The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
of HOLY Mother and Child is copied
in gold for the cover of a prayer book.

of HOLY Mother and Child is copied
in gold for the cover of a prayer book.
In necklaces the novelty is strings of
stones cut perfectly round, like large
beads. These come in turquoises and
opals. Jeweled aigrettes. with the dia-
mOnds falling from them like heavy
drops of dew, are artistic and graceful,
and strings of pearls fully two inches
across, with diamond slides and clasps,
are approved Of by the best jewelers..
These are to be worn tight about the
throat, and the broad ones certainly
require a long neck and gracefully
poised head
There are also. among these Christ
mas gifts, heavy jeweled snakes, wind
ing twice and half about either throat
or arm, with emerald or ruby eyes and
length encruSted with stones, that
reach in price into the four figures.
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There is little to be said of fans that
was not limited at a year ago. The up
to-date fan is small and the extreme
fan is TIM. Vatican designs are in
favor, as are also fans painted in rose
and bowknot pompadour patterns. The
black mother-of-pearl is much used for
sticks, even more than is tortoise-Shell
or ivory. Some fans are entirely of
ivory, often richly enameled or jeweled
Combinations of lace figures and silk
gauze on which flower designs by well
known artists are painted make charm
ing fans. Feather fans are of stiff
wings rather than of ostrich plumes,
to be strictly a la mode. Some fans
are covered by a soft down of grayish
feathers and have pearl sticks, orna-
mented by gold and jeweied snakes.
Fan cases are sometimes of tortoise
shell or pearl with gold ornaments or
monograms to match the sticks, but
oftener of rich silks with monogram
and corners of gold.
In gowns we are hardly getting away
from the high belt and short jacket,
as the Paris models show The skirt of
one dress is of tan cloth opening on
the sides over a straight line of the
same stuff, closed by black velvet but
tons and silk cords. The crushed belt
is of black velvet, and the velvet but
tons ornament the sleeves. The jacket
and epaulette pieces over the sleeves
are of green cloth, unlined and trimmed
by black passementerie and buttons. A
null skirt with starched turnover coll
lar and pleat in front closed with studs.
forms the under-blouse, although a silk
or velvet blouse may. take its place
Another frock is a rather more dresSy
afternoon costume of a fancy silk with
small pink figures on a tobacco-brown
ground.
The skirt is novel, inasmuch as it
suggests an apron drapery, but the
effect is due to an apron trimming of
pink silk. covered by a second ruff1e
of heavy yellow lace. The blouse is of
the figured silk laid in tucks over the
figure and in ruffles over the top of the
sleeves. The yoke and high belt are
of pink silk. covered by incrustations
of yellow lace. In both these gowns
size and style of sleeve and skirt rep
resent the average, not the extreme,
house gown made now by Paris coutu-
riers.
Women who are uncomfortable be-
cause they fear that their complexion
is becoming fiorid should be careful of
their diet. One of the worst things a
woman can take for her complexion is
alcoholic beverages. By this it is not
meant that only excuses lead to red,
rough faces and Illuminated noses. The
women who take. a glass of wine with
their dinner and glass of whisky and
water at night occasionally when they
feel cold or out of Sorts soon find that
their noses are becoming red at the end
and that their cheek bones have an I'M
pleasant fioridity, which may be traced
entirely to the small quantities of
liquor thev consume. All alcoholic
drinks are death to the complexion
Other things that are bad for the
complexion are opiates, narcotics,
sleeping draughts other than ordinary
alcoholic beverages, strong tea and
coffee. and anything that tends to heat
the blood Hot blood means an in
famed countenance. and this many
times repeated may make the inflam-
nation permanent. If the sensible
woman will use a little self-denial and
substitute plain hot water for the