The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-17
IDEAS FOR DRESS.

Only the flowers that are in season are
suitable for hat trimming.
White and yellow is a very popular
combination in bridesmaids dresses.
Fashion dictates that the straight skirts
of evening gowns shall be excessively
full.
Silk petticoats are now lined with fan
mel. This obviates the necessity of wear
ing more than one.
Unmitigated fatness at the back is a
striking feature of the costumes just re-
ceived from abroad.
French washing cheviot is new ma
terial, which is particularly designed for
utility gowns and children's costumes,
Small capotes are of straw guipure or
OF gold colored Tosca tulle, trimmed with
delicate wreaths of flowers and foliage.
New and luxurious tea gowns are sent
over made of black or deep violet velvet,
with embroidered borders of fine gold
Eeaves.
White satin shoes for evening wear
have the entire toe piece of open work
pearl and minute gold bead lattice en-
broidery.
Soutache braids are still highly popu-
lar on certain styles Of dress, being put
on in rows or crossing each other in
quaint fashion.
The new felt bonnets are beautifully
soft and fine and dyed in all the autumn
shades - dark, pale and neutral - to
match street costumes.
The popular colors for foundation
slips for black lace gowns are Persian
mauve, terra Gotta and English cherry.
a brilliant shade of red.
Escuial passementerie is new and is
an open cord trimming in Vandyke
points. 1t comes in many celors, but
always with a black foundation.
Young ladies will wear many pretty
shirt waists and blouses, more or less
Russian in style, and wear them even for
dinner and theatre dress evenings.
Golden brown and ficelle gray are
beautifully combined in tailor made
carriage costumes Of royal armure and
ladies' cloth of exquisitely fine texture.
Many of the stylish wool gowns have
pretty loose waists of silk, belted and
worn with Beau Brummel coats that
have loose frents and jersey fitting
backs.
An exquisite dinner gown is of milk
white India cashmere, demi-trained and
with Greek draperies bordered with
wide fret embroidered in gold and silver
cords
A high, wired collar and small hood
are effective additions to seal plush man
ties, and similar collars of plush or fur
are very stylish upon directoire capes of
cloth.
Genuine green acorns in their tiny
cups and surrounded by shining dark
green oak leaves, appear upon some of
the large directoire hats for early au-
tumn wear.
The very long gloves are to be dis
placed by comparatively short ones, the
change being brought about in order to
display the wide bracelets that are again
to be reinstated.
A new light wool fabric 10 called Aus
trian serge. 1t is beautifully fine, and as
it does not wrinkle easily, like Henrietta
cloth, it is destined to take its place in
the formation Of utility costumes.
The "reefer" is popular jacket with
youthful wearers, and made in mahog-
any, Roman red or blue cloth, will be
worn during the entire autumn, and in
heavier cloaking fabrics for the winter
Travelling dresses for autumn brides
will be made variously of Indiana cloth,
Turkish melton, glace mohair, bordered
English serge and of finely woven French
camePs hair, which is marked favorite
in London and Paris.
Meissonier recently said to lady who
remarked, upon visiting his new house,
that she missed pictures of his own from
among the beautiful things with which
he had adorned the rooms: "Ah, ma
dame, they are too dear to allow me to
keep them"
A check for several thousand dollars
sent to Pope Leo XIII from Newark, N.
j., has been returned through the regu-
lar channels to the Newark bank on
which it was drawn, duly Endorsed by
the pope The handwriting is neat and
even. The check will be kept as a SOU
vapir