The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-10

another down to wicker, mallet and ball
of the mild little game of croquet.
The most striking of all the new de-
| partureS are the gay conceitS in Scotch
| plaid 10 match the raViShing new plaid
( hose: and to make the scheme unique
and consistent these plaid carriers are
ornamented with the most fetching
clas2s of cairn germ or Scotch pebble
set in old silver.
OF course those who can afford to be
truly elegant pass by these ingenious and
pretty devices, and indulge in the solid
gold or jeweled buckles. and the number
and beauty of these designs would seem
to indicate that there are many such.
The four leafed clover, with perhaps a
diamond in the center. and the fieur de
lis are very faVOrite designs in gold; or
Just plain dull gold square with a
glistening diamond here and there may
prove sufhciently allurfng: if not perhaps
scroll of red enamel with a gold border
and brilliant diamond in the centre
may do. These range all the way from
$50 to $50 and are equally distributed be-
tween the round and side garter.
The suspender, however. is gaining the
day, and is indeed much more worn
by the really smart woman than the
round garter. The secret of which is
that she has learned to make it serve
two-fold purpose. The old way of wear
ing these SuSpenderS fastened to the sides
of the corset has tendency to not only
push the corset out in front but what is
much worse to force the abdomen for
ward. But the clever woman has hit
simple that it seems strange she should
have been so long finding it out. She
has discovered that one strap holds up
the stocking exactly IS well as two, and
this she wears fastened to the front of
her corset. just back of the steel. the
effect of which is to press the abdomen
back. Broad bands of elastic with
strong fasteningS at either end come
ready to be worn in this way; but there
is a scheme even better than that which
any woman can make for herself, Take
a rather wide piece of silk elastic, and
encase it in two pieces of ribbon stitched
together and of the length of the elastic
when stretched to its utmost limit Stitch
one end of this to the corset just back
the steel. In the other end work two
strong eyelets, or better still have two
corset eyelets clamped in, through which
TO pass yard of ribbon Then sow
loop of wash ribbon attached TO the
elastic and tie in a dainty bow.
This is exceedingly pretty in effect,
holds the stocking absolutely secure. and
keeps an obstrusive abdomen in place.
If it needs anything more to recommend
it. let il be said that such an arrange
exact counterpart of the $500 one worn
by the Duchess of Marlborough at her
wedding. OF course the eyeletS in this
case were of gold as were the eyelets
tunately not absolutely necessary TO the
perfect security of the stocking.
If the round garter is tight enough to
hold up the stocking without fold or
to circulate unimpeded. and this structure
is apt TO bring varicoSe veins and kindred
ills. Where one is afraid to trust her
self entirely to the security of the sus-
pender il is a very good plan to wear
also round garter tight enough to hold
up the stocking in case of accident. but
not sufficiently so to affect the circula-
ton. EDITH SOMERS.