The Sorrows of the Sallow.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 6, 10 February 1909, Page 64

The Sorrows of the Sallow.

DRESS AND COMPLEXION. •• She is so hopelessly sallow ’’ says the mother of a sallow daughter irritably, and forthwith she proceeds to dress her girl in drub greys and neutral Frown of the saddest tones of beige; and in course of time the child grows to regard herself as hopelesbly ugly, and loses all interest in her personal appearance. In course of time, too. she develops into one of the woman whose personality can only be described as drab-coloured, and all for want of a little forethought! Now, no ■woman need regard herself as “ hopelessly ugly ’’ solely because she may chance to be possessed of a sallow skin. Putting on one side the fact that in these days of the face specialist no woman lieed continue sallow unless she chooses, or unless she is one of those rare folk whose sallowness is constitutional (and Consequently incurable), let us take into consideration the law of compensation. Now as a rule the law of compensation generally decrees that sallow-skinned wo/Imen shall have tine eyes. 1 do not predlend to explain it, but there it is, and one counts up the number of sallow-«l-kinned women one knows, it will be Wound that on an average nine out of jien possess good eyes. *_ The sartorial duty then of the sallow woman lies clear before her. '■* She should dress uato her eyes, not, hnost emphatically, down to her complexion; and so shall her sallowness fall from •her as a garment. Let us see briefly how she can best do this. To commence with, delicate colours are not for. with the solitary 'exceptions of Alarm hues and pale yellows. There are the usual exceptions to every •rule, and if the hair chances to Tie of the hue most easily described as nondescript, then the ease must b? altered. 3 Assuming for the nonce, however, that ■he hair i> of the dark shade of brown Merging on black, which soJnvariably accompanies a sallow complexion, then those tones should be c*iosen which ex<'ici"p a distinctly whitening effect upon the skin. Thus, for evening wear, vivid yellow or orange, Indian red. tomato red. flame colour, and the gorgeous hue known as flamingo red. These may. if wished, be relieved with {touches of black, but the black must on *iio a< count be placed in dose proximity |o the face: and unless of necessity, black fdrnuld not be worn except in combination with a colour: the latter, of course, being placed near the face, since just as yellow ami orange diminish sallowness, black arts in a contrary direction. For her outdoor wear the genuinely sallow woman should always fix upon some shade of red, the deeper richer tones g-hosen in preference to the others. Gold,cn tan and the silvery and steely hues of grey are also a safe choice. < When the hair is fair, or inclining to |fairne. s .matters are rendered extremely •diflivult. since the choice of a very few odours is all that is open to her. For evening pale yellow and pale yellow only should be worn. —“ Daily % Graphic."