The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02
PRICES AND SIZES.


The poppy which is the fad of the hour,
is shown in costly satin damask only 1t
costs twenty-one dollars for q cloth two
yards wide by three and one-haf yards
long; the napkins are three-fourths yard
square and cost $22. 80 dozen.
But the other designs, which are in
reality quite as good as the poppy, are
sold for far more reasonable prices.
Cloths two yards wide by two and one
half yards long, which are those most
commonly in use, range from three TO
seven dollars; and napkins ee-fourths
yard square from three to nine dollars a
dozen.
Luncheon sets, which include the cloth
and one dozen napkins, are shown in
somewhat similar designs, but With more
elaborate finish, and can be purchased
from $3.50 each for really handsome
damask up to almost any price that one
may feel inclined to pay. But as all value
over a certain moderate amount means
simply additional elaboration or peculiar
ity of design, those sets sold for from
fifteen to twenty dollars, are as elegant
and as seryiceabie as need be required by
any but the very wealthy few.
The o'clock tea cloths have become
with the establishment of the tea tables,
quite as necessary to a housekeeper's out
fit as are the larger and longer established
dinner and luncheon cloths. The tea
cloths range in size to suit the needs OF
different tables. They may be scarcely
larger than dinner napkin, but must
not exceed two yards square; else they
become lunch cloths and are out of place.
For really elaborate embroidered and
cut tea cloths the price reaches as high as
$40 and even more, but for all ordinary
use really charming ones can be bought
for S.. and according to the quality and
the work, from that price up to any at
which prudence or economy calls stop.
The supply of table napery required for
a well-kepG house has become much
larger than once it was; and if you are to
entertain at all you will require certain
definite sizes both of cloths and napkins,
as we'll as doylies and embroidered table
mats to keep pace with the demands OF
the day.
DAMAsK BY THE YARD.
Good serviceable damask for ordinary
house use can be bought by the yard for
from 81 80 upward to three dollars; but
in any finer quality the woven cloths are
handsomer, as well as better style.
Napkins, too, vary in price as much as
they differ in quality and size, but good
damask can be had in dinner size for So a
dozen, and smaller for as low as 50. The
satin damask costs more, as has already
been stated, and are held by the authori-
ties to be essential for all formal occa-
Sions.
DOYLIE5 AND MATS.
Doylies and table mats may be either
embroidered or OF cut work, but for din
ner must be OF the finest white, whatever
form the decorations may take.
The cut-work mats can be purchased
from 81 apiece for the smaller ones up
ward to almost anything you may choose
to pay; and the carving cloths are sold at
q proportionate price.
But for the hand embroidered doylies
you must pay much larger sum, unless,
indeed, you do the work yourself. They
are used in circular shape for caraffes and
for the many accessories to the meal, such
as olives, bon bons and the like; they are
either oval or oblong for the larger
dishes.
II carving is done upon the table, as
despite the prevailing fashion, It still
often is, a large ample carving cloth is
used.
But while for dinner these various mats
must be white, for informal luncheon or
for tea color is allowed.
ON THE MAHOGANY.
Bare table luncheons are still held to by