The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-24

OF course this tale flew about London
in no time, and If any of the other
women were inclined to jeer at the fact
OF one of their sex being able to wear
seven stringed collar OF pearls AZ
inches deep, their ugly speeches were
quelled by the loud shout of JOY set up
by the leading portrait and miniature
painters Long and fervently they
dwelt upon the rare beauty of q long
neck, the advantage OF il in grace and
aristoeratic bearing. the decadence in
! necks since the time of Joshua Rey-
nolds, and a consequent falling off in
feminine loveliness, until suddenly the
| fact that she could wear a seven
stringed pearl collar made the duchess
! the most envied and admired woman in
London, and eventually brought long
necks, swan throats," they are called,
| into remarkable favor.
| 1t is a fashion now penetrating to this
! side the water, and to such an extent.
( both in England and America, that she
who sits even before camera de-
mands that her neck shall be made the
! most of by devices that smack of the
! tricks of the eighteenth century. The
I photographer knows all these secrets,
and when a patron tells him she must
! have a long throat and must secure o
! picturesque likeness. though the dis
! lance between her chin and her Shout
does not gainsay her.
Instead, he picks up an album and
shows her how the women of the other
side do it, and how, according 20 their
photographs and portraits, at least,
nearly every smart lady in London pos
sesses a throat that the famous Miss
| Annie Laurie would not blush to own.
The deception is simple enough, for the
English women have found by making
their heads look very tail the throat
viii elongate remarkably. and that,
moreover, if the head is properly orra-
mented, the decorations and draperies
about it cunningly adjusted. an ordi-
nary, commonplace face can be painted
or photographed into something truly
lovely. This the artist or photographer
will prove by turning over his album
leaves and showing a score of tilted
danes taken in their new headdresses,
each one, you would swear. the posses
sor of a thoat half an ell in length.
! One of the most attractive among
the new photographs is an American
woman, Lady Grey Egerton, and her
nearest rival is the leader of this new
fashion. the marchioness of CRANKY. not
bit of a beauty, like Lady Egerton,
nor very long throated, either, but with
a yard of fine old lace. few Jewels and
a proper poise of head. she would pass
anywhere for a woman painted by
Romney or Reynolds. The young
duchess Of Marlborough has had herself
photographed in the exact headdress
the great Sarah of Marlborough used
to wear, and beautiful Mrs CurZon
who was Miss Letter of Chicago, has
been photographed wearing a head
dress very like that in the duchess of
DeVonshire's famous portrait
Seeing these lovely pictures. it isn't
lonS that the American woman can re-
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secured by her British sisters, and
when she consents to have herself pho
toGraphed in the new fashion a bic
mirror is dragged before her chair. and
an expert couture takes her head in his
hands.
On table beside him are heaped an
amazing variety of materials: tulle and
liberty silk scarfs, ostrich plumes
widths of rare old lace, a box Of Jew
eled pins, strings Of pearls. wreaths OF
artihclal flowers and a huge powder
box with double puffs, not to speak of q
great pile of felt and straw hats
trimmed and untrimmed. that lie al
hand. With all this paraphernalia
hours are spent in experimenting with
effects Towering headdress after head
dress is erected with the utmost care
simply 70 be demolished to make way
for another effort until Just the desired
result is attained.
Among the women themselves the
decoration most preferred is the little
Sarah Siddons band of black velve
= passed tightly under the chin and pin
t ned with lovely, snowy brooch JUS
9 under the right ear. That is. if the cal
{ is particularly small and well shaped
a else this decoration is Il grave mistake
i and it is necessary to fall back on tn,
/ use of enshrouding, gauzy scarfs on tn,
n Lady Hamilton order. These are es
4 peciaily affected by fashionable mat
: rons. who see the first tiny signs o
@ approaching age in the fine wrinkle
under the chin, but whatever the heat
: decoration may be one solemn charg