The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-17

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dry goods man. If they are not the epitome
of all disinterestad benevolence, / am
mildly in error.
| Stiff materials are less graceful and man
ageable than soft ones.
| One dull stuff and one glossy unite better
than two dull or two glossy ones
| Colors near the face should be soft and
| indeScribable.
| A woman to be well dressed and to look
her best must concentrate her efforts on
Units few and good.
Antique lace will last forever: remend
and reclean it as much as you please. Be
ing yellow instead of snow white, it
scarcely ever shows dirt. Modern lace,
however good or costly, soon wears out.
The worst extravaganza is to invest in
"shoGdy" materials gotten up by unprin-
cipled dealers to deceive the eye
One or two really fine Jewels are in far
better taste than quantity of mediocre
ones.
Experience shows that many dull, rich
silks wear greasy, that a good satin out
wears two silks and three cheap satins,
and that black velvet lasts longer than
colored.
A set of good fur is never any loss, as it
can be cut, joined and dispersed; united,
worn on an evening dress or mantle, at
will, without harm.
AGress or jacket properly made and lifted
by good dressmaker, though this costs
more than one made by novice, will look
and hang well to the end, while the other
will not
1t is Indispensable in buying dresses to
remember what your wardrobe contains,
as two dresses can well be combined into
one nova days, if the colors are happily
chosen, which is great economy.
| Ladies who study ECONOMY will never
| follow the outre in anything, tor outre
fashions never last long.
Women with taste are content with few
things-and those good-in lieu of qnan-
tity of cheap tinery.
Never buy bonnet that will not go with
all your dresses and jackets that are likely
to be required while the bonnet lasts-un-
less you can afford to possess bonnet for
each suit.
Extravaganza in dress means not only to
spend too much money on it, but also in the
patronizing of foolish fashions devised
simply to waste material.
A dark, thin stuff is infinitely cheaper
than the cheapest pale msterial, though its
original cost is far its double.
A purposeless chaos of millinery is not
beautiful from an artistic point of view
and probably mischievous from sanitary
point.
True skill in making up materials con
sists not only in fitting the dress, but il
giving to every morsel of stuff its due
value.
Take, in the first place, the remark that ,
, woman to be well dressed and to look hel
best must concentrate her efforts on tint.
few and good. 1t is so true. There is no
one woman in a hundred, NO, not in 500
that can afford to try ex periments in hel
, good looks. The pink that is becoming |.
; hideously unbeccmlng when combined witt
blue. The blue that makes her yellow hail
. so bonny and bright makes her look like
trump with every deepening shade. The
green that looks so fresh and spring like OF
her white gown gives her twenty added
; years when she wears it by itself. TIL,
plain white collar that shows off the slim
beauty of her white throat, grown to
dude collar seems to choke her and to max,
her ears look big and her pretty face t,
look timber iawed. While as for hats, tn,
becomingness thereof decreases in invers'
proportion as the width Of brim increases
This is splendid rule, and is worth re
Wondering.
So too is this: A dress or jacket properl!
made and properly fitted by good dress
maker. though it costs more than one mad
by novice, will look and hang well to tn
; end while the other will not. Were yol
never surprised on complimenting frien'
t on her "pretty new gown by being shown
a darn or patch or new half-sleeve, O.
4 something of that sort which bellies tn
newness thereof, although the pretty par
is undeniable. Well, did you ever know i
to fail that such gown was made by some
one who thoroughly understood the bushes
of gownmaking! | have noted the fact TO
| many years, and never knew the rule I
fail Moreover, personal experience ha
developed the faith largely. There neve
hung in the closet at home three hOmemad
gowns that even in their pristine FRESHNESS
could dare 10 look in the face three year
+ old homespun suit that was in its day tn
! handsomest suit in town. What one, es
pecially Il feminine one, has proved to hel
!, self one is apt to believe most firmly.