The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-29

Whether she has the silver to spare
or not, every woman dressed for an oc-
casion of any dignity just now wears
the fruit of the mulberry tree. Never
have there been so many different and
lovely weaves of silk on the market be-
fore. Satin-faced foulards rule the
morning hours, Bayadere stripes on raw
and finished taffetas queen it in the
afternoon, while brocades and crepes,
Bengal satin damasks. Tussore, Da-
mascus crepons and Paduasoy domi-
nate in ball rooms and at dinner par
ties. A degree of sensation has been
aroused over the revival of that silken
goods that our foremothers in the sew
enteenth and eighteenth centuries wore,
and the rich and beautiful PadTasoy
now on sale is all carefully reproduced
from specimens OF the silk preserved in
museums. Because Of its splendid in
terwoYen decoration, this silk is espe-
cially utilized for the lengthy trains
that matrons assume. for panel fronts
and for the vests of very gorgeous Wis
iting gowns. 1t lends itself, by reason
of its stately quality, to the bold color
ings now the mode, and in deep true
copper yellow. porphyry purple and
glowing malachite green, or flame red
it appears on toilets of great ceremony.
Back into the fold of fashionable
types of things silken, has come the
goodly ottoman weave and the chine
effects also. While on this topic it is
quite impossible to pass over the
charms of a new version of MORE We
lourS. Now we have it as velourS So
leii, or sun velOurs, differing from its
predecessor in that both its sides are
alike while instead of falling in very
soft folds it now crisps and rustles like
taffeta- Any woman who is in doubt
as to the special fashionableness of a
silk may hold to this truth. that at all
times and seasons a MORE is a safe
purchase. At this very instant there is
a particular taste displayed for q regal
sort of weave known as nacre MORE. /
This is a silk, white as an angels wing, /
and showing waving stripes of white
satin over il. Every satin ripple is out /
lined with a thread of pale blue which /
really does not look blue, but by some /
secret, known only to the weavers. /
merely lends clearer, more dazzling
Whlteness TO the folds and surface of /
the fabric. Less costly than any of the /
silken types described above and vet /
as popular as any. while more suited to I
young women, is our old, tried friend, !
crepe de chine. This is to the fore now
In lovely pale tones. with bullion !
threads crossing the width in bayadere /
IN tiny marguerites and periwinkles, on /
a white or rosy ground.
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The busy little hustle is at it again. |
palnstakingly trying to creep into IA |
vor, ard always finding a certain coterie !
of women willing to put it on probation /
and their backs. Up to the present date /
II is no larger than ones two fists, and /
is worn as an odd little hump of wire /
ara mohalr close up to the waist line /
women who have not yet bent before /
the hustle fetish wear strange boned (
petticoats. The bones run in castings
from waist line to hem, following bias
inclination, and while holding out the
overdress most staunchly. they do not
fail to add tremendous weight about
the hips. To avoid wearing these boned
under draperieS a number of the
thoughtful and inventive have run
hoops If thinnest steel, no wider nor
thicker than baby ribbon, through
the rear widths Of their skirts This
is a rather more hygienic solution of
the hustle problem than any plan yet
but dressmakers. who know
A thing or two, insist that with the
coming in of Princess fashions. bustles
must and Will assume an important
place in every wardrobe
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There never was time when the
5ressmakers levied more freely for ,
IDEAS on the fashion plates IF 40 years 4;
ago than now. The mitten sleeve Of rs
IS one Of the reincarnations Of that by j
gone day we have fallen heir to. and il /
s obvious that we will soon fall into the
way Of wearing the full lawn Under ;
sleeves. dear TO our mothers hearts.
)ne can already buy pretty examples
# these in the shops, made Of the fin !
.st French batiste, delicately worked I
n embroidery stitch and caught close I
lbout the waist by muslin bands and g
inc old-fashioned gold cuff buttons. To t
year with these it is necessary that the 7
,rezE sleevaS should have the faring c