Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-01

off TO no better advantage. GRAY is
good, too. Every once in a while one
meets a red-haired girl who has the
courage CT her own convictions, and
who proceeds to demonstrate to the
world just how nice she looks in gray.
The hats of the male world go of
to ner
1t must be admitted that this type
of woman suffers a severe handicap
during the present vogue for suntan,
the modern, and unquestionably bet
ter, term for the old ''sunburn" The
word "Sunburn" put the emphasis on
a passing phase of the curiouSly inter-
esting process of pigmentaticn of the
human cuticle. "Suntan" puts it square
~ where it belongs, on the result.
The red-haired person, man or
woman, merely becomes red. He or
she never tanS. If the skin pigments
at all, it does so in the disagreeable
form of frcckles, or splctches, which
more often are greenish in hue. This
fact alone proves that green is no
color for red-heads. Just why they
ever got such crush on greens and
tans is a mystery, for they c5uld have
picked no more unfiattering tints
Our one word TO red-headed girls, in
regard to exposing themselves to the
rays of the sun, is.
Don't!
This fashion is not for you. You
must be the heralds. rather, Of re-
turn to the white skin style Of several
years ago. AS surely as fashion is
fashion, the cycle will roll around again
from suntan to white skin.
Then you will be first!
Although red hair is supposed to be
an extreme blondneSS, merely, II in fact
constitutes fourth great order Of hair
color. the other three being, Of course,
yellow, black and brown.
All of these shade into one another.
but browns and reds do the best jobs
along this line. There arc many red
heads which are, in effect, browns.
Such hair is usually of coarse nature,
which keeps it from blowing in a wind.
Women with such hair are able to walk
bareheaded in the severest winds with
out danger of their coiffures becoming
disarranged.
The fiery red hair which often is de-
scribed as carroty is of extreme fire
ness. Persons of this complexion are
inclined to be excessively thin-skinned,
both actually and fguratively. They
should beware of carrying chips tn their
shoulders, and should guard their
tongues AS they are more liable to
lIS Oll lIlt lldllIIE lildu HlJSL DHISOUS,
they should be all the more on the
watch to prevent themselves from say
ing mean things to those who by no
means deserve such treatment. These
men and women are peculiarly prone
to faultfnding, and therefore should
attempt to see the good in other people
first OF all, and to think of that, rather
than of their lesser points.
There is, however. no peculiar differ
ence between red-haired people and
persons of the blond or dark persuasion
The old theory of "Nordic blonds," fer
instance. is now more or less exploded
Similarly, all other color types contain
the same virtues and the same faults
which augment or mar the men ard
women with red tops. This is the basic
reason, as we see 1t, why red-headed
women, in particular, should forget
about the old ban upon bright colors
and should dress with utter disregard
for the color of their hair. There has
been a great deal Of bunk about the re-
lation of hair and clothes, in AL types.
While one would not say that one
should not pay some attention to the
matter, 1t is safe to say that altogether
too much attention has been paid to it.
A blond may look good in blue or pink,
and brunette in red or orange but
each will shine IL almost any color, if
chosen with discrimination. The red
haired woman, in particular, should for
get her color complex.