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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-17

The floor of the fire place. which
is a very deep one, is covered with jap
arese mating, the fiecked sort called
the Orient" At tbs back is q win
dow. presumably of isinglass, hung
with mating in Japanese window
fashion. The room thus made is
then furnished completely with Japan
csc and Oriental trifies. and to COM
plete the idea two Oriental doll ladies
sit at a, table taking tea from egg
shell cups. From the ceiling hang
lanterns; and in the center is a col
ored lamp which burns continually
after the fashion of some New York
drawing rooms. The size of the fire
place is such that across the room one
might easily believe one were looking
from distance into the delicately fur
neshed boudoiI~ of a. japanese lady. So
much for a fire place upon which time
and money are not spared.
Another woman, as soon as the fires
went out for the season, had her fire
place carefully measured and then had
an artist paint picture to exactly fit.
the open place.
Another woman had a tile fitted in
the open space made when the CRATE
was taken out. This she painted With
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The horsey. girl. the girl who can
ride, drive, play tennis. swim and is an
all-round sort of a good fellow would
seem to have a much better time than
the quieter. more feminine crea tura
who is so terribly dependent on the So
called stronger sex. But laces and
ribbons are 50 connected in the mascu-
line mind with woman's toilet that
he seems to prefer them about women
he cares for rather than the stiff, trim
look of the tailor-made girl, whose gar
nlents. by the way. are infinitely more
fitted for the different sports and work
she is now engaged in
was immensely amused the other
day in a car to watch the puzzled ex-
preston which came over the face Of
a very swell looking man dressed in
the latest style who got in the car a
few blocks after q. very suartly gowned
girl had entered He sat down beside
her and rode for some time without
discovering that her costume was, with
counterpart Of his own. His eyes trav-
eled over her covert coat, made Just
like his covert coat which he was wear
ing, her shirt front high collar and
perfectly tied cravat, her Hamburg
hat, her boutonniere and her gloves
with heavy stitching. 1t was more like
a dog looking at his reflection in the
mirror than anything | have ever seen.
and when he got up, shook himself and
with one parting glance left the car,
fully expected TO hear him bark, The
girl paid no attention. To her he was
but one of many. and if she noticed
him at all it was quite unnotioeable to
any one else. ANHELM.
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buds have developed. Then new vines
must be brought in and the cd ones
taken away.
Mrs. Frederick Benedict, the friend
of Mrs. Cleveland, has an antique
screen. not quite as high as the man
that it covers the fire-less CRATE and
appears to be a. three-paneled fire
place with nearly the same effect.
Miss Leila Herbert, the pretty daugh-
ter Of Secretary Herbert, has a large
old tiled fireplace in her sitting room,
where family friends are entertained.
Inside the glitteTing fender when the
fires Went down she placed plants and
palms, growing green and luXuriantly
in their deep old red pots, and as there
is a. great deal of red in the room the
effect is excellent and beautiful. There
is a big antique brass stool in the cor
her, and its great vase is kept full of
flowers, and there are jars of flowers
on the mantel, over which hang water
colors. and the place. with its rich
rugs, has been 4. gathering spot just
as it was in winter.
An immense monogram Of gold or
silver, or antique metal, mounted upon
velvet, as if it were armor to be shown
off, makes a. pretty fire place finish for
a mans library; and is this year a
popular one. Ever since Mr.. Cornelius
Vanderbilt used a. big V in the decora-
tons of his library. there have been
initials and monograns ordered by the
score and the fire place monogram is
one Of the latest initial fads. a brass
wire frame lifts all out when the fire is
desired.
Many ladies' do not want to do away
with all possibility of a fire in summer;
and these have pretty and diverse ways
for covering the laid fire. One of the
simplest is the large fan which lifts
out easily and may be made as elahor-
ate as a lamp shade with flowers upon
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TIE WOMEn OF THE DAY.

gerheads with America and this time
the mother country seems to be gain
/ ing the advantage.
1 Englishwomen are slow to speak, but
| 1t has always been acknowledged that
they are well grounded in what they
! know and within the past six months
] not only England, but America has
! been ringing with the name and fame
Of English authoresses. Beatrice Har-
| raden's Ships That Pass in the Night
| is read by young and old. Marcella"
and the Heavenly Twins" and The
Yellow Aster'' are also famous. But
not one book Of any particular pronli-
nence has any American woman pro-
duced for a long time.
Beatrice Harraden has received prob
q bly, more letters than any other au-
| thoress of the time, and to my personal
knowledge in several instances she has
answered the letters and in a way
which has brought solace to many a
poor invalid woman to whom her book
came as revelation of how the sad
dest, most unknown life has its mis-.
sion and underlying pedce.
THE NEWLY-INvENTED DOLLS.
Clothes pins are scarcely ornamental
objects, yet within the past few weeks
! a woman has made out of these most
mundane pins the daintiest of dolls.
The Grape paper so much liked for lamp
used to fashion for them the most chic
of gowns. On the head of the clothes
pin is drawn a face. and the gown is
fitted snugly about the legs. A widow
in black Grape paper. gowned in the
most conventional of mourning. with
long veil. vas very pretty. Another
exceedingly pretty clothespin creature
was dressed in the very height of the
fashion in pink heliotrope and big hat
A bride in long flowing robes and a.
young lady in black and yellow have
also been given to the world.
As capital way of showing new
fashions, 1 have never seen it equaled,
and the rapid sales of these toys as or
naments ought to net the inventor a.
handsome sum.
A great many women are now study
Ing very hard to perfect themselves in
patenting various things they have in
vented. At Christmas time one of the
prettiest small gifts in silver was the
new fashioned bodkin, patented by
Miss Ward, and which really does what
it claims to do-keeps the narrow rib
bons from twisting when they run
through the dainty beading used on
various undergarments. Women have
invented many useful articles. more
than are generally known about, one
woman having reaped a. comfortable
sum from patenting a catch to keep
shoe buttons on the shoes
The Mother Hubbard wrapper was
designed by a. woman in a. little coun-
try village in New York state She
made three or four Of these garments
and sold them to the people in the vii
lage. a buyer for clothing shop was
passing through the village and saw
the garments. He gave an order for
some to be shipped to his firm The
woman who invented them now en-
ploys 200 or 300 women. For the name
Mother Hubbard she receives a certain
sum. and has literally laid by enough
money TO keep her from want even
though the demand for these articles of
feminine attire may cease any DAY.
WOMENS MASCULINE CLOTHES.
DO men like masculine women?" is
a very much discussed question among
women.
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she feared she must be deformed, al
though she had always been so proud
of her erect carriage. The woman VINO
WAS with her said in a tone Of great
encoura cement: Why my dear You re
all right: the thing is, straight packs
have gone out Of fashion. All the coats
allow for round shoulders. Have That
defect remedied and you are all right.
I watched to see if she were right.
and interesting it was to note how few
women there were who held themselves
with perfectly straight spines- We are
supposed in this generation TO be
models of health and yet ninety-nine
out Of every hundred women, and men.
toe. are holding themselves in some
slight degree like unto the style which
once went the length and breadth Of
this country under the title of Gre
clan bend Head just little forward.
shoulders jlst a little curved and an
absolutely blank expression would seem
10 be the desired point TO be gained in
these fin de steele days.
THE FASHIONABLE EXERCISE.
Several of the fashionable women OF
New York are taking up bicycling as
their pet fad.
Turkish baths have failed TO accom-
plish their primal object-that of reduc
ing the avoirdupois. which ali Ameri-
can women are threatened with when
they pass the ruhicon of 35-and herbal
oandages also proving not all they were
claimed to be, something had to be
done. It was discovered that bicycling
by inducing excessive perspiration and
q the same time exercising all the
muscles. was really the best known
thing 70 get rid Of extra flesh
At first it was kept quite a secret as
10 who did or did not cycle, but then
some woman was indiscreet enough 20
tell someone else under promise of Sc
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a. Puritan Priscilla study to correspond
with the old Kitchens and cranes. on the.
small tiles that bordered the fire place.
Several women have ordered tiles to
be decorated by artists; and the cost
when thus done may be anything one
pleases 10 pay But if decorated at
home the plain tile, all placed does
not cost much tosthe square inch.
Fer a nursery fire place a. large
wooden block covered with plain white
oil cloth and decorated at home with
Mother Goose pictures will pass nicely
under the lax criticism Of the little
people.
A VINE EFFECT.
Extremely artistic, though trouble
some, fire place effects are made by
bringing green life indoors. Great
quantities of some fast growing vines
are obtained and the ends or roots are
placed in water, or wet sand, over
which plenty Of wet moss is laid. The
festeoned box containing this is set in
the fire place, and the long vines are
brought cut and trained in greeeful
runners over the face of the chimney.
A vine fire place will look very beau
thful for about a fortnight Then it
must be renewed. But its fresh, in
MIGRATING appearance will commend it
to any one who can spare the time to
trim it anew half a. dozen times dur
ing the summer. If the fire, place is
near the light, morning glory vines cut
and placed in water will open and
bloom for several days until all the
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hair grows on the banks Of the RI
A woman nowadays grows her
hair. making no pretense of greac
quantity.
1t is wonderful how small the fash
ionable knot Is Merely large enough
to center the lines from nape and fore
head, rather below the crown into a
knot bound round with a golden circ-
let.
This ctrclet is formed of two or three
gold bound combs. permitting the wav-
ed spaces to be loosanad about the ears
defective form to be hidden. It rolls
loosely off the forehead and temples
and drops half over the ear. Some
times it is parted and combed down
over the ears each way. because great
width is the fashion. but not every face
centuates the oval of the face and hints
at intellect and is a long way better
than the high narrow style, with tts
braZen display of the ear and its sug-
gestion of rooms to let. unfinished"
In London, outside Of the Smart
set" there is a large circle of society.
solid and wealthy. who like real En-
glish fashions. They wear most excel
lent materials, but are utterly devoid
of modern style and chic.
The young girls and matrons are
wearing a monstrous thing on the back
the old fashioned WATERFALL or CHG
non in it's fullest proportions, and, in
most cases, palpably false.
1 am told that the bun" is a past
fashion and that the "duchesses and
ladies' do not wear it, and do their
hair in the French knot but still half
the we'll dressed people in the street
and the theatre are adorned with this
disiguring mass of hair covered with
a fine net. and the front hair finely
frizzed and confined over the brow
with an invisible net.
The hats are large and dropping. or
else very "f1yaway," and the bonnets
worn with the "bun" are most pc
culiar. They are so fiat to the head as
not to show from the front, and a large
Alsatian bow is put on the back, fire.
quentIy so far back as to rest on the
, WATERFALL instead of the head, giving
"a most disconnected appearance of
hair and head.
a popularity of English women is the
wearing of elaborate coiffures. No
where is so much false hair worn az
here. It is made UP in all sorts of in
genious ways, TO be pinned on bodily
The fashion Of parting the hair and
wearing the little curl in the middle OF
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the front and any other decorations,
including a motto if desired
If the walls of the room are hung in
silk or satin it is pretty to put a panel
Of the same in the fire place opening.
mounting it upon a. frame. The panel
should be left plain unless the panels
of the room are also decorated.
One nursery fire place is fitted for the
summer with a. much needed little book
case, G>1d another has a CABINET set in,
into which will go the summer collec-
ton of beetles and butterflies, stones
and dried plants.
In certain little boudoir fire place
there has been placed a piece of strong
fireproof substance over the top open
ing to shut. out dra,ughts; and below is
rather elaborately fitted out tea
kettle service for getting UP cups of tea
and pots of chocolate or rare bits The
floor and walls are tiled
The rule for fitting out a fire place
for the summer. according to a clever
woman, is to make up your mind what
you most need in your. room, and then
go to work to see how you can accom-
plish it picturesquely within the. fire
place limits
AUGUSTA PRESCOTT.
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DOTTED SWISS.
AIRY FAIRY LrLIANs AND STATELY
DowAGERs IN FLowERY GAUzEs.
The Lace Edged Ruf1e and the Stiff
fened Petticoat the Two Necessi-
ties of the Thin Toilet.


While hot weather in early summer
does not always mean that we are to
suffer from heat throughout the entire
season, it nevertheless is generally fore
runner of what the weather will be. and
every woman is busy adding to her sum-
ner wardrobe as many gowns as possible
of sheer thin material. muslin and organ
dies beyond all others.
There is a great deal to be thankful for
that fashion has decreed the wearing of
thin fabrics once more. 1t Is long time
now since musiins, organizes and such
gossamer fabrics have been in vogue eH-
cept for evening wear. at garden parties
or summer entertainments. Such thing
as a batiste, organdie or muslin gown on
the street In the city, or even in the coun-
try towns. was unheard of, and women
lbuckled themselves into tight fitting cloth
and silk suits with serene resignation.
But what could ever be prettier or DAM
tier than the Powered muslins and organ
dies, fashioned, as they are, in such deli
cate colors and artistic patterns? For
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hottest day. With these light gray mus
lins any colored ribbons can be worn The
prettiest, however. is yellow or white.
The pink organizes are not pink all over,
but are Of a pink ground with springs or
blossoms of a deeper color These two are
rrettiest trimmed with narrow rutf1les
edged with Write lace. There is one thing
the wearer of muslins and organdies must
ren1en1ber-tllat is to be extremely par
ticular as to the under petticoats and
skirts. The material is not stiff enough
in itself TO look we'll for any length of
time and to keep a. skirt hanging properly
q. very thin haircloth or moreen petticoat
should be worn; or else under the silk slip
a skirt of very stiff muslin carefully
stsrshed; or taffeta silk, with several
ruff1es and a tiny steel tape run through
the hem. The rnoreen skirts must be care
fully chosen or they are too heavy, but,
indeed, great care as to every detail must
be exercised if one would wear the fas-
cinatingly pretty gowns. One reason they
do not stay in fashion long is because the
various accessories are so expensive and
require 50 much looking after.
ANHELM.
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LEAN GIRLS TROUBLES.
The Pound of Flesh That VIII Make
Her BeaufifuI


The lack of pound or two more of
flesh is often literally all that stands be-
tween a woman and her kingdom.
Embonroint is. however, rarely DELHI
erately courted by an American woman.
For some mysterious reason. however
scrawny she may be- the last thing one
viii succeed in doing is to persuade her
that she needs more flesh
So deep-rooted with us, so widesprea
is this fear of becoming stout that it might
almost be classed as a national anti-fat
instinct,
Yet "a little fat is a great beautifier l
recall more than one face that blossom ed
into unexpected beauty as its owner took
On flesh.
went to school with girl whose large
aquiline nose was the bette noir of her
childhood, but at about two and twenty
she began to grow decidedly plump and
the objectionable member forthwith LOST
its beak-like. aggressiveness; the back
ground afforded it by an ampler padding
Of flesh at the temples, by well rounded
cheeks and a slight doubling of the cain
brought il into correct focus, making il
a handsome feature.
The woman who seeks to become at
once thin and clearer of complexion is
attempting what is nigh an iInpossibility.
The thinner one becomes. the duller. the
more opaque grows the skin Colorless-
ness Is not fairness. 1t has oeen claimed
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crecy-her husband. I believe, it was
and the rumor quickly spread that
Mrs. Clement Moore. Mrs. Bettini. Mrs.
Schieffelin, Mrs. Randolph and Mrs.
Douglas were among the number Of
those who had set the stamp of ap-
aroval Oh the new exercise. And now
eNAry woman who can stay on one of
these ma chimes viii do so.
Several Of the fashionable physicians
recommend il as being far more health
full than horseback exercise, and
strongly advocate their patients to
adopt il. Many q tumble and much
swixwardness has to be bodily faced be
ffffe anything like proficiency can be
gained and many ~omen will never
succeed in mastering the art at all.
Like skating and dancing natural
gracefulnass aids much
THE BOOKS TALKED ABOUT ARE
ENGLISH
England once more has come to log
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FIRE PLACES IN SUMNER.
Ways 10 Make Them Ornaments to
the Room.

The fire place in summer must be
beautified or il viii lend vacant, chill
aspect to the whole department. At
t'he seashore, or in the molnt9ins,
where the fire can be kept laid and
frequently lighted, ali we'll and good
for the fire place in its natural state.
But in town house where there is no
use for the logs from Spring until Fall
t1leir picturesque bark becomes dulled
w4e,q dust, and the ever-laid fire place
IS an unpleasant spot in the summer
room.
To heautify these fire spots is the
aim of the artistic woman, VINO sees a.
chance in every. corner for an effect. It
can he said 70 her credit that she az
complisiaed soma very pretty things
under the nantels where the fires
burn in Winter
The od1e;t and most interesting fire
pace belongs to 9. woman who travels
much abroad and has picked up many
curious b1ings.
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so that the other colors can be worn. and
the ribbon box of every fashionable woman
nowadays takes up a. great deal of room,
so many and varied are the assortmentS
of belts, sashes and even rosettes.
The coolest looking gowns are the grey
ones, and with white they are always ex-
ceedingly chic They soil quickly. how
ever. do not wash we'll and are not as
dressy as the white. but are becoming to
almost every one. There is a. certain shade
of silver gray which, when there are lots
OF ruffies edged with white lace. makes
the wearer thing of beauty in the very
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Ready made clothing, as expressed in
duck, pique and linen suits. seems TO
have taken the New York women by
storm. and it is no unusual matter to
see q. lot of smartly gowned women
comparing notes as to how little it has
cost them to buy skirt and jacket
/ overheard two women in a shop the
other day talking on this subject. One
was bemoaning her fate-she could
never buy anything ready made, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-17
PARIS AND LONDON co1FTUREs.
The FrenchvomaD Wears a Small
Gold Bound Knot.

Gold Bound Knot.
In Paris toilet arts are less crude
than they used to be- if the present
treatmen of the hair is any sign.
Some time ago the whole aim was to
produce the appearance of great
quantity of hair. which end had moth
ing to do with beauty. but was rather
rivalry, after the manner of stock rails
ers at fair.
Today the hair receives greater care.
perhaps, than ever. and it submits to
endless changes in arrangement, but
there is next to no falsity in it. The
modish woman may change her Golf
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the forehead so prevalent in New York
is not seen here. Instead, the fine fTiz-
yes worn by the Princess of Wales and
her daughters are initiated by most Of
the sex. A. G. J. H.
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George Meredith sometimes rewrites a
chapter several times before he is salts
fed with it, and then he occasionally de-
cides to use his first draft.
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Ready-Made Clothing Has Taken
Them by Storm.
HOW LITTLE IT
COSTS TO LOOK WE'LL.
MASCULINE CLOTHS now WORN BY
THE FAIR ONES.

Airy Fairy LiIians and Stately
Dowagers in FIowery GAUGES
Paris and London COiffures-How
the French Woman Delights to
Arrange Her Hair-Orna
Fire Places for Summer.
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fure 600 times in nineteen years. as was
said to have done a certain Roman
queen. but it cannot be reproached to
her as Martial reproached a. woman of
his time: You are a. composition Of
falsities; while you live in Rome your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-19
Sc nsatiOnal Suit.

The Chicago Herald has the follow
ing Minneapolis special concerning
former Rock Island citizen:
A sensational suit is pending in
the Mankato district court. The
title of the suit is Mrs. Slime vs.. c.
II. Saulpaugh. and $4,000 damages
are asked for alleged breach of
promise to marry. Saulpaugh is a
well-known business man of Mankato
and is reported to be worth from
$25O.O00 to $sO0.Oo0. He is widely
known and respected in Minneapolis.
He was recently married. It is stated
that at the present time Mrs. Slime
is residing in this city. The case
will come up for trial at the fall term
OF court. Sensational disclosures are
promised if the case comes to trial,
IA it is given out that the defense is
backed with some startling testi-
mouy, by which other prominent men
in the state will be dragged into the
case. Great efforts have been made
to keep the case secret.