Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
COLOR INFLUENCES
SPIRITS OF WEARER
Black and Brown Drag Heavy
Spirits Down-Green Is
Refreshing.

Why don women study the infu-
ence of color on the spirit and regulate
the colors in their wardrobe according
Typ said Il woinan who believes that
a large proportion of her socia! success
is due to the variety OF colors in her
wardrobe. 1T makes dressing so much
more interesting. too.
Fond as i am of black evening
gowns, / never will Wear one unless I
feel that | am thoroughly free from
any tendency toward depression. "A
black gown aggravates melancholy of
mood. Put on 4 black gown in a SOM
bre mood and see il it does not seem
just part OF the mood. =
Brown is another color that / avoid
IN depressed times. Brown is "a heavy
color. 1t will drag depressed spirits
lower. When naturally morose people
tell me that their favorite color is
brown l feel like saying to them, Like
seeks like says the New York Sur.
Brown is a charming color but sl,ould
be worn only with the glowing mood.
Gray is another color to beware of
in down times. You know how a walk
through a brown autumn wood will
throw you into the dumps if you feel
a bit durnpv. and how a gray day
makes YOU more forlorn if you are feel
ing a little SO.
white never drags on the spirit. 1t
has always a serene influence. But
it will not always ave the power to
lift you out of depression. 1t is too
calm and im%personal to deal with Ger
tain moods which pink, yellow. blue.
heliotrope. etc, may dispel. A MOOD
that needs the help that yellow gives.
will be unaffected for the better if you
impose pink upon it.
Red Puts Life Into Party.
II needed red the other evening. I
had been asked to Il dinner which l was
sure would be a dull affair because 1
happened to know who had b%eeninvited
to it. nice people but inclined to he
heavy. / was sure that the women
would wear the conventional black
gown. So l wore a brilliant red gown.
Why when l put it on l felt it giving
me courage.
The instant I entered my friends
drawing room l was conscious of the
lively clash of the atmosphere of my
gown and the dull atmosphere of the
dinner party. l felt appreciation of it's
CHEEKY radiance positively tingling in
the air. There was a special warmth
in the way l was greeted by those peo-
pie that would not have been in their
manner. however cordial, simply and
solely ecaus of the relief that my
gown brought their spirits. Do you
know that evening was a jolly success
C00S NOo vi SlAS &OlCi l. IIclu lOS
to wear?
There is no color like red for put
ting h heart in one. 1t always seems
to me the most generous of all colors.
A red gown is a most wonderful nerve
because it does so much work for
you in itself.
Green is a refreshing color to wear.
especially in summer A gown of green
on a hot day will invite ones thoughts
away from the discomforting tempera-
ture.
II know a woman who is regal in a
purple gown n not so at all in gowns
of other colors. In them she is charm
in, but not really so.
Its a fascinating study and gets
more so the deeper one goes into it.
1t makes dressing more interesting,
oneself more charming to oneself and
to others. Women who stick to few
colors or who wear colors without re-
gard to their relation to mood are i'm
mensely behind in the art of being at
tr~actjve"