Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-09-22
Shaded Colors in Dress Detail
By MARY ASSABLE rAsros.

Instead Of combining . number of
colors into color scheme more or less
elaborate, there is a sudden craze for
shading some one color from its
palest shade tint 70 is 90 lone
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stockings, shad sdren fashion theirs,
silks and fiowers the adults abousons
and silks and ribbsJjldrsn whosse SO
harmonized and adius, plaits.
shirrings and folds q " "a veyy
wonderful color effeef : ,,.as :.
Sometines you wiz ss1pAn entire
evening frock OF shaded chiffon, or
Of different shades of one tone Of
chiffon combined 10 shade perfectly,
say from palest copper to a dark
time-stained metal, from the lightest
new orange shade-cocque de roche
to the deepest orange brown, or
from q delicate "oniou skin'-a
new shade of brownish yellow-to
the deapest oak-brown.
But it is most usual to have the
shading done by the manufacturer,
not by the modiste. You buy your
material with its tints all ready to
wear"
The wells are probably the most
noticeable of the shaded effects.
They usually start white or cream
on one side and then shade down
through innamerable exquisite
blendings to q golden brown, Yale
blue, terra Gotta which is being
much worn, dahlia, a Fall craze,
and deep copper. You seldom see
green except the cold water greens,
never bright red, and navy blue not
at all.
Almost every color this Fall is
subdued with brownish shadows.
There has never before been such
a craze for brown, and never has
there been so many wonderful
shades of this most adaptable of
Natures tones.
These shaded wells are extremely
picturesque for country wear, and
very useful indeed to the girl who
wants to make her light Summer
straw do for the Fall. Suppose it
is tan straw. Take off the old trim
ming, get three yard veil, shading
from cocque de roche-if you are a
brunette-to gold brown, put length
wise across the top of the hat from
side to side, falling over from the
brim just half inch, cross at the
back and bring over shoulder, knot
ting loosely in front. Where hat
shows at back put a bunch OF shad-
ed yellow -brown chrysanthemums,
and you have a pretty smart pic
turesque fall hat in the latest mode.
| If your hat is white have the veil
with Yale blue shading and roset-
ties of Yale blue velvet. Or try cop-
per tones on a grey hat, or terra
Gotta on faded brown. These
floating wells are charming in fall
winds and the rich colers are in
harmony with frosted fall landscapes.
As for shaded stockings they are
q within rather than a reasonable
fashion, pretty, possibly for little
girls with whom stockings are fully
a third of dress decoration or for
young girls to wear with dancing
frocks. But for older girls they
are mainly reserved for fancy dress,
or to exactly match shaded frock,
not for natural wear.
Shaded ribbons are a most useful
hat garniture for fall and gorgeous
shaded flowers will be worn all win
ter as well as fall, to trim dark fur
and felt hats, and also on the more
delicate dressy hats of lace and chit
fon. And shaded feathers will be
used in the same way-the natural
shaded effects of the ostrich and
marrabow, and every artificial COM
bination of tints and tones.
Ii will not be smart to combine
different shaded effects, that is, a
plain hat will be worn with a shad-
ed waist or wrap and vice versa.
i 1t is not generally known that
fine qualities of chiffon and good
ribbons can be washed so that il is
impossible to tell them from new.
No ordinary washing will do it.
Rubbing or boiling will fade and
disfgure such delicate fabrics. II
il were well dore, it must be done
quickly, muscle and time can be re-
served for sweeping and heavier
labors.
| Prepare a bucket of warm borax
water. and half bar Of shaved Cas-
tile soap. of the borax. four tea.
spoonfuls, and the soap have dis.
solved. rub the pretty finery lightly
in the hands, splashing it up and
down in the water. When it looks
clean, rinse it in warw borax water
without soap, then in clean cold wa.
ter.