Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1911 — FLOWERS TO MATCH THE EYES [ARTICLE]

FLOWERS TO MATCH THE EYES

New Freak of Fashion Altogether Charming When Carried Out With Due Consideration. The touch of velvet near the face, matching the color of the eyes, has long been popular with the women who study their own good points, and this has been easy to manage in these days of quaint little hows and pipings. Of late, however, the women of the smart set have taken to wearing flowers which carry out the color, too. There are pansies that are for the brown eyed girl, forget-me-nots for blue eyes and orchids for the maid with hazel eyes. The girl with gray eyes is the only one who has any trouble, for all she can find to match her eyes Is the humble dusty miller leaf. - * Sometimes she fancies her eyes, however, are “gray blue” or “green gray,” so she varies her color scheme with orchids, mignonette or a dull blue blossom. If she is quite convinced that her eyes are really “matchless" she contents herself with the feeling of superiority arising therefrom and lets the Jewels of her face sparkle unrivaled or wears the modest violet, which would never presume to resemble the eyes above them. When natural blooms are not procurable the woman with an eye for flowers buys artificial ones of the required tint. Parisian ingenuity has gone one step further in this art and provides for its leaders of fashion real flowers dyed with chemical dyes In any desired color or shade. Hardy flowers, such as camelias, carnations and all varieties whose stems are good absorbers, are placed In the liquid and allowed to stay there until exactly the right amount of color has been absorbed.