The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03

Ideas from Bright WOmel
TerseIy Put.
Whether because the talk Of hart
times has had an influence upon all ex
penditure, or whether because sensible
women have come to the CONCLUSION
that it is unnecessary to accumulate
lot of gowns when fashions change SC
often. there is certainly a great differ
ence in the number of gowns womer
consider absolutely essential for a sum
n1er or winter wardrobe in these days
and half this number even is sufficient
There is, of course, no limit to the
number of gowns that can be had FOL
summer wear, all beautiful and appro
pirate and desirable, but arguing as
am from a practical standpoint and al
lowing a moderate outlay of cash, it i:
astonishing how well gowned a woman
can be, if she take the time and eXer.
else her taste df her taste be good.
1t seems to be pretty well settled thai
a spring season" is a thing OF the past
in our climate. Winter stays-that is
cool weather, too cool to wear any but
light wooden gowns-until late in April
when bangi in one day we are rushed
into summer weather when nothing but
the lightest clothes can be worn with
comfort.
ONE WOOL GOWN.
For spring wear and chilly days every
woman should have a tailor gown OF
covert cloth, cheviot, or serge. This is
Not by any means a. cheap costume for
Il demands careful making; it should
he clr !,
out any trimming but machine stitch
ing around the skirt. The coat can be
long to the knees, or quite short, as one
prefers
To wear with this must be bought
shirt waists or collar and waistcoat
Two shirts of cotton cheviot and one
waistcoat Of colored duck will make
quite enough changes.
A STYLISH CREPON.
For church wear or afternoon recep-
tons a very useful gown is a crepon.
It does not take the place of an India
silk, for of course it is much warmer
but these crepons are so much the
fashion this year that every woman
feels as though she must have one.
The prettiest ones are those OF bright
blue or the wood shades and gray. Per
maps the bright blue is the newest OF
any.
These gowns are almost always trim
med with lace insertion and falls of
lace over he sleeves. the lace being a
deeper yellow than has been worn dur
ing the winter.
At a reception at the Players club
not long ago it seemed to me as if every
other woman had on a crepon gown,
each and every gown more or less Ella B.
orately trimmed with lace. In some in
stances there was regular cape of the
heaVy lace fitted smoothly over the
ngure and hanging loose ever the
sleeves.
A SUMNER SILK.
The summer silks are beautiful and
everybody must have at least one sum
mer silk. A careful search in old trunks
VIII generally bring to light some silk
winch is far prettier than any at pres
ent made. Some of the prettiest gowns
l nave seen saw the light first sixty
years ago.
The quantity needed to make pretty
gown of these silks is not much; thir-
teen yards a dollar yard will make
skirt and sleeves, and a very pretty
way is to have the body of the gown
made of different color IAN old even
ing gown is excellent for this purpose)
covered with black mousseline de sole
One of the prettiest gowns 1 have
seen this spring has been worn bv
Mrs. Clement c. Moore, who is ack
nowledged one of the bellies of New
York. This gown was made Of black
and white checked silk with full plain
fkirt, the body of the waist of pale
Glue satin covered with black mousse
line de sole. ACCORDION pleated. The
sleeves were of checked silk. like the
skirt 4 pointed belt with long ends
Of black satin ribbon finger width made
a very odd and pretty finish of the
skirt and waist
l also saw very chic little gown of
old taffetta. Of light green with rosa
buds. This was made with skirt and
sleeves to match, while the waist was
of plain green also covered with the
black ACCORDION pleated chiffon These
gowns are very smart and extremely
useful for they can be sworn with
different waists and are even allowable
for evening wear with the low cut
bodies.
AN EVENING GOWN.
An absolutely necessary part Of
Simmer wardrobe is a gown to be
Worn in the evening, but this can be
made of the winters ball gowns care
fully freshened and with all elaborate
trimmings removed.
Then, too. silk ginghams. cotton
crepes or any inexpensive material can
pe made up with fun plain skirt, and
very simple low-cut body. and the only
necessary is either some lace
for a bertha or some ribbon for bertha
aad sash with ends.
If one has all the money one wishes
to spend on clothes. gown that is emf
nently satisfactory is a grenadine or
gauze. This year this material comes
in every conceivable design, the pretti-
est those on which are embroidered COL
ored flowers A gown of this sort is
very cool but the material itself is ex-
pensive and must be made up over
silk or satin and needs also consider
able trimming in the way Of ribbons
If not laces as well. They are becon-
ing, these gowns, to everyone, but they
are perishable and by no means neces-
sagy if economy must be consulted.
THE MATINEE AND THE TEA
GOWN.
A matinee or tea gown must be on
the list. For this, India silk is the best
material. This can be made at home
by the aid of a paper pattern and
fairly good seamstress. The styles vary
very little for this garment, and lace
and ribbons hide any defects of max
ing.
a matinee and tea gown are really
aot the same thing. although they are
slassed together. To be quite correct,
4 ma tinee consists of skirt and long
loose jacket, while Tea gown is some
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