The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-29
this IS TO BE A
SEASON OF COLOR
Many New Shades in the Fall
Showing-Some New Names
for the Shoppers.

Every fall Dame Fashion sorts her col
orings, blends the different hues together
n produces a new one. This coloring
she declares shall lead all the rest. To It
she gives o name never before bestowed
upon any coloring and sends it forth to
triumph n die in a season. s#"t y
Would you know that coloring this year,
milady?
It is "taupe'' (mole). a rn' ".
As yet that means nothing to you. but
Before the a have blown way you
will be- talking "taupe" with, the rest.
Your ~dressmaker, your milliner and your
tailor discuss 1t now as glibly as IL 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 It has a suggestion of brown.
Seen In certain lights 1t IL asIen and in
silken fabrics II il almost silver. It will
not attract you at first. In the end it
will fascinate on.
"Puce' IL another new color. 1t Is more
exclusive than "taupe," because 1t 10 i'm
iteted 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.
s Blue a Favored Color.
'Taupe'' and "puce' have many close
seconds. m peculiar among these is the
''wistaria." The general tone resembles
the blossoms of that name, but it is dark
er n has almost a metallic cast. Then
there is ~"prunelle," which has been des-
cribed as a rich dark reddish violet"
There are. too, many notifications OF the
old familiar mulberry and the prune
shades whose superb tone coloring has
made them linger with us a long time. One
"a 49, n -. Ia - % TTh.IEN
browns are important factors in the sea-
sons colorings n 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 I'm many of the Partisan Inn
portations OF both hats and gowns.
Blue is too favored a color to be feIe-
gated to the background, and there are
many shades to be found in IL 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 a mallard. 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. 1t Is with
the new color they are most often seen,
and the one offsets the others.
Contrasts q New Feature.
Parrot green's are among the newest
greens this year. But there are countless
shades OF emerald and myrtle, both of
which are very pretty. .f..,.., e..
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 Of a color.
That Is, designers, instead OF using blend
ing shades of the same color, put togeth-
er 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 1t is really a welcomed change after
the monotony of the one-color' fad.