The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-23
THIS IS TO Be A
SEASON OF COLOR
Many New Shades in the Fau
Showing-Some New Names
for the Shoppers.

Every fall Dame Fashion sorts her COL
orinxs. blends the different hues together
and produces a new one. This coloring
she declare shall lead all the rest. To it
she gives q name never before bestowed
upon Any coloring II sends it forth to.
triumph and die in a season.
Would you know that coloring this year,
milady:
It Is "taupe'' dnole>.
AS yet that means nothing to you. but
before tho leaves have blown away you
will be talking 'taupo'' with the rest.
Your dressrnaker. your ml!liner and Q
tailor discuss it now as gltbly as II they
had known it a century. 'Taupe" is gray
not an ordinary shade, you understand,
but one that is rather elusive. In its deep
er shadows 1t has a suggestion of brown.
Seen in certain lights 1t is ashen and in
silken fabrics It Is almost silver. 1t will
not attract you at first. In the end 1t
will fascinate you.
"Puce" is another new color. 1t is more
exclusive than ''taupe," because 1t is Inn
itated with difficulty. and the genuine col
or halls from Paris. "Puce' is not easy
TO describe. 1t is neither rose, nor brown.
neither mahogany. nor raspberry, and yet
1t suggests all four. 1t is wholly unlike
anything. you.have ever seen. before.
Blue q Favored Color.
"Taupe' and ''puce" ave many close
seconds, and peculiar among these Is tho
"wistarla." The general tone resembles
the blossoms OF that name, but 1t Is dark
er and has almost a metallic cast. Then
there is %''prunelle." which has been des-
cribed as a erich dark reddish violet"
There are. too, many notifications of the
old familiar mulberry n the prune
shades whose superb tone coloring has
made them linger With us a long time. One
of these is known as "catawba." Khaki
browns are important factors in tho sea-
sons coiorings and women to whom these
shades are becoming will not make a mis-
Take In adopting them. This brown used
in combination with black and touches OF
white is seen in many of the Partisan i'm
portations of both hats and gowns.
Blue is too favored a color to be rele-
gated to the background, and there are
many shades to be found in 1t this year.
The newest of these is Canard (duck).
The word is descriptive Of its coloring,
which is not not unlike the peculiar blue
feathers OF u lna!iard. Then there is pea
cock. royal. Copenhagen, Atlantic and
navy. Perhaps it is because these blues
combine so beautifully with the new
"taupe' shade that they are in the front
rank of colorings. AT any rate, it is with
the new color they are most often seen,
and the one offsets tae others.
Contrasts q New Feature.
Parrot greens are among the newest
greens this year. But there are countless
shades of emerald and myrtle, both of
which are Very pretty.
Pastel shades for evening wear have
lived their day. This year they have
given place to the deeper tones. There is
some White and not a little black.
A new feature in colors is the idea of
contrasting different tones CT a color.
That is, designers, instead OF using blend
Ing shades of the salne color, put togeth-
err contrasting tones.
This contrast of color Will be noticed
particularly in the millinery. The shop
windows In Kansas City are filled with
striking examples of this new form of art.
and it is really a welcomed change after
the monotony of the one-co,or fad.