The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-21

and Thibet, but beaver, plucked and
unDlucked. Alaska sable, shiny black
! lynx, blue fox, ermine mink and chin
/ chilla, all were pressed into service,
and though the binding is the very
! highest roll of skin adjusted to the
very edge Of the hat, it forms a soft,
/ becoming frame to the face, so that any
woman should try it.
Except for the binding fur was spar
ingiy used in hat decoration at this
years show, while the dominant bird of
the season is the pheasanu> His COM
plete plumage, from bill to tail tip and
from wing to wing. on o wire frame,
forms q complete hat, and q lovely one,
I too, for the brown, gold and green tones
of his plumage exactly harmonize with
winter costumes.
The pheasant hat, owing to the taxi
dermist's art and the facility with
(which these birds are now raised in
America. 5 not an expensive luxury.
ANY shreWd woman can buy a bird,
Wire frame and bit of dark bias vel
vet with which to lay a fold as a basis
for mounting the bird. against her hair,
and in trice can be possessed of as
smart d chapeau as heart could wish.
Very luXuriously dressed women wear
SorgeoEsly colore6 crested pheasants
brought from Europe, and pin blazing
star o. colOred imitation jewels amid
the sheery breast feathers Just over
the right temple. There is considerable
rivalry among women who wear these
hats as to the length of their birds
tails. The snartzst hat has the long
est tail feathers, some OF them falling
far down on the shoulder.
FASHIONABLE FURs.
In the matter of furs the horse
show made gallant display of
big muffs and many of these were
worn, slung about the neck by
single chains of pretty inli-
tarion pearls, indeed nothing more than
Well-united wax beads strung on heavy
silk cords. Silver fox and chinchnla
are the furs still adopted by the
heads mounted thereon, but the small
fur animal no longer clasps lair
throats.
Cape-like collars, with tufts of tails
in fro.t, made brave show. while
quite as many women wore straight
round collars. about three inches wide,
made Of two narrow bands of fur at
top ard bottom edges, with a row of
close set heads, having open jaws and
flashing eyes, placed between the fur
bands. Their technical name is dog
perfectly round, made on a very stiff
foundation ard arranged to hook ex-
actly under the chin. A noticeable fact
This is one Of the new costly materials.
The big picture for the week shows one
in ivory White silk striped in pure
ViOlet-colOred velvet, the skirt banded
near the foot by one broad line of dark
Iur and the tucked white taffeta body
ciasped with tiny bolero OF violet vel
frr -f~ef.a ,tC.I,
this was a truly royal headpiece of
pissed violet velvet, pink roses and an
abundance Of white satin ribbon quill
ilngs, loops and bows.
In simpler suits a great deal of gray
was worn and promises TO be the favor
lie calling, carriage, church and theatre
dress Tor young women and debutantes
especially. n cashmere, lady's cloth
and draD d'ete the gray suits seem to
be chiefly made, the skirts braided in
The same tone or striped in perpen-
dicular panels, or groups of horizontal
lines with narrow folds of gray velvet
or velveteen. Here we appear to have
a positively new trimming, for it can be
bought in various widths like braid,
prepared for application and after the
braiding, which is really done ad nau-
seam, these simple lines of velvet are
a delight to the eyes.
With the gray gowns a relief at
throat and wrists is usually given by
the use OF a yoke and collar and cuffs,
either of turquoise blue or burnt orange
velvet. 4 bit Of one of these two colors
every woman wears somewhere about
her person, since there is quite a little
craze over them.
On many smart and pretty suits the
vivid burnt orange velvet forms a
short yoke to the basque, the collar and
cuffs, and often as not the collar and
Guns are lined inside with turquoise
blue, by way of a daring set-Off. An
other modish notion is the application
of white lace to black for scarfs, hand
kerchief borders, transparent sleeves
of evening waists, and fans. They who
cannot afford TO have it done by the
dressmaker's skilled needleWOmen make
fancy work Of their own luXuries. and
edge pretty squares of muslin first with
all inch deep ruffie OF anv pretty black
lace. Out of cream white lace flower
sprays, butterfly wings, etc. are cut,
laid on the black background, and
tackled down with Il few stitches.
This is regarded as an excellent de-
vice for utilizing good bits. out of worn
old laces, and many a thrifty girl has
made for herself a splendid evening
fan by clipping roses and sprays from
pieces of rich duchesse or mechlin lace,
fairly falling to pieces with age, and
applying the bits to a black gauze fan
Beside the black and white lace edged
hacdkerchiefs, that are carried on all
occasions of fun dress by women, for
evening use a fine lawn square edged
with an inch-deep ruff1e OF cream
white footing, is a pretty little novelty
of the season. NJ. DAVIS.