Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1912 — THE BOUDOIR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE BOUDOIR

FIND CHARM IN BLACK FABHIONABLE WOMEN APPRECIATE SOMBRE COLOR. Must Be Used with Discrimination, and Thue Employed Will Be Appreciated ae an Undeniable and Potent Aid to Beauty. Fashionable women who attended the horses bow at Atlantic City dieplayed a keen appreciation of tbe power of black to set off their charms, especially In the evening. This ebon hue was seen not only in “patches,” but in much larger pieces as well. Black velvet hats were everywhere, being worn alike by the women In elaborate evening costume, and the <me in a simple tailored suit. One evening, in the boxes, there was a surprising array of ah black hats—velvet and ostrich feathers — and they topped ooatumes of every hue. One matron of striking appearance wore such a hat, with a gown of black and white, unrelieved by any color other than the changing lights reflected by a few diamonds; and another had a black hat, with a low cut gown of sage green, to which was added a maline scarf in the same shade. Even taupe was seen with the somber finish of a black hat, and there were besides the more conspicuous contrasts provided by black head coverings, with gowns in emerald green, rose and all the various delicate tints and sparkles most affected in the evening. While 'the all black hat reigned supreme on one occasion, on another evening it gave place to black velvet with white o\ colored plumes. The most effective plumes were the shaded ones, in which a number of pale tones —blues, pinks, greens and grays —were mingled. Hats in color usually bad black velvet linings. One of the smartest of these was an immense white, furry felt, bent into a pointed poke In front. The trimmings were ostrich feathers shaded from white to yellow, which covered the crown and also stood erect at one side. The hat was worn one evening with a little round necked frock of ivory satin braided with yellow and an exquisite scarf of snowy, spotless ermine, the effect of the whole being indescribably lovely. Tbe possessor of this costume wore on another occasion, an afternoon, an emerald green velvet gown trimmed with black taffeta shot* with black. The gown was plain, with a little turnover collar of the black finishing a neckline that formed the slightest V in front Not the smallest ornament broke the white of the uncovered throat Effective touches of black were also seen in the form of velvet neckbands, which were generally worn with gowns that were only a little cut out Strangely enough, these bands, in varying widths and thickly strewn with sparkling ornaments, showed themselves one evening in nearly every box on one side of the garden, while on the opposite side it was hard to find a single one. The wearer of a gown of black and white chiffon in one of the charming, softly shaded effects which can be produced only with those materials, had a pretty' little Pierrot collar in addition to a black velvet neckband not more than half an inch wide. The col-

lar had an undersection at delicaMf point d’esprlt finely plaited, and oven this was a second portion, only half the width. In black. There was a heading of black velvet ribbon half an Inch wide, and a bow of tho same ribbon fastened tbe little coll|||| at one side. Above was the iSIWfiB velvet neckband, with an inch or mot#| of the bare throat between.