Show I TO CHOOSE BECOMING COLORS Famous New York Portrait Painter Offers Guide to Women Tell you how to chooao becoming I colors said William Chase the famous I I artist Do you know that Is about the I hardest question I have ever horn called I upon to answer Why aitjus stUjy lars I 10 acquit such Knowledge ana many 01 us oes end to our graves feeling we have I not mastered the secret Thw art of dressing well does not depend de-pend on the selection of colors alone but on the form 1 will illustrate Take the costumes worn in Treluwny of the Wells The eolois arc beaiuitul and the effect attractive but they are not Krarc I lul line old GieeKs are the ones women wom-en should stuoy when seeking graceful effects and il they I wish I harmony ll colors let them study old Japanese prints or court blondes should always choose what are Known among artists is cooS colors for example Owes inks greens the many shades of violet also I white or black Brunettes have ad the warm tones yellow orange red with a few purples anil blues to select from I It is more diflicult for a blonde than a brunette to dress becomingly All women with light hair or eyes fancy they should j I wear blue especially delicate tints of azure whereas very tea or them can attempt fz ei i Ce sgg i ryie tempt it successfully Only blondes with I perfect complexions ought ever attempt r pall blues let it Is very generally be j taming to brunettes Such women do noticed not-iced pirfect complexions as it throws out I what little color they may have in checks K l aiU 1IS and has the effect of clearing the akinrho i I he same may be said of delicate I shades of yellow while tho reverse 16 true of pink Almost any type excepting i a very red blondeI mean one with a lurid skinmay wear pink safely where I as the brunette or brownhaired woman has to be careful to secure the right I shade She needs a pink with a augges > lion of jellow Another thing I to remem i bet l11ull i pink It Is I a shocking telltale I revealing the ravages of limp in the cruii enl way Whenever the concealment of I age is i r consideration it should be avoided i Moreover Jet very woman bear in I mind that pink and red should be worn i I above in rjr affrpTtf i to below th face I I never saw a woman who was improved i j by one of these pink or red collars they I I are wearing nowwhat do you call them Stocks Well red and pink stocks take the color in ci l + i < face and as > i rule I I make the complexion yellow I I IJuV the stranKet mistake to me is i j that afomell Insist on wearing a color i simply because it is fashionable and without I i with-out any regard to becomingness I I remember etm r rl WeI ni nt I member once being called on to paint a girl quite a pretty Jewess shp was and I 1 dark of couisc who wore a horrible blue I I waist I mean horrible for her Why I I I I couldnt see tin girl s fac lot that i I detestable bodice seemed to shriek and i I i scream at me I remonstrated but the j i declined to make a change OVVIIIR to tne i I I extreme fashionablcncss I of thr color j What can we artists do when ladies think more of fashion than taste I I It you clever shoppers would only take I I 1 the goods before buying throw it against i m 1 iJ I i the fac and use UJ our eyes you could t I 4i I v S e 4 h c I II 1 1 c Y II n t11 TOQUE FOR DBESSY OCCASIONS easily decide whether or no a color was becoming When you do chance to have an unbecoming tone the effect can be modified by using white or cream near the face White for blondes and cream for brunettes That Is a point which all women would do well to remember only j tUl il the fairest and best cared for blondes should risk ivory white All others had best cling to cream tints Dark preens blues and purples must never d bo attempted by women who have dark circles under their I eyes or whose faces have a tendency to hollows Such dafl igr women need flame red for Instance A redhaired woman had best shun I all the rods Though missing somebeau k1 tiful shades I think she has a wider range to select from than any other type unless It is the brilliant brunette Pale or delicate looking women seldom look well In any of the grays tans or fawns unless they are very skilfully combined with warm colors Of coursejio woman whose hair has the slightest suggestion of gold or sunshine sun-shine should wear yellow next It Nothing I takes awtty the color and lustre so completely com-pletely Various shades of red and the lighter blues look well then of course white or a bit of bright purple but other colors well I think it safest for the majority to avoid using them in the hair Prom the standpoint of an artist I admire ad-mire white and black gowns more than aiy other When properly designed I have never seen a woman to whom such a dress was unbecoming LAFAYETTE M LAWS |