The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
Choosing Shades
 In Your F. ace Powder
By FLORENCE CLARK

nD YOU ever buy a new hat simply
 Dbecause you were blue and some
 how it seemed the one thing that would make you feel right with the world at that particular moment? Not a few girls have found out that a new box of face powder will do the self same thing for ones spirits.
 : Not merely another box of your fav- ~orite brand, in a tried and true shade that you know or think is becoming, but one of the new shades of face pow : der that have come along recently. sdThere are so many different tones to choose from. each with the deadly power to make you beautiful or damn ed, that to the uninitiated selecting one or the other of them has all the thrill of random shot or leap in the dark.
 In the case of the hat bought to drive the blues away. perk quill or an upstanding bow expresses triumph over low-spiritedness. A dashing trim ming is very real factor in the up lift work. Now. face powders in order to compete with hats as a means of raising wabbling self-esteem, have taken to colors such as pale blue, green. Yes! and lavender.
 Who in the world uses these queer ; colors, and where? you will ask. Well, look about you at the next dance you attend, for the pale blues, greens and = iayenders are only used in the eve f ming, under soft lights. Perhaps you will see a dark girl with nearly trans parent skin, envied by those who do not know that there is such a thing as pale blue powder in the world.
 The Titain-haired girl chooses law ender powder for evening functions. The greenish tones are left to those who see fit to use them. Sometimes chestnut hair and green powder make "a stunning combination, but it's dan gerous bait, this green powder. Only one of matchless beauty could get away with it successfully.
 f The blue and lavender shades are mot so trying. Apparently, no color is imparted to the skin by these tones simply a sort of irridescent glow that is quite fascinating. The powder itself is pale and delicately colored, not blue enough to be alarming, nor lavender enough to match your corsage of or chids, but for all practical purposes they must be called by the names of familiar colors.
 Tan powder, sunburn or ochre as it was called, started as a fad The fad ran its course and like all rages went its way. It has. however, left good results in it's trail. Right now, you can buy powders in a wide variety of shades derived from the old sunburn color. There are tan powders with pinkish tinge and pinkish powders with tan tinge. These fill long-felt want of the dark-skinned woman. Dozens of tones between pink and tan are called by all sorts of poetical names. Is your French pronunciation good? If not, you had better open the box and exam inc it before you leave the drug store, or you may come away with something you did not bargain for.
 Perhaps you will rehearse carefully how to say "Peche' in the most ap- proved French manner, only to find that the clerk is one of those brawny
 The men" who scorns such elegancies,
 You mean 'pe-ee-ch,'" he will tell you. And culture gets another bump.
 Even with a long array of powders rom which to choose many women find II. more satisfactory to blend their own. Alter little experimenting with three or perhaps four different kinds mixed together, they finally hit upon the right one and settle the question once and TOT all. One girl I know uses a child'a toy Hour sitter to mix her own blend. 1nree Kinds of powder different in col or and Tn texture go into it's making. Wltn Sthe result that she has matched the natural tone of her skin perfectly.
 And that Is what a good powder enoula do! Its purpose is to smooth