The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-05
ON GORGEOUS GOWNS
Descriptions of Dreamy Dresses
Worn by Washington Ladies.
HOW MRS. HARRISON WILL DRESS
A Peep into the Wardrohes of Some Wash
ington ls-Stockings as Gaudy
as Joseph's Coat.

social season Is NOW III luli DldSl, anu lie
gorgeous dresses and the costly jewels of
our leading ladies are about to be brought
forth. Before they are displayed to vulgar
eyes. L will give you a peep at them as
they hang in their mistress closets and
chests of cedar. The big boxes fairly
bulge out with yelvets, satins and laces,
for although the season is just beginning,
every woman has her full wardrobe. Vel
vets and diamonds seem to be the admins
tration's rule, and many a distinguished
dowager will dazzle a wo%rshipful public at
White House and cabinet house receptions.
WHERE THEIR DRESSES ARE MADE.
Every gown Mrs. Harrison or her
daughter, Mrs. Mckee, will wear has been
made in New York by the man who com
posed their Inauguration toilets. Not a
: fscrap will Mrs. Vice-President Morton or
fGfrs. Postmaster General Wanamaker put
Ion that was not purchased in Paris. Even
their boots, gloves and hosiery were
bought there. Mrs. Secretary Blaine has
divided her custom between Paris
described by a friend as always buy
ing the best, no matter if the article is a
kerchief. Mrs. Window, Mrs. Noble and
Mrs. Wilmerding have done a pile of shop
ping in New York, and everything promises
well for the glory of the first season of the
Harrison social regime.
There is more toggery worn at the CAPT
tai of a winter than in any other city, but
this year every woman who will be promi-
nent has at least half a-dozen new gowns.
PARIS GOWNS BY THE SCORE AND DIAMONDS
BY THE QUART.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was arranging
pfor her winter reception toilets when her
Ssister died, and, of course, then she gave
NJ more thought to them, but Mrs. Morton
has twenty bran new ones, Mrs. Blaine
has half as many, and Mrs. Wanamaker's
wardrobe shows a full dozen. Some of the
rich Senators wives AVE more. Mrs.
Stockbridge, of Michigan, has today hang
ing up, wrapped in sheets, thirty. three
gowns of which she has worn no more
than six. Then the diamonds-a million of
dollars could hardly buy the jewel cases
that will be opened in Washington this
winter. AT a diplomatic reception at the
White House, there will be half a million
represented in gems. Take a group who
ytngroom, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. r. r. Hit,
(Mrs. John Hay and Mrs. Letter, why, the
-FOUR of them would sell for as many as a
hundred thousand dollars. If Mesdames
Senator Stanford and Stockbridge should
stand opposite them, they would Just about
UdlduC0 III NOfbu, lOr GuS ldSU TWO nave as
many gems as the first four.
MRS. PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's TOILETS.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison has a fancy fo1
the violet, heliotrope and mauve shades,
and they are the colorS she will wear this
winter when she resumes her place at the
state receptions. Not only is she fond OF
violet and its lower tones, but she espec-
tally demands that they be executed in vel
wat n ~ aro1N ohrla &c che 1a,,,, 49,.
nothing else properly represents the colors
of the pansy. One marvellous gown that
she had made in New York before Mrs,
Scott-Lord's death, is Of silk velvet that
has q lilac tint in the day and a rich hello.
trope at night. She had intended TO chris.
ten it by wearing it at the opening of the
Chicago auditorium, but as she did not go.
it still lies swaddled in tissue paper in q
six by four cedar chest, of which the
White House boasts.
Few know how much a Presidents wife
has to pay for her gowns. Mrs. Harrison
arranged for a carriage and house dress the
other day att down town store. 1t was the
simplest thing in the world. Just DARK
blue cloth with a narrow pin stripe OF
black. to be made up without the slightest
trimming. 1t came home, fitted like &
glove, was trim and taut and gave her the
figure of a woman under thirty. The bill
that came with it, if you please, was Sl2;
for material, making and findings. The
same sort CT dress a woman of ordinary
Position would expect to get for $40 or $50
Tis true that it was made on the lightes'
IF silk, and was boned so discreetly tina
IUhe bodice could be turned inside out anC
not show a sign of a makeup. EVerythins
z else the Presidents wife purchases is o.
the same high price. She must pay
pretty sum for gloves and shoes, as she i!
very fastidious about both. Her shoes arr
all made to order, and upon the honor o
their maker, the last used is size three
width c. A dainty foot, and its owner vii
never nave it encased in anything bu
black shoes, although for light wearing
costumes, she follows the lad and has he
slippers of the color of her gowns.
MRS. vIcE-PREsIDENT MoRToN's GLOVES.
Elegant women nave all sorts of caprice
about their clothes. Mrs. Harrison
fastidious about her foot gear. Mrs. War
Hamaker would wear a print dress rattle
than dispense with dainty, handmade un
der clothing, and Mrs. Morton considers
glorious costume wasted if the gloves ar
off in tone or fit.
mo toilet is perfect without a faultles
glove. ] never study the fabric @
composition of my gowns, an
really half the time, i do not know until
don a dress what it is like. Every deta
of the costume itself should be the tailor
care, but a woman should always seleC
her own gloves. The shoe or slipper, c
course, should be next" In answer to m
question of what style of gloves she wore
Mrs. Morton looked a trif1e surprised
'Mousequetaire, of course, and / neve
have worn them above the elbow, as no d.
vice can save them from untidiness if the
end anywhere on the upper arm"
As a result of these views the vic,
Presidents wife is always the best glove
4N6man in any assembly. She has pu
chased boxes of them each year from
Paris firm who served her when the vic
President was minister to France. The
are svede and very light tan in color.
TWENTY DRESSES AT N THOUSAND DO
LARS APIECE.
II is easy to tell why Mrs. Morton nee
give no thought to her costumes, as \
Worth is their composer. Therei is a sedu
tive tale afioat that she has twenty tn;
have never been taken from their wra
pings, ten for carriage and day wear an
ten regal reception robes. 1t is said Il
bill Worth rendered was $40, ZOO, as he s
lected, planned and made everyone of ther
One thousand dollars per gown distanct
all competition in modest Washington ar
Mrs. Morton will be the best-dessed as we
as the handsomest woman in the admin
tration. She is not a bit afraid of colo
and in many of her costumes she eve
touches the startling shades of red and da
fodil yellow.
She can do it, as her arms and throat a.
like snow, her face has a soft tinge of pir
at night, her eyes are dark and her hair
an iron gray color, all of which featur
will suffer any color in dress.
Mrs. Morton has a liking for furs, espet