Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

copyright, 1881
While the air is raw and cold and
the ground still showing traces OF the
beautiful snow as 1t Is known in New
York, the shop windows are filed with
the daintlest. ARREST and finest of fab
RIGS = wonderful embroidered muslns
such as were brought years ago from
the mysterious countries beyond the
seas, printed muslins such as Mary
Washington wore. wonderful contrasts
in color in the dainty cotton materials
that seem to have belonged to the days
of Marie Antonette and Petit Tranon.
And with 1t all they are so cheapl
When our muslin gowns were brought
by some travelling cousin from China,
they were really worth their weight in
gold. When domestic manufactures
were unknown. cotton frock was al
most as expensive as wooden one.
But nowadays, when clever American
girls draw the designs when wonder
full American looms weave the mate
rial. the beautiful, artistic fabric is
within the reach even of the woman
who has to economize.
She Is the wise woman who buys her
cotton frocks while It is yet winter.
Why? Because she has her choice of
designs and because she can get her
material while II is yet fresh and be-
fore II shows the effect of passing
through many hands. Then, getting
the material so early. the wise woman
can devote plenty of time to choosing
her decorations and to selecting the
modes in which her gowns shall be.
Perhaps she has chosen dainty white
muslin with little dots thickly embroid-
cred upon 1t. She goes to no pattern
house for her design A month ago
there came to her from Paris some pho
tographs of famous French beauties in
their summer toilets, and 1t is these she
will initiate. Her dotted muslin win be
made after the fashion of that worn by
Mile. Yahne as she energies from be-
tween two velvet curtains. The skirt
Is finished with three tiny rufiics. while
the bodice has "a tucked yoke and a
corsage decorated with frills OF valen-
ciennes lace and Insertion. The sleeves
are glove fitting. but trimmed with the
lace. while the crush belt and soft col
lar are of white silk. CHIEF Immense
ly so. And yet while II Is In the style
II does not after n servile fashion imi-
tate the gown worn by Dorothy, Gwen
dolon or Cynthia.
Another cotton Is made after one Of
Anna Held's newest frocks. This show,
u decoration Of the dainty ruiIies. edget
with narrow lace, while big whit,
parasol is made-in the photo. at least
to seem special part of the toilet Blu
1t Is her jacket of which the wise woman
is proudest this spring-the jacket owe
which all Paris is raving. 1t is tn
dainty little coat worn by that wonder
fttl " NV In, 1nu Of nnN t1n u
II is of bright red cloth. showing lape
facings of white. but the coat itself i
80 cut that, though 1t fits the figure
there IL a certain laxity to the from
which is an ingenious compromise be
tween the bagging of the ublquitou
blouse and the severity OF the classi
Jacket. Surely the wise woman coul
not choose three better models tina
those pictured. for the French actres:
even on the stage, never goes to an ex
IRENE and always sets the mode. L
England and America the actress imi
tates the ladies of the great world. l
Paris the most artistic dressmake
brings all her genius to bear upon
toilet for the stage, since she is sur
that II will be extensively copiel b
the most fashionable women. 80
natural sequence the French actres
seldom overdresses, and she takes
special pride in suiting her toilet to I'll
exact time and place When she 10 sur
posed to be the daughter Of poor bt
honest parents. she does not come o
tho stage wearing a Felix dinner dres
but she thinks out what. under sue
circumstances, would be proper. and ST
assumes it, Who of us hasn't seen III
exact opposite on the English spealnin
stage?
BY the bye. to leave the stage. whic
few people are willing to do. do 20
realize that just about now everyhod
Is taking to Delsarte again. and youn
women are black and blue from tun
bling up stairs and tumbling dow
stairs and learning how to decompo:
themselves? That's an abomnah
word. But it's q received one. d,
composition, YOU must know, is II
ability to become suddenly limp an
then Just as quickly to use whatevt
part of your body you wish in the mos
graceful way. one OF the best Delsart
teachers announced before class Il
other day that she could tell south
ern woman the minute she entered
room and sat down. She claimed Il
her that she sits naturally and III
limbs fall in easy poses. II seems III
necessary to say that after this wa
told ] blushed, But at the same tin
i credited it to my natural indolenc
According TO this teacher the greg
trouble with the woman OF today is tn,
she hurrles. Every movement express,
her haste. and there is no time Il
grace. You know you can get to plaS
as quickly by walking well and even
as by trotting and stumbling. It's fur
ny how the novel OF the day tail
about the bearing OF women. At IL