Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
Color Matching SweIIs
the DressmakerS' Bills
Special Correspondence of The Star.

special Correspondence or The Star.
LONDON, October Is, 1909.
r. VERIFYING to match is the craze
r.. of the hour. The mondaine who has
any pretensions to be in the van
guard of fashion must have every article
In her attire to tone
To such an extent has the passion gone
that various sets of lingerie to correspond
with each costume are now sent home
with the gown. Some smart women have
lingerie and jewels of the same color
ings. and the other features of their
clothing Of a tone that harmonizes. The
gardener has to take into consideration
the hues which the chatelaine favors. and
lay out his terraces and beds with the
blooms which blend with them.
No self-respecting woman should dream
Of taking her pets abroad without hav-
ing their coats and ribbons to match tile
colors she is wearing Directly she orders
her new costumes she goes forth with
patterns Of them to the dog costumer,
giving instructions for her pets various
outfits. This order Of things means an
immense new outlay in that already
large item in the fashionable woman's
expenditure, her dogs wardrobe: for not
only have the dogs garments to match
iilo IlSlIeSS DuI the SlOISS III Ills collar
must be identical with those she wears.
It is said that we'll known peer. who
a few years ago married q musical COM
edy actress, is seeking assiduously for
some pretext on which to divorce his
wife because of her wild extravaganza on
the wardrobe and jewel cases of her pets.
In referring to 1t he said at his club re-
Gently:
1T is enough to drive the sanest man
into a iunatic."
of absorbing concern to the chic woman.
She has at least her boudoir in the color
she favors most in her dress, or in one
that harmonizes with 1T. All fashionable
London knows the exquisite violet bou-
doir in Consuelo Duchess of Manchester's
par excellence the tone beloved of her
grace. She is as devoted to it as the
queen is to mauve. For ConSuelo's vio-
let boudoir the woodwork came from
Japan, where 1t was specially dyed. while
the tapestries, curtains and blinds were
all manufactured at Lyons. Throughout
the year violets bloom in it in vases and
baskets. and everything is scented with
the delicate odor. Consuelo herself, in
her wonderful purple tea gowns and
| amethyst embroideries, makes striking
figure therein. When her friends are en-
| tertained in this room at the chic little
teas she arranges. the cups and saucers
are in the shape of violets. Very often.
, will wear violet tie, violets in his but
ton hole and socks of the same hue, as a
compliment to his hostess.
Women with red gold lair like that of
the Hon Mrs. George Keppel delight In an
oranSe-colored boudoir. Not only does this
background set off their hair. but 1t har-
monies with the hues they wear. 1t will
! go with blue, with brown or their
favorite greens. The Hon. Mrs. John
| Ward is very fond of soft artistic tints
in red and pink and the story goes that
when she finds herself in boudoir the
coloring of which ''swears" at that which
she may be wearing she bids hasty
retreat. However, this is but the atti-
tuGe of many another smart woman who
This is why public rooms are just now so
often in neutral cclors as becoming to
one guest as to another. Hostesses who
hope for success must above all things
be considerable and guests artistic in
stfncts have to be catered to as well as
their own.
Lady Limerick, during her brief stays
in London. uses her shamrock" bou-
doir considerably. She has fresh sup
plies OF the dear little plant sent
over twice week for its decoration. AS
green makes a tolerable Background for
most colors Lady Limer!ck's friends have
nothing t. say against 1T. Only once
lady came in magenta. Women who
the artistic. Personally. she was not
perturbed by her surroundings. But her
companions were. She was treated with
marked GOODNESS and soon took her de-
parture, upon which an Irish NJ P who
was present said 1t was a case of "the
green above the red and another triumph
for Ireland