreal
and wholly alluring for summer evening
talk or musicale.
The loveliest of the green jars and vases
that adorn the low rough mission shelves
are from the modern American potteries.
Thew are beautifully designed, perfection
of outline and marvellous varying shades
being combined with durability and useful
ness for flowers.
With the green decorations are a few
old India blue green glazed pottery vases
that are unq,estionably copied from the
peacock colors, apparently unfadable, but
brittle and instantly ruined by water
These are picked up in New York Oriental
bazaars for very little money, yet are very
rare in this country and decidedly valuable.
No red flowers in this room, no orchids,
nor piaks, nor roses; though wistaria would
not be half bad, nor would violets; white
Reraniurns with many green leaves would
be a delicate relief from the accentuated
| scheme. and clematis or smoke vine would
ct in adorably. And the Japanese narcissus
would be rarely lovely in the green hanging
| bowls with nearby pond lilies in low. open
dish OF carved white crystal.
And now for her peacock gauze dancing
| frock, which will not be worn In the pea
cock room. There she will wear, In the day
time, when she Is lounging, jade green
Mandarin coat embroidered in blue. over
any deNcate-hued neghge, and In the
evening white or the pale. soft green.
peacock shadow color, with bronze oma-
| ments.
| Her dancing frock, like her glowing room,
| ia intended to give widest metallic color
effect, vet in natures own methods; that is,
by using every necessary intermediate
shade to bring the bright tones together
| without clash, yet without loss OF inten-
sity.
The June gown is OF the finest Liberty
gauze, with chiffon pettiooats, very full.
but not long, 1t is the newest dancing cos
tune, which means skirt fully three
inches from the ground, the same length
all the way round, and full enough 80 that
one has the balancer OF Spanish dancer s
petticoats, and that means, alaok a-day,
q whalebone underpettiooat. Your skirts
won't sway over chiffon. They'll trail and
drag and make you look like heroine,
but they won't bdldncsr-not without help.
So the peacock dress. which Is as con-
ventional in style as 1t Is original in color,
will have an underpetticoat Of boned silk,
dull green and not large, not extravagant
in any way, but a huge concession to the
hoopskirt fashion which is gaining courage
rapidly.
Over this weak spirited imitation of a
crinoline is q soft Liberty silk petticoat
full and untrimmed, then a chiffon skirt
of richer green, very full and tucked to thu
knees. with a plated hounce Of blue gauze
The outer skirt, still fuller, is entirely
of the finest accordion plating. cut stal
fashion and in graduated cores Of alternate
vivid peacock blue and green. The effec
Of this plated skirt opening and folding
with every movement Of the dance, showing
an ever varying flash Of green and blue
like the futter of the wing of troploa
butterfly, is bewilderingly beautiful. Tn
stockings are Of the very sheerest iridescen
blue and green silk, open-work, with bronz
slippers having buckles Of peacock's eye
set in art nouveau bronze.