Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — AVOID CONTRASTS IN COLOR [ARTICLE]

AVOID CONTRASTS IN COLOR

Too Few Women Seem to Realize the Charm There la In , Simplicity. Women, speaking generally, have been very slow to realize the charm' of simplicity. The Inestimable value of a few grateful lines, and the wisdom of trusting rather to the carrying out carefully of one good idea than to the over elaboration of several schemes of decoration and contrasts of color, in one and the same unfortunate garment Most of us have come across, now and again, that weakmlnded and irresolute individual who can never leave well enough alone, and who adds rosettes of velvet here and groups of buttons there, tucks and flounces, frills and furbelows, until all the original grace and elegance of the gown disappear entirely under a mass of extraneous and altogether unnecessary adornment To these more or less meaningless trimmings, the great French dressmakers have always been strongly opposed, and It te really a matter of congratulation that their good influence in this respect should be making itself felt at last more especially as the beautiful fabrics which have been prepared for the winter season, are so lovely in themselves as regard s both col or and texture.