Show queer color names people wear vesuvius red now and elephants breath loudon smoke tabac crushed raspberry aud strawberry and robins egg alno aud other shades ant fashionable folks of old wore colors with names moie odd sounding still innocent infant was once a favorite color and captain s glory also a sad drab color known as penitent hermit A gown of caterpillar brown might ba adorned with trimmings of canary tail A strong gray blended with purple was dubbed lively flea and whereas there is now break of day pinks milliners of a century ago trimmed poka bonnets with richings of thought of the beloved one and of does belly A court beauty in the tima henry IV of france affected a color known as mortal sin and it came to bo the rage forthwith and common harm was another popular fancy lor ao petticoats one barely hunted at shade wai christened stifled sigh dead aliva was another anomalous color greatly in favor in marie Antoin ettes time most of these out of the way and rather undecided shades being chosen by women whose dainty coloring needed only an unobtrusive background to bring relief new york sun |