Show I I II AN AVALANCHE OF COLOR el I a t Present Styles Are Trying 11 I to Women With Poor r I Babs if I ComplexionsBabs 1 I Fashion Talk I Copyright 1KUJ With the absolute avalanche ot color e that has overtaken is this spring there tolload as a natural course a some It thing that has ben talked about and against and Indulged In from the very It I beginning ot the world I mean the use ot rouge and powder With the curious I I nw blue grays the brilliant shades ot It orange that suggest nasturtiums and 1 I I all the trying violet colors It Is I difficult to find a natural complexion that will Itt i I harmonize with I two or three or possibly I possi-bly five or six of these colors gleefully a rampant on the fashionable chapeau Nobody knows when rouge was first I used Certainly It was old when Cleopatra I Cleo-patra chose a little of It to add to her 3 beauty while powder was In such ore or-e dinary use that the beautiful Laura put a little on her face because she blushed too much vhen she met the gallant A poet who adored her There Is I an old r tory of the horrified father who came it horn iLnd with great anger and much 11I quickness said to his daughter I have 11 I heard that you use rouge The daughter daugh-ter looked at him and anCred Yes father I do Very well said the Irate parent go up stairs and wash It I off al once Hire lid so and In a little I while there appeared a sallow pallid dull faced girl whose father gave one look at her and then said Go up stairs and put It on again Evidently she was not Ilk the maid enu who give it daub of red to one cheek and a daub to the other and then conclude that no one notices the added color and believe that they understand the art ot make up Any Woman who realizes that a little pink or a little white or a little black or a little brown Will Improve hr appearance to I wise In using It but she needs first of all to get I CIO I Z Gil 4 I a 11 RZ I 11 I I 11 I i I yp I 1 l I t 1 I 1 I It 1 I vo ill t l 1 C 11C L 11 ilwi I i 1 M I 1K i i I I the right kind of tools i and next she must learn how to manage them tu suit her special needs An acquaintance ot mine has luster I less I eyes one ot those horrid heavy Pasty skins nu ybrowa to peak 01 and yet alit In I considered a pretty woman wo-man It Is I because she knoms how to dress In the first place and she un dermtands the art 01 make up In the second She never denies to hr me I men friends that she calls artificial aid to assist tier In being handsome but only to her most Intimate friends I Is given permission to see the process t She considers the lift necessity Is I a I proper place for her toilet table It Is I I broad has a mirror that Is Perfect In 6 I 40T reflecting every virtue and every vice V 7 while In front uf it is a chair Just the V 1 right height for a mistress of the room I I for she Is I too wise to tire herself hy 41 standing or walking during the making 4 up operation All about her are glis 11 1 I bottles with heavy silver stoppersglass I and china boxes Indeed all the various vari-ous utensils that n woman needs when mile has ceased to be Youthful and never i er has been I beautiful Gowned In a I prttty robe de chambre having had t her hair arranged and her hands manl i I cured my lady alto down to arrange her lace A C The maid who helps hands her first I of all a tiny glass pot that holds some I sweet smelling and cooling cream With the aid of a very thin handkerchief barely a film ot tills to t put over the ell tire lace and forehead There Is not I enough to give a greasy look for when ever that occurs It I Is I quickly wiped off but there Is Just enough to make the rouge and powder slay In position Then cornel the rouge It In I tie variety varie-ty known as the saucer which Is I got from our French cousins and It Is applied In thf J old fashioned way with a hare foot Some goes under the eyes That will brighten them and make them look larger Some Is I brought down on the che4a and the tip of the chin gets Us Portion and so do the lobes of the cars and the very Up ot the aristocratic none Then comem the really trying Part the blending of the powder with the rouge the laying on cf sufficient white to soften the red and make It look healthful and yet not cause It to disappear What must le attained Is a rather hrlght color which however has tho advantage of not fading Then there Is I need for a sort pencil Parialan I In Its make and marked 1mka 1 brun for my lady t being wise knows her brows must match her lashes which are brown and not black After carefully care-fully dipping her finger Into a bottle of perfume she runs It over the place where the eyebrows ought to be so that every particle of powder and rouge Is I removed from that curved line which she follows with her brown pencil beIng be-Ing sure that she does not lay It on too heavy and being very careful to give the exact line that beauty demands Perhaps she may with a dark blue pn ell draw a line under her eyes but a well bred woman In I not eager to do this as lining the face Is I difficult and my lady prefers to achieve success Look well Why she does not look like the same dull skinned mall eyed woman who chatting so cleverly sat down In the chair before the mirror a few minute min-ute ago agolook You look at the Innumerable bottles of beautiful cut glass on her dressing table and being u bit curious you Inquire In-quire as to what they are The first bottle that jovl pick up has such a pungent odor that you recognize It at once as diluted spirits ot camphor What Is I It there 10rT My lady laughs and tells you that sometimes when she Is I dining out a great deal her appetite gets the better of her and then well then her nose crows little red and In addition to dieting for awhile she dabbles the offending member every night with n little of the camphor Until It Is restored to Its normal condition Another bottle onco Its stopper Is I removed re-moved give forth the odor of flr trees It Is I explained to you that It Is I the tincture of bnzoln a few drops of hlcll thrown Into the water ud lorI bathing the face Just enough to make I It look like sklmmllk will not only pu rlfy the complexion but will give It a wonderfully exhilarating feeling Then there Is I a bottle of myrrh tram which I I I V3 I 11 11 ONk 1 hil5 19i I 11 V i 4 1 1 I I I A 1 IN I I I I I AN I V I tot I I I 11 Ill CHIC PARISIAN GOWNS a tV < drops put Into a glass of tepid water make Your breath as wet as that of the maiden of ancient day who n hen she talked let diamonds and pearl fall from her lips Then there are two or three kind ot Joliet waters to be thrown Into the bath which makes my lady not merely clean but absolutely exquisite and that Is what woman should he The tailor made < girl with her straight hair and hr orerubbd look suggests not daintiness but a continued use of some well known kitchen soap for which she Is I a walking advertisement Then to make my lady Perfect In her get up there are silver trays holding all kinds of pinspins with I earl headpins head-pins with blue heads Pins with black and whit heads pins suited In short to I whatever ue they seem hst I adopted Then there are hairpins strong enough I to hold up the most elaborate coiffure and hairpins fine enough to be Invisible 1 Invisi-ble when placed through some tiny wave or curl to hold It In position I a > k my lady If the making up of hr jr I lace Injures hr skirt She laugh mr rlly and sis That would bo Impossible Impossi-ble but In reality I believe If anything It does It good because I never go to Bleep with tho ponder or rouge on my face and it Is I washed off with hot water wa-ter and soap every bit of It because of the tream that forms the foundation That as a trick thai I learned from an actress who not only understood the art of make up but who was able to retain a beautiful skin oft the stags that was the envy of every other wo man BY the be since the tariff has become be-come so particularly unpleasant everybody every-body Is I nobody unless she has among her acquaintances In Paris n pleasant girl who Is I of wonderful blue blood possessing very little money and workIng work-Ing hard at studying art under one of the great masters Her duty In lIteT To send to her friend ot Ahom she Is I co fond and then naturally for a little consideration a few sketches of the very latest styles from which admirable admira-ble gowns may be made by a clever and cheap little modiste Mme High and Mighty on the avenue whose charges are BO outrageous sees you drive hy I and uses every naughty word afforded by the French language because she thinks you are getting your gown from Paris She little knows the truth It she did I do believe that she with her I coc beats would unite and have nspe c let high rate ot customs put on prl ate letters supposed to contain drawIngs draw-Ings Four that came to me the other day were the very latest thing as approved ap-proved In the gay city and showed not only the p > lIlty but the certainty of the flounce They also showed that lovely woman Is I going to cling to purple pur-ple as long as a single drop of that color of dye Is I left Of these four gowns the one that I am thinking of Imitating Is I that which Is I made of heliotrope taffeta with a princess prin-cess back a corselet of gulpuro and a front that buttoning slightly over atone at-one side really shapes a deep toddler or apron front finished with frills of fine French lace The usual crush band cf black satin Is about the neck and the hat In I worn as only a Frenchwoman Frenchwom-an can wear a hat The other purple one Is I ot the nw satin cloth and has a plain skirt trimmed with a flounce that starts at each side of the waistline waist-line being very narrow there and widening wid-ening as II comes down and goes around the edge of the skirt It Is headed with white guipure and the rovers and gllet are also of guipure while the crush belt Is I of white satin The other you will wear to a garden party It Is Ian I-an organdlo that has a white ground Ith pink flowers on It and Is I made up over pink lawn There are ruffles at the side of the skirt while the bodice has a huge plastron of plain pink nlth appliques of white upon It and the sleeves are also pink This gown Is I the ort that could be made for almost nothing provided the maker knew how to give It that Intangible air of greatness great-ness that belongs only to the gowns made by veritable artists The last Is I the tailor made Oh Joyl Oh rapturol That Is I the Frenchwom in s Idea of a white duck gown Because cause a gown Is I cotton the Frenchwoman an does not believe It Is I meant to be laundered Indeed he never connects a laundry and a frock but cares so well for the frock that It does not become olld or when It does It Is I out of rash Ion This gown of white duck Is I tailor made has a plain close fitting skirl a ackt with semlloose fronts decorated er I I 111 i F tiqp t I t 11ra 7V V Ik 4 1 99 q C CJ J II 0 4l Q 0 I T J IN I t 3 t I W 3t n P i I 3 0 C I r O 1 6 14 1 f C Y f Vir L i el 1 3 6 elIf 41 iI I 01 r I 10 r I L a with huge pearl buttons and worn ol er n yellow silk shirt waist trimmed lengthwise with rows of narrow black lace and finished at the neck and i throat I with flaring bows of black velvet Th hat Is I a white neapolltan made smart with yellow chiffon and yellow wings 1 0 I |