Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24

queer dull oriental reds. Poppy color coral,
terra Gotta, Japanese red, almost all good
reds are IN her gamut. Dark blue and odd
shades of vivid blue are also becoming, eS-
pecially if the eyes be blue or gray. as are
several shades of green, especially the dull
and rich shades. The sallow blondes most
successful street costume would probably
be of dark blue or dark red Gray Is not
becoming to her, and brown rarely so. What
the Sallow blonde has most to trouble about
is her light-colored frock for evening wear
She cannot wear white or ordinary shades
of pink, blue or green. She must avoid
black absolutely. She must never touch
Lavender. Her really ideal colors, vivid and
dark reds and heavy blues, are almost too
deep for evening wear. The only thing for
the sailow blonde to do in such situation
Is to avoid everything positive. She must
fly for relief to queer CONNECTIONS which
VIII not clash with her sallow skin. Dull
oriental blues, which are pale enough for
evening and are not so uncompromising as
pure pale blue, dull, pale green's on the
same order cream color and dull yellow are
her eveing gown possibilities. The dull blues
and greens must be lighted up by spangles
innumerable If they are to be sufficiently
vivid. Red roses IN the hair and on the
corsage may add to the cream color gown
the needed briiliance, while with the yellow
gown pink roses, or red either, would be
exquisite for the saliow blonde.
Last of the blondes is she of the velvet
brown eyes. The girl with the velvet brown
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clear. is exquisitely pretty In pale blue.
Even II her complexion be not clear pale
blue is one of her best colors. Then come
bright pink. known as watermelon pink,
pale gray. white. cream color. yellow. all
shades OF brown and pale greens. She
lacks the fragile exquisiteness of the other
blondes. and so does not look so we'll in
spangles. Her ideal colors for the evening
are diaphanous white. with but few span
giles, II any, pale blue and pink of almost
any shade, and for the street pale gray or
brown.
The red-haired girl seems to be- as rule,
possessed of a keener instinct In the choice
or her colors than most women. Her great
est mistake Is in selecting pale blue; in
most cases it Is very unbecOming for q
whole waist or dress but touches Of it here
and there, as in bows on a white dress or
piping on black one, are not unbecoming
sometimes. The most stunning colors for
the red-haired woman are black for the
street and white for evening wear Black,
too, is most becoming for evening wear
Very dark blue, very dark green and brown
are also most exquisitely becoming to the
red-haired woman. Vivid blues are not as
q rule, SO becoming. 1t Is dangerous ex-
pertinent indeed for red-haired woman
to try any vivid colors. Very pale pink and
very deep wine color are the only shades
akin to red which are becoming, and these
are exqusitely so. Gray is sometimes ex-
Qutsite with dark red or golden-red hair
but must be chosen with care, as there are
pale green is the only possibility besides
the very, very dark shades among the
greens. unless ones taste is so perfect that
it is possible to select some oddly harmon
fous. duh green tint Very dark purple is
not unbecoming. Lavender is exceedingly
doubtful
At last In the gamut of colors we are
down to the brown-haired girl-the girl
whose name is legion. Here complexion
counts more than anything. for brown hair
goes well enough with any shade, and, on
the other hand, unlike red, 1t lacks the
vividness which would make 1t dominant
1t Is the nut-brown maiden as to eyes and
hair who also rejoices In bright complex
ion who Is favored among this order OF
womankind. For her there are few unbe-
coming colors and many that are excess
siyely. dazzlingly becoming. Pale green.
white, yellow and pale blue make her ideal
ball gowns Lavender is also exceedingly
becoming. as are pale gray and vivid pink
In fact, all shades Of pink and rose. Bright
red is not so becoming to her, but for the
street very dark green, almost any shade
Of blue, purple, brown ana gray are becom-