The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-11

entire brown and gray batiste and
| linen under Shirts-street skirts as they
/ are called-becauSe dust they are sup
/ posed to hide, and their lightness and
GOODNESS are quite beyond dispute
/ Nevertheless they are not all models o.
/ cheapness, though the plain ones can
/ be highly recommended to any woman
| who is looking for a nice, clean, easy,
/ low-priced summer walking petticoat.
/ The plain ones have a couple of bias
! flounces on them and may be a
whipped on edge of gray or brown
linen lace. On the street and in the
/ laundry these garments are far more
| durable and effective than either silk,
bingham or white cotton, but the costly
/ ones are so loaded with insertions of
lace and ribbons that one trip to the
washtub would work their absolute de-
struction.
LOUNGING GOWNS.
Now perhaps at the moment, in spite
of the brown linen revelations in I'M
der garments and the augmenting
splendors of the millinery displays,
nothing is more refreshing to the al
ready footsore shopper, her brain daz-
lied with money changing and close
| bargaining, than those chosen corners
of the big shops where tea gowns and
breakfast neghgeeS are displayed.
ter just now for revival of a fashion
has sprung UP unexpectedly, women
nave decided that it is both a pretty
and appropriate thing to breakfast in
artistic volantes, crown their heads
with caps and rather make a function
of the early toilet, that none but the
family see.
For this reason we find in both
elaborate and simple styles, the most
charming breakfasting robes. which
are something of a cross between the
untidy wrapper and the too elaborate
tea gown. With each and every one
though a cap is worn, whether the
wearer is a debutante or the mother
of debutante. The older women,
however, rather affect caps that tie I'M
der the chin, while the spinsters and
young married women cling to the CO.
quettish topknots, snoOds of ribbon and
bowknots or falls of flmy lace and
muslin.
TWO EFFECTIVE COMBINATIONS.
Of the two enchanting breakfast
robes sketched, the first, designed for
handsome matron, has its front made
entire of the palest tan batiste, fine as
swiss muslin, and nearly as soft as
chiffon. From the yoke TO hem it is
laid in accordion plaits that are
crossed, but not held in al the waist by
a girdle of green taffeta ribbon.
Clear, bright lettuce green is the
color, that matches exactly the green
of the silk stole fronts and the square
yoke, both of which are decorated with
turkish chain stitch embroidery in yell
low silk. The batiste forms the puffs
and draperieS for the long sleeves, and
all of the sheerest white muslin is the
breakfast cap composed. The COM
panion gown is a matinee in blue and
white. for a younger woman, as the
cap most convincingly demonstrates.
with its fall of fine mechlin lace and
bow of sky blue taffeta ribbon. This
little robe is in reality scarce more
than full falling empire slip of white
lace, with an overdress of blue china
silk, edged with quilting of white
muslin and caught under the bust by
broad lace-edged muslin sashes, that
tie in a full breast knot, and let fall
their long ends nearly TO the feet.
TEA JACKETS
In simpler fashion some of the smart
est of the breakfast toilets are made of
brown batiste, frightened with pin
head dots of scarlet embroidery and
tiny boleros of scarlet silk, worn over
the top of a full wrapper front and
slightly trained vatican back. One and
all these informal costumes show
sleeves only to the elbow, while in the
white muslin breakfast gowns the pref
test sleeves come not quite to the ell
bow and the fronts are made like
square, high bibbed aprons, with
pockets and big muslin strings tying
in the full backs.
For o'clock honors there are either
jackets or stately robes worn, though
the jacket is rather relegated to the tea