The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29

Fashion surely moves in discreetly
leisurely way her wonders to perform.
After months of prophecy and specula-
tion. ON the part of those who are sup
posed to know the inside working of
Partisan ateliers where clothes are Gre
ated, the first small sleeves have Just
appeared They are not so very small,
either, but the model costumes have a
reserved sort of over tapping puff at
the top and then, from four inches
ABOVE the elbow clean down to the
wrist, the arm bag fits close as a glove
as very wrinkled glove, since the
! newest sleeve is gathered along the
inside and outside seam, while instead
! or any cuff, it fits right down over the
hand and is finished off with frilIs of
lace that fall 10 the knuckle.
NOVEL SKIRTS.
There are other points, however be
sides the wrinkled sleeve that mark the
well dressed daughter of Spring, from
women who are a little behind The
dlmsl5 or who are Still in winter make
Shifts Her skirt is different in that,
Tor walking and the street, it is made
absolutely without cores. In Its six
yards of breadth there are but three
seams, and those are right in the back,
While not a fold or wrinkle shows any
where at the waist line. Her tailor
/ calls this his new cut, and whether the
/ SkIrt is made of tweed or covert cloth
| IL Is supposed TO be so artfully fash
Toned that it can as comfortably be
worn for the mornings shopping or
trip on wheel in the park. This is
an unHned skirt, and if it is made of
finely checked tweed, in leather brown
or gray shepherds plaid, it is never
worn with a coat or waist of the same
color. The brown skirt is used with
little scarlet vest of Scotch cheviot
picked out in white, and a coat of ricn
/ beetle green broadcloth of summer
weight. The coat buttons over with q
/ fly front, has a green velvet collar,
short tails, and not big button TO
mar its smart simplicity. With gray
plaid skirts sapphire blue coats are the
correct mode, as care must be taken
that with checked pettcoat a jacket
of solid toned goods is used. These
skirts. by the way, are just six yards
around and absolutely plain, not
strap nor a seam decoration appear
ing.
DEMI-TOILETS.
Where The tailor leaves off the dress
maker begins to change styles to suit
her own conception of the beautiful
and calling dresses, dinner gowns.
dancing peuticCats and at home toilets
measure at least eight yards in cir
conference at the foJt. and are laid
in tiny plaits and gathers all about
the waist band. Stout women may
groan over these overlapping front
plaits, that extend fat hips and give
hi ,I- tote fIIl1n0CC
but slender souls rejoice, and more
over there is mucn liking showed for
the new way of carrying braided and
brocaded points. in between the full
hanging flutes. from the foot nearly
up to the waist line. At least one is
thankful for perfectly plain skirts are
growing to be something of bore.
NEW SUMMER COLORS.
All the well informed women who are
shopping for their fine demi-season
calling suits ask to see something in
blue. Blue in a variety of rich and
glowing shades is the all conquering
spring color, but this time not the
bluette tone Sapphire and Venetian
blue are the right colors, and they come
in the new double width materials that
one and all have bullion thread run
in the woof. This gold and silver
slne5n, however, is rapidly pushing to
the front everywhere. One sees 1t In
the fancy strays, the richest RIBBONS
and even ON the daintiest silk stock
ings 1t promises to become an I'M
portant feature in spring dressmaklng.
STRAW HATS.
The new straw hats look as if they
were woven of very brittle pastry or
nougat and trimmed with spun sugar
They are mostly big, of new traglie
Swiss straw and emmeshed in tulle,
which is unstable and unbecoming.
The little bonnets have flown out Oh
sight like withered leaves before NO
vember gales, but there are some en-
chanting rice straw toques ana Droad-
brimmed hats turned up behlnd ana
trimmed with the new rose. A lovely
pale pink Malmaison. SGD in trlnm.hS'
with tufts of Russian heHotrope. Inc
summer hats will be heaped enNIey
with flowers and ribbon, save for the
strings. is not in the running and tuile'
Win ieweled ornaments, IS only toleT-
ated for the moment.
SMART SHIRT WAISTS.
There is a distinct pang of grief to
be felt over the long anticipated shlrt
waists Here they are in organdy ana
fine Scotch lappet, and pierced grass
linen and SheereSt dlm1ty. HOOr SUI
stitutes for our trusty bingham friends
of last year. Besides these new waists,
with their full, soft bosoms and un n
starched cuffs are meant, many OF
them. to be worn over colored SILK
corset covers, and with stock collars
of silk and satin. The least OF them
have their front plat, where the STUDS
fit. garnish with embroidery. and
many of dotted muslin would not
stand the strain of one washing
Women who are buying these shirts
snatch up the blue ones eagerly, while
over at the glove counter and where where
the brides and debutantes are snopplng
for spring festivities, they ask for
parchment colored silk and suede |
gloves. IT'S a rare and delicate color
much worn in Paris. Examples of it |
are seen in the very newest decorated |
silk waists that are now all made in
the form of short-tailed Louis XVI
coats with very splendid vests and
gorgeous lace jabots, falling from
Straight high milk-white satin collars.
in place of the white linen eighteenth |
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