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At Last we Are LAUNCHED On a SEASON of HIGH 601.012

tokens a low degree of civilisa-
tion and a somewhat barbaric
type of mind, then we Georgians
of the second decade of the twen-
tieth century must be going
through a phase of reversion to
primitive type. We are back-
sliders. degeneratee—something of
the sort. I! on the other hand a
fondness for high and bright col-
ors indicates a healthy. normal
outlook on life then we must be
recovering from the malady that
We sutlereda decade or so earlier
w—when no street frock was quite
so smart as a black one. when
every debutante longed to wear a
’ black dance frock. and when milli-
ners almost wept over the fact
that they couldn‘t persuade women
to wedr anything but black hats.
To be sure there are women
still who persist in wearing black.
But there are obviously more gay
colors. Even the very erudite pro-
fessor of our acquaintance re-
marked that he was quite startled
this spring when sweaters and
coats were discarded. to see before

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yeliow tunic or your turquoise
parasol.

One thing that has been ob-
served is that even backgrounds
are much more vivid than they
used to be. In the printed ma.-
terials which every one is wearing
wild and garish colors sprawl over
a background not of gray or white
or beige or something equally
neutral, but over a background of
green or blue or rose. a

Uniformity in fashion is of

the milliners and dressmakers in
their work this spring. And so
the chance observers of fashions-
ble women in France this spring
and summer have said they looked
like flowers in their o'wn gardens
Jbright. “tent and beautiful.

The \‘rgue for Green

Curious color-green. isn't it?
If Michael Arlen had called his

.tale of Iris Storm "The Red at.”

course quite as remote as uniform- or “The Blue flat." or "The ur-

ity in matters of religion. While
all the world wears bright colors
there will be women who still
wear black or navy blue or beige
or gray. and when no one wears
black in the evening there will al-
ways be smart women who come
to evening parties in black. There-
by they will attract more atten-
tion than they did when every one
else were black. So it is that one
observer. struck by the smart dis-
tinction of the few black frocks he
sees in Paris. assures us that the
really smart Parisian is not falling
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pie Hat." the effect would have
been quite different. For in such
case Mrs. Storm would have worn
a red hat or a blue hat or a purple
hat. [ind that would have been
quite inconsistent with her nature.
One shudders at the thought of
her wearing red. blue would have
been too naive. and purple too in-
tense.

Undoubtedly green is a favorite
color with our modern novelists
and posts. Mr. Arlen. of them all
the keenest advocate of the color,
describes a gathering of pleasure
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attractively presented than when I
peppermint green straw shape is
trimmed with a wreath of alpine
green leaves. Alpine green. it
should be explained, is Just a little
lighter than but similar to the
shutter green of a season ago.
Among French dressmakers cer-
tain dark shades of green are re-
garded with favor for autumn—
notably cresson or cross green.
which closely resembles the green
once called Russian or bottle.
You may find blue rather insipid
and naive. but the fact is that it
is enjoying a run of high favor at
the present time with a number of
women of notably good taste. Per-
haps they have chosen some of the
softer. less conspicuous tones of
blue for the very reason that we-
men in general have gone rather
daft over the brightest shades.
glaring greens, burning reds.
shrieking yellows and suffocating
purples. Navy blue. of course.
comeback into its own this spring.
and many of the smartest frocks
and suits of this color are trimmed
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window in February.

Dressmakers Are Pleased bright-colored frocks have been

. most striking in Paris this spring

To the milliners and dress- and summer. These gay tracks of formal women in a garden by
were likened to the blossoms in

makers there is no surprise in this.
It is a goal for which they have

been working for many years. It aries. petunias that are almost too
pink. fuchsias deftly combining red

is always to their advantage for

. M!
says. "Jade green. October green. . stance. Among blues that are of;
At the races and the parks the rusty green. soft green. sea green. fared for autumn are Dolls Rob-
green

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women to wear gay colors. Now and purple. Perms violets. the you and I might not agree as to

they merely see the culmination
of the incessant efforts of many

you have a black hat you wear’ it
and wear it and wear it; but the
purple hat that you buy in an ex-
travagant moment cannot possibly
be worn with your new frock of
peppermint green nor with your

green of apple foliage. the sun-
flower—which the French call
years. You know yourself that if tourne-sol because it turns to the
sun—pink primrose or primevere.
cornfiower. which is the blast of
France. and another blue flower
called barbeau—ali these blossoms
of the French gardens have in-
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the particular tone of them.

hand. is a real green. very fash-
ionable at the present time. that
can be definitely visualised as soon
as mentioned. Peppermint green There was such a persistent do-
is the color of the newest felt sport
hats. it is sometimes found in the ous woman for a color for sport
new straw hats, and never more

bis. which is the blue one sees on
it the expiring voices the pottery plaques of that artist.
and Dresden, a rather brighter
Watteau." October green. dying shade. One oftho influential im-
the fiower beds. Deep blue ciner- green. are delightfully suggestive.
though theyihave not appeared on
any of our formal color cards and

porters of this country has been
stressing a vibrant blue which they
call "ball blue.”

Turquoise. which has suddenly

come into prominence. might be

Peppermint green. on the other classed either as a blue or a green.

though of course it is called
"blue." It seems first to have
come into notice via the milliners.
mand on the part of many fastidi-

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stockings to match would be quits demure if it were not for
the bots do rose embroidery on the [rock and the hat 0/ the

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rem, which mu finds favor with

'many discriminating women, ap-

pears at right in crepe de chine with
blondc lace cuts and scarf. Beige
suede belt marks a low waistline.

yet distinctive. The shades of
thistle bloom and fuchsla had been
given too much' prominence. ditto
the popular green. Such blues as
horizon blue were a trifle too se-
date to satisfy many women. but
turquoise blue pleased them.

The first appearance of tura
quoise blue was in the mlllinery
shops. and the first medium apps-
rentiy the little soft sport hat of
felt. They any that Caroline Re-
hour: of Paris was the first of the
milliners-to realize the possibilities
of this color. She used it first a
good twelve month ago. but with
out making much impression with
it until'rscsntly. This shade of
turquoise has been used sparingly
as trimming for navy blue cos-
tumes. Sometimes a hat of the
color has a‘seart to match that
tones up a dark suit very well.

A Greener Color

Some one has explained that
the new turquoise has gained in
favor for the reason that it is
greener than the oldotime tur-
quom that was popular a good
many your. ago. They say that
this turquoise blue is more of a
bluish ‘jade than anything else.
For my part it seems most like
the color of a' turquoise that has
been worn for a long time and has
taken on the greenish cast that
seems to come as a result of con-
tact with the human body.

A certain clever woman whose
name we must not use wears a
pair ofxturquoise earrings of pre- ,
duly this color. Before her mar-r
rings to a rather well-known mil-

lionaire she always wore earrings.

her favorites being a pair of tur-
iiuoise stones. She went on wear-
ing'earrings after her marriage.
though her husband said he do-
tested them. He threatened to
make way with the turquoise ear-
rings in particular and. fearing
that he would. this insistent young
woman slept with them in her 'ears,
even bathed with them. so that
they could not be taken from her.
So it happened. through being so
constantly worn. these earrings
took on a charming greenish cast.
and this charming young woman
wah seldom! seen without them.
Thevtnrquoise color now in favor
is of much the same complexion.

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