New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-13

Is there niue swear Wofu III F'''
costume madam?
There must be IL you would he In
style II is not necessary to be profane'
YOU know. single hint Of scarlet or
orange or purple TO relieve the heavy
responsibility Of your mole velvet is all
YOU need
Stand on the corner Of Fifth avenue
any day and listen to the language Of the
modes. Here comes vivid creation with
a vocabulary like a sailors parrot SIX
colors spear at one another from coat
and skirt and funny daredevil little hats.
Here is prim, straitlaced young
woman who finds tho only outlet to her
bottled up emotions which her position
I'm society will permit her In the form oI
a protesting yellow rose on the edge "t
her hat. She T. like the New England
old maid who kept II parrot to say TOT
her the things she felt but dared not
cay. Here again comes the d"butan'
pcering with eager eyes into the big
world. mastering courage as yet ohly
10 peep little slang in III" form OF
mink rosebud in the folds ~ her blue
gown.
You didn't know that color could talk!
We'll. that is the reason Henry Dawson
has come out of his studio To teach III"
women Of New York what colors mean
He Is going 10 give a course OF lectures
unon color as Il is used In decoration OF
houses and public buildings and In the
dress OF women.
The average woman is a slave 10 hct
drcssmakcr," said Mr. Dawson yesteroay'
"The helpless creature wears anything
she Is told is fashionable. though she may
be committing color suicide by so doihe'
Think OF the numbers OF pale FACED
faded washed out looking women IN Ne"
York to-day who wear blue. JUST
nahit. that's all. Yet II they knew any
thing about color they would know that
blue was the last thing for them To wear.
Blue is a receding color. 1t means aD-
sencc of warmth II Is The color OF the
horizon and Of death. The girl VINO
wants TO diminish her size, make herseli
small and insignificant, can afford 10
wear blue. not the one who wants, as
Mollie said in the play. TO count as she
comes in Blue Is color suicide 10 the
working girl. She ought to wear warm
colors. bits OF red and orange. Green
brings out the color In tired checks ne
cause IL is the complement Of red ana
suggests H. Black is the safest color io'
pale people. however-nOt dress "
black necessarily, but touch OF IL d'
the throat The old favorite black veivet
how owes its success. not to caprice, OUT
10 sound color reasoning.
"The trouble with most dressing to-day
.,d With most interior decorating, too, is
not that colors are inharmoiious' pu'
that they are tasteless. They heeu
little garlic 10 liven them up a bit. iheS
raed a LITTLE swear word TO keep JOINS
awake The principle OF color cpmbiha-
tion is the same as that OF music. just do
the great composer understands the u'
Of musical dssonances, so the artist uh-
derstands how 10 combine colors III elap-
crate WAYS SO that perfect harmony VIII
result
Mir. Dawson will teach women how 10
swear in color ana sun Do P''i'N' 49,
He will also tell them how TO choose the
right decorations for their homes HIS
lectures are under the patronage OF many
prominent women, among them peihs
Mrs. oliver Hartman, Mrs. Henry Bur
den. Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne, Mrs. Harry
darkness Flagler. Mrs Daniel 5. Lamont
Mrs. James Brown. Mrs. william Fahne-
stock Mrs John Morgan Wing, Mrs.
John T. Terry, Mrs. William Allen Butler
Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins. Mrs. Justus Ru-
peril. Mrs. Melbert h. Cary, Mrs u
Howard Dawson, Mrs. Merriam way
Mrs. William Ordway Partridge, Mrs
George Place, Miss Lily Lawlor, MIS-
John Henry Flagg. Mrs. Carroll j. Post
jr.. Mrs Edward Quntard. Mrs. Charles
Clinton Marshall. Mrs. Austin Flint Mrs
Joseph Baker Bourne. Mrs. Thomas r..
Satterthwaite, Mi.s Annabella s. Oily