Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1917 — BREEN RIVAL TO DARK BLUE [ARTICLE]

BREEN RIVAL TO DARK BLUE

Jade Clothes and Jewelry Also Popu-lar-Black in Demand for Afternoon and Evening Wear. Midnight blue holds its own. Black is in demand by those who want to dress well in the afternoon and evenipg, but it does not hold a high place for street suits or frocks. Dark green is a serious rival to dark blue, and the French dressmakers who exploited it last year are now reaping a reward because the public is accept- ■ ing it. A woman must know herself well, however, before touching any tone of green. If she Is picturesque, she can wear it ih any one of the shades that are variously known as jade, Egyptian and lettuce. The woman who can wear jade clothes and jewelry has a successful season before her, for many of the best materials are woven in this alluring but difficult tone, and the oriental shops are filled with bits of fine jade made into earrings, hair combs and necklaces. There are fans of peacock feathers with - jade sticks and also buckles of this Chinese quartz for slippers. Soft gold tissue gowns are embroidered with jade beads, In the Byzantine fashion. ** Red flickers through the color scheme aud bursts upon the vision like the flame from the artillery at .the front. It is against the accepted psychology that the colors of war should be exploited while war is on. i