Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

YAKIMA. This will help materially. In
deed. II you do so. all will go smoothly.
Wear discordant tones and all will be
confusion. You can make the study OF
color as applied to your person a fine art,
and the more you cultivate 1t in discover
ing the effect of the various shades on
your movements the more you will be
convinced of the amazing power of color
in influencing your lot
This theory is not exactly new yet II
is only now that it is being taken I'D with
wild enthusiasm by set of smart wom-
en- who, II not exactly fascinated by the
occult, at least glory in the idea OF cul-
tivating anything which is Of the nature
which brings grist. or, in other words.
luck-to the MILL
All through the season just gone. few
of the very up-to-date and swagger
dressmakers made a feature of mascot
gowns, and did a roaring trade in them.
In speaking on the subject the other day
one OF them said:
"A smart woman will wear any color or
combination under the sun provided she
thinks it brings her good fortune. At the
same time, you must understand she
added, when 1 make mascot gowns /
make a point of trying to hit upon the
tones that will be most helpful to my Gus
toners. To a good number blue is a very
lucky color, but it takes time to find out
the shade of blue which will bring the
best results. For one 1t may be tur-
quoise, for another navy, and again sky.
Those with a touch of blue or brown in
their eyes cannot do wrong by wearing
any blue. Before the Derry, last May,
two well known women in the royal set
came to me and said they wanted me TO
design them entire cerlse gowns ana
hats, because they had heard this color
was SO Alcky. l agreed with them that
to some 1t was a hue which brought good
fortune, but for others IL was exactly the
reverse, and L knew enough about the
tones which il was advisable for them to
don to realize that in their cases cerise
would have a bad effect. Besides, II was
the last of all they should nave selected
from an artistic point OF view. Incl
dentally 1 mentioned this to them. where
upon they both promptly replied they did
not mind making martyrs of themselves
for the Derby day. as they wanted SO
badly the kings horse to win. / pointed
out however, that they would accomplish
their ends far more successfully II they
agreed to wear the colors / suggested.
One must be gowned in heliotrope, L in
sisted, and the other in a particular shade
of pale yellow. They were quite anne
nable, and 1 dressed them accordingly.
When the kings horse won, they sent me
a telegram from the course.
Sometimes a lady finds that painted
idol brings her good fortune. In this
case, / compose a gown for her of the
tones Of her mascot. The result Is al
ways satisfactory. After Mrs. Black.
an American woman, gave a party to the
king in the spring there was a great
craze for frogs as mascots, and numbers
of women to whom they had brought luck
came to me and had their dresses made
of the same tones as those exhibited in
their particular mascots. For some wom-
en- green is anathema. To others 1t IS
gift which keeps of the evil eye One
of my best customers tells me that IL
friend presents her with anything green
the friendship is inevitably broken be-
fore many months. She says she has
struggled to defy this, determining on no
account to quarrel, but II Is beyond her
control, and the inevitable happens.
THE influence Of the mascot gown is
always most definitely enforced IL the
wearer is in good health. II at all in
disposed she loses, as ii were, her mag
netism and the gown is powerless to
draw any results. Ladies in the country
sometimes write to me sending speci-
men Of their hair and a description Of
their coloring and ask me to compose a
bridge coat that win improve their
chances or a golf skirt which will at
tract their lucky star or Tight and !, to
the best Of my ability. carry out their
orders. They usually write later to as
sure me that things have turned In their
favor-s