The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-27


thetic history
ONE OF MRS. LoGAN's GOWNS.
Another lovely widows dress was worn
by Mrs. John A. Logan at the first dinner
at the White House. 1t was her first ap-
pearance IN any but her own drawing
room since General Logan's death The
dress was of pinkish gray lustrous silk, SO
heavy that it would realize the old saying
and stand alone. 1t was made with a very
long train, low bodice finished with a
single fiounce of sheer Valenciennes lace
at the bust. There were no sleeves, and
gray gloves were worn reaching to the
elbow. do not think any one ever saw a
more queenly woman than Mrs Logan as
she marched down the long red corridor, her
White bair piled la Pompadour on her
shapely head and her pale cheeks glowing
as she recalled the times she had made the
same journey on the arm of the man whom
she always speaks of as 'sThe General
HOW NOTED LADIES ADDRESS THEIR
HUSBANDS.
That makes one think of what women
call their husbands. Of course everyone
knows that it is the proper thing for a
woman TO speak of her husband simply as
Mr.. Blank, no matter how big his title is,
put dozens OF the dear proud women can't
bring themselves to do it. They love to
roll off General and 'Colonel'' and who
will blame them for the little mistake
They say that Mrs. Hayes, even i'll talking
TO prince would call her husband 'Ruther-
ford, DEAR" and Mrs. Harrison has the
same little shrinking at the cold offish title
that it was hard for her at first to get used
to saying it, and even yet in private con-
yersation she speaks of him as MIR" or
General Harrison No matter how
many titles a man has a woman always
prefers to call him by his military one, for
itsuggests the thing dearest to their hearts,
brave man. Mrs. Mckee is equally 10th
to use the formal title. Nomntter to whom
she is talking she always lovingly says
Father In the immediate family Mrs
Russell Harrison is the Only one who says
1.-THE President" They have many pre-
cedents for not using the title, for even
that royal matron, Martha Washington,
always spoke of her husband as ''Mr WASH
lngton.n Mrs. Cleveland, being younger
woman, caught up with the fad easier and
never failed either in addressing or refer
ring to her husband to call him 1.-The Presi-
dent" She endeared herself to all Mary
landers once by saying to Mr.. Robert Gar
rett, who was about to lead her into a ball
room in Baltimore ahead of her husband,
1.-The President always. goes first, Mr.. Gar
rett and she did it in such sweet way
that her escort did not feel that it was a
correction. Mrs. Morton did a clever
thing to show what she believed to be the
etiquette in this matter. 1t was at the
first state dinner she gave. She OF course
sat opposite the President and waiting
until there was hull in the conversation
she made some remark and leaning slightly
forward said, pointedly so that two thirds
of the guests could hear:
KS IT NOT so, vICE-PREsIDENra"
Dozens of women never speak of their
lords as anything but 's1he SENATOR and
one good lady calls her husband 1.-The Boys
Pa" giving the sound to the "a" tina,
sheep give when they say "baa." But the
most dreadful thing of all is told of another
good wife who almost lost the position of
Senator to her husband, by calling him
by his last name. One of his
aristocratic constituents went to the men
who were looking after his nomination and
begged them to put up some one else, as he
did not want all Washington to think that
all women i'll their state called their hus-
bands by their last name. This was Mon
sleur Arlstecrat's last plea. "Just fancy
Mrs. Blank calling after her husband as he
strides ahead of her at a White House re-
ception, Hold ON, Blank.'n But she goi
here, and she has done what was prophe-
sled, and people have liked her for her nat
uralnesS.
MISS LETTERS OSTRICH FEATHER CLOAK
Next to an elegant dress a woman likes
best handsome opera cloak. They repre-
sent one OF the most expensive articles of
wardrobe, the material costing from IS to
$50 per yard, but being of such width that
1t only takes four or five yards. The least
expensive of them are SIS, and one that
Miss Marie Letter wears must have cost
$500. 1t is Of white silk and covers her
from throat to dress-hem. 1t is the sim
plest thing in the world and thoughtless
man would offer his wife a ten-dollar bill
to duplicate it. But if he should see IT
thrown back he would whistle the X to the
winds for it is completely lined with the
finest matched ostrich tips that the Paris
cloak maker could get by ordering them di-
rect from the ostrich farms. AS the girl,
who is dark as Cleopatra, opens it to throw
1t aside one draws the breath at the poetic
effect. Older ladies as rule wear shorter
eloaks of the visite style, although Mrs.
Stephen j. Field, who is an authority on
dress. has dark-blue velvet trimmed with
long haired white fur that reaches to the
floor. Mrs. Harrison has handsome short
cloak which she usually keeps on when at
the theatre. 1t is of white embossed velvet
trimmed with white marabout feathers.
rotary Noble one night, she looked posi-
lively superb, for the wrap was thrown
back and her iron-gray hair dressed very
high slightly powdered. Right opposite
her in a box with the Blaines was Mrs.
Morton in short wrap of blue and gray
cloth lined with pale pink silk
Senator Stewart has an overcoat which
half the women at the capital are diving to
have to line cloak. 1t is of the fur of the
xz1l1 h., Il l. l.
him look with his white beard like Santa
Claus.
STORY OF MRS. RUSSELL HARRISON.
About the smartest gown of the season
was Worn by Mrs. Russell Harrison at one
of the afternoon receptions at the White
House. Remember, she is the blondest of
blond women and yet she wore gown as
yellow as mustard. 1t was successful, too.
The cloth was silk, embossed with yellow
flowers, and was made with a demi train
and zouave jacket front. She wore it over
a petticoat of yellow crepe as pale as corn
husks. 1t was laid in accordion plaits, and
at the throat had laces scarcely light
than the crepe. She wore big diamond
star pendant from a strand of pearls on her
throat, which is as pink as girls of six
teen, and many people who saw her vowed
that she was by all odds the prettiest and
best dressed woman any of the Presidents
had had in their immediate families. The
night before she was at reception at the
postmaster generals and funny little in
cident happened which proves conclusively
that she is a beauty. All the men
were admiring a girl whom no one seemed
to know. BY men l mean men. Not the
manikins whom ''swagger girlsn distin-
guish by the title. Even that altogether
puslnessllke gentleman, Elijah w, Halford,
view Of her as she posed on a sofa with a
benign old gentleman. For she did pose as
soon as she caught sight of the eyes turned
in her direction. Who she was no one
knew although dozens of scouts were try
ing to find out. Lovely girl that know