The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

for the stout woman, for whom fash
ions are so rarely designed.
Anything more frightful, for instance,
than a portly matron in a Russian
blouse is hard to imagine, and yet in a
bias skirt, with slightly braided rear
panels, a basque with a loose front,
tight-fitting back and sides and square
hip tabs, falling below q very narrowly
folded waistband, even a full blown
figure comes forth in excellent proper
tions.
A PARTISAN SENSATION. !,
1t is yet to be proven whether there
is any reason in it, but the dress
makers, echoing a report from Paris,
say that in gowns of certain jcolors
flesh seems to shrink, in others to- eX-
pand, and over this smart discov-
cry the stout ladies are jubilant. A
subdued shade of peacock blue,
plum color and olive green with black,
of course, are announced as the colors
under which flesh seems least osten-
tatious, while wedgewood- blue, pale
gray and almost any shade of red are
to be avoided sedulously.
Here are the restrictions and pernis-
siOns made as to wool goods, velvets
and silks. So far no latitude nor con
straint have been given as to cottons,
but in the way of trimmings and light
tints, orange, yellow light blue and
cerise should not be used. Mauve and
the higher tints of green are the two
colors that, in decoration about the
throat and shoulders, are especially
helpful in diminishing the. effect OF
flesh.
DANCING FROCKS.
But after all, for true beauty of form
and color, the evening gown this sea
son is the thing. Undeniably, for day
light use, the dresses even of the most
extravagant women, are growing every
year more and more sober, but after
the gas stars and electric sun of the
ballroom is up the glories of feminine
costume appear.
1t is difficult to give a realizing pic
ture of vivid cerise under petticoat
for instance yelled in cream net, on
which airy background three foamy
ruchings describe aprOn-ike curves
above a bordering foot frill edged with
| cerise. ,colored baby ribbon. A rOundly
open bodice, yelled with net and clasp
ed with high folded waistband of sat
in, drawn into q big bow on the left
side. from which depend double trails
of poppies falling to the hem, must
next be imagined, and there you have
a glowing, graceful, but not in the
least costly, dancing dress for a miss
under 20.
An effort again must be made to
gather a mental picture of pink satin
skirt quite round and severely plain,
save for one big flashing artificial dia
mond fastened in front, Just about mid
way between waist and foot. From
this, running out in every direction
over the skirt, radiate many waving
/ lines of silver spangles. It is as simple
a scheme of decoration as can be
/ thought of, yet it turns a plain petit
I coat into very regal sort of garment.
! With it is worn pink bodice, it's waist
/ band drawn through a mock diamond
I buckle in front, its open throat draped
in cream lace, while on one shoulder
/ is fastened q knot of roses, from which
nearly to the knees, falls a white chit
! fon scarf powdered with pink silk rose
! petals.
By-the-by this shoulder scarf effect
| is repeated again and again on the
/ loveliest of evening costumes. 4 net is
the usual material and shoulder knots
Of white lilac fastens it most often to
the bodice. Yet always note of dom-
nant color is struck, in these dancing
and dinner toilets by the flowers with
which most of them are set off.
A faVorite combination with young
girls and matrons irrespectively, is q
White underdress veiled in rather
coarse black net, full black and white
ruchings of net at the foot, a wide
waistband OF orange or cerise colore6
crepe de chine and long net sashes
falling from one shoulder, on which il
set either q cluster of wildly shaped
nasturtiums or bright carnations Crepe
de chine and taffeta are steadily TAX
ing the place Of velvet as girdies. b,
they wide or narrow, and, in place o
letting sash ends fall from the wais
line. as was the mode hardly a month
ago, the waistband ends on the left sid
in a big wheel-shaped bow of kilt
plated stiffened net or taffeta, or wirec
rabbit ear ends of the softer crepe.
AN EVENING CLOAK.
It is 4 luxury even to discuss tn
evening wraps of costly make, such a
the accompanying picture, this weel