The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-27

In addition to the plain white swiss
and the prepared skirts, there are most
attractive bridesmaids muslins. in the
rarest tints of amethyst purple. topaz
yellow, aqua marine blue and green and
ashes of roses gray, besides which satin
striped muslins. brocaded in delicate
white running wreaths, done in either
silk or linen thread. 4 word must be
said also in praise of the white hem
stitched muslin. and those so suitable
for color wedding. that have the
sheerest blanched backgrounds, onto
which are applied tinted lace figures in
all the spring tones. For instance, a
white muslin decorated with big pink
lace roses, or huge pale blue lilies gives
an idea Of the effects possible in these
lovely goods.
SPRING RIBBONS.
Ribbons deserve a chapter to them
selves. Saving the taffeta quality, that
holds its own, and the liberty satin,
that has no rival, the most popular
type is the transparent weave Its va
riations in mesh and color are too nu
merouS to be mentioned. There is
coarse silk ribbon, with a satin edge.
Grenadine ribbons are shot ana edged
with lace. 1t is possible to buy a foul
ard ribbon to exactly match il color
and decorative pattern ones choice
foulard costume. Silk muslin ribbon,
with a selvage. chiffon ribbon and rib
bon that is finished in satin of one
color on one side and MORE of another
color on the reverse, are all to be class
ed among novelties.
Pongee ribbon is one of the trim
mings much sought after for the deco
ration of cotton dresses, for the good
reason that it washes and never loses
its color. Woven just like any ineXpen-
sive pongee silk. it has a simple hor-
der. and comes in d nice shade of tan,
brown and clear cabbage green At
least. these are the colors that return
no paler for the repeated assaults of
soaDsuds and hot water.
1t is hardly necessary to tell any
wide-eyed woman that. next after tuck
ing. shirIing is the treatment to which
eight out of ten summer goods are re-
duced these days. The fashion halls,
of course, from Paris, where to shirr is
to plisse, and where every type of shir-
ring has its descriptive name. Wat
teau shirring is where one thread gath
ers the cloth in a horizontal line at a
space Of at least two inches from the
next thread. By this means a skirt is
transformed into a series of bayadire
puffs, and very pretty it is in conse-
quence. The double Vatican requires
three TO five threads run in as close as
possible. then a two-inche space and
duced.
GrazieIla stirring is the mode espe-
cially applicable TO taffeta or silk mus
lin theatre waists and decorative
fronts. In this instance the gathering
threads cross each other at acute an
giles. and thus, SMALL diamond-shaped
puffs result. The grain-o'-c corn shir-
ring requires the thread to be intro
duced IN a series of little scallops,
which produces small puffs that neces-
state only a slight stretching of ones
imagination to see the corn grains out
lined.
SUMMER BOAS.
One of the attractive novelties result |
ing from this fashion is the big round |
summer boa made of white or colored |
chiffon, shirred through all its length. |
Such a boa encircIes the throat once |
lets fall ends of unequal length, fin |
ished with lace, and under the chin it |
# held together by q boa pin. This |
last item is nothing more than a gold |
wire twisted in the form of an S, one |
end set with jewel, the other sharp
ened.
Beside boa pins we have sash clasps
that are undeniably tempting and made
Of pretty much anything you please,
from 1S-karat gold and diamonds to cut
steel and cabochan agates. AS a mat
ter of fact a woman of good taste usu-
ally selects the latter, and chooses n
clasp in the form of a big hook and
eye or a huge spring glove button
Gaily bedight in stones of every color
and small price. fixed in imitation gold
and silver settings, we promise 10 take
our glittering way through spring and
summer.
You can scarcely have too many be-
gemmed slides to your silk. velvet, rib
bon or leather belt, and just about the
acme of absurdity, in straining after
unique patterns in belt buckles. has
been reached. This is the lock buckle, p
in gold or silver, or steel, or gun
metal. despatched with imitation col
ored jewels, and locked with a key.
There are paddock. clasp, Yale locks,
spring locks. square locks and combi- I
nation safe locks. The wearer actually
locks herself in. hooks the key as a /;
slide on her belt, and if she loses