The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23

it will import rosy glow and leave It
smooth as an infants. For clsahing
window glass and fine woodwork fthe
lace cloth has no equal If the house
keepers will give the old lace curtains
a trial in this way, 1 am sure they will
agree with me that these articles can
be made very serviceable in the house,
hold.
A mirror in the palm of the glove is
the latest novelty. With its assistance
its owner is enabled to- be sure that her
bonnet is on straight and also that her
curls are in perfect order. She can
likewise ascertain if her bow is at the
most becoming angle at the proper
time.
All these things and a HUNDRED others,
important from the feminine point OF
view, she can find out on the street
without attracting the attention of pas
sers-by, with the aid of this simple con-
trivance.
The inventor of this device has so
arranged the little looking-glass in the
palm of the glove as not TO interfere
with the shutting Of the hand. He has
likewise taken the PrecautiOn of put
ting it in the left-hand glove. so that
when its owner shakes hands with a
friend it will not be observed.
1t is not the fair sex alone that will
Men are quite as vain as women, So
the latter claim, and will be seen by
any observer to look at themselves in
every mirror they pass on the streets.
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/ The sash is seen with every possible
/ costume, and is now beginning TO be
a welcome change from the endless
/ belt. Many Of them are marvels Of
elegance, rich with the most dainty
[ OF hand embroidery in brilliant color
ing; but, after all, the really most chic
are those Of plain, unadOrned beauty.
+ Soft surahs, taffetas, satin, gros grain,
/ and every conceivable sort of silk are
/ used Deeply fringed ends in the
/ deliberately knotted fashion are liked.
or Persian embroidery. They look most
stylish over smart silk blouses, ana
are much worn with skirts of light shot
mohair, MORE or poplin.
Ribbon is to be queen of the winter
carnival of fashion. There will be rib
bon girdles, ribbon collars, ribbon
cuffs, ribbon garnitures of all sorts.
In fact, there viii be ribbon bodices
and frocks
All widths and all kinds Of ribbon are
to be worn. Black velvet bands and
bows, satin loops and ends. taffetaS
1 and gros-grains. to say nothing OF
/ those composite affairs which show a.
little Of all varieties are to be used
1 lavishly. The first and most instr1lc-
tive sign of the sudden bound which
ribbon has taken in popular favor is
It's increase in price. Even the sales
l women, usually not interested in fluc-
tuatiOns in cost or in reasoning from
effect to cause, tell their aggrieved Gus
toners who complain of the iniquitous
advance: We'll, nam, you see rib
/ bon's getting very fashionable and the
factories can't turn 1t out fast enougix
so it's dearer."
Those who have had the high privi-
/ lege Of gazing upon the Paris gowns
/ designed for autumn, report that even
the tailOrmade tWeeds and cheviOts
! have ribbon girdles and collars. Some
Of the belts are practically cOrselets,
sewed in the under-arm seams and
sloped over the back and front Of the
! bodice to a point. Others seem to be
widths of ribbon wound two or three
times about the waist and fastening
in huge bow on the left side. Some
times from this bow long ends fall all
the way to the hem of the skirt. The
result Of this ribbon trea tment is to
give the shOrt-waisted effect to the
wearez of the girdIe, so that even the
tailormade damsei is a. modified en-
pire picture.
Already the sovereignty Of the rib
bon is becoming apparent The narrow
leather belts which were the inevitable
accompaniment of the shirt waist and
the serge skirt earlier in the season
are being gradually retired in favoAof
the folded ribbon girdle. When the
shirt-waisted damseI is CARRIED for
some athletic festivity-a regatta, a
tennis tournamen or the Ike-the rib
bon belt becomes a sash. 1t passes
twice about her waist and ties either
on the side in front or in the middle Of
the back. Long ribbon ends float down
the folds of her spotless duck skirt
When she is arrayed for only ordinary
events the big bow boasts no streamer
ends.
The ribbon collar of the autumn will