Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-12
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
and produces a new one. This cooriny
she declares shall lead all the rest To it
she gives q name never before bestowed
upon any coloring and sends it forth to
triumph and die In season
Would you know that coloring this year.
milady?
II is 'taupe" Gnole)
AS yet that means nothing to you, but
before the leaves have blown away you
will be talking .taupe with the rest.
Your dressmaker your mlllner and your
tailor discuss 1t now as glibiy as IL they
had known it a century. "raupe 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 Is ashen and IN
silken fabrics 1t is almost silver. 1t will
not attract you at first. In the end 1t
will fascinate YOU.
"Puce" is another new color. 1t is moro
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
IL suggests all four. 1t is wholly unlike
anything you have ever seen before.
Blue a Favored Color.
'rraupe' and 'puce" have many close
seconds. and peculiar among these is the
'wistaria." The general tone resembles
the blossoms of that name. but it is dark
er and has almost metallic cast. Then
there is 'prunelle," which has been des-
cribed as q 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 inger with us Il long time. one
of these Is known as 'catawba Khaki
browns are important factors In the sea-
sons colorings and women To whom these
shades are becoming Will not make a mis-
take In adopting them. This brown used
Ia 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 IA color to be rele-
gated to the background. and there arc
many shades to be found in 1t this year.
The newest OF these Is Canard (duck).
The word is descriptive OF its colorng,
which is not not unlike the peculiar blue
feathers of 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 coiorings AT amy rate. 1t Is with
the new color they are most often seen,
and the one offsets the others.
Contrasts a 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 As
| some white and not a little black.
A new feature in colors Is the idea OF
/ contrasting different tones OF n color
i 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 II is really welcomed change after
the monotony of the one-color fad