The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-01

It is also possible to go in any shop
these days and purchase pretty mus
lin affair." in white or cOlors, and dec
GRATED with ruffied ribbon to slip over
q faded silk parasol of last season. The
muslin cover needs to be tackled only
in few places, and, what with crisp
knot of ribbon on the handle, practi-
calIy a new sunshade is the result.
For an all-aTound smart and endur-
ing summer parasol, however, perfec-
ton is reached in thick, solid stick,
as large at the ferrule as at the han
die end. No ferrule is affixed, how
ever; the whole stick is rather short,
and the covering is done in a silk of a
solid color. Heaviest taffeta and tur-
Quoise blue rank first for style, and
these are in sharp contrast to the frilly
parti-colored sunshadeS that appeal to
q great majority.
Summer umbrellas roll tightly about
thin, long sticks, and are cheerfully
colored in green. red, mustard yellow
and Yale blue. There is a red Turkey
cotton umbrella, especially adapted to
the golf course, mounted on a stout
bamboo stick, and beside this novelty.
nothing less than a bicycler'S parasol,
pointed of handle and so light of weight
that when fastened behind the saddle
or to the handlebar and unfurled, it
ADDS very little to the wheeIwOman's
burden. When not in use, it folds up
and straps in beneath the s2ddle, and
though these have been used a long
time in England, we are but just Civ
ing them the benefit of experiment on
this side
BUTTONS, BRAID AND TULLE.
There is a conspicuous absence of any
but the absolutely requisite buttons on
all summer costumes, now and then,
but the instances are rare, a few are
employed for ornament, and those,
without exception, are jeweied or rep
resent intaglios and canoes.
Obcdient to the fashionable demand
Tor all things blue, we saw the dain-
test WedgeWood buttons, small, ana of
very clear blue and white. These are
adapted to the ornamental waistcoats
women wear, and to the white linen
suits that, as hot weather comes on,
grow ever more prominent. Braid is
IS sparingly employed as buttons. save
that standard material for decoration,
silk and linen sOutache-
Among the minor materials Of dress,
dotted net of the make used usually
Tor face wells, is coming more and
more into general service. White tulle,
speckled with black velvet dots
wreathes half the stock of spring hats,
and is now growing all over the fuf-
fest parasols. It's most recent and
charming application is TO the manu-
I2CIuEeI Ol H0tS anu ilSNR dNS-
oratfons. Ruffs of dotted black, white,
blue or green tulle are made with
straight, full streamers, falling to the
knees. ard the larger the ruff the near
er the letter of the modish law is
reached. There is no denying that a
woman's face shows to advantage mid
so soft a framing, and of net, tulle,
chiffon, silk muslin and the like diaph-
anous fabrics ali the so-called summer
wraps are made.
SUMMER WRAPS.
The wraps referred to cannot, by the
widest effort of the imagination, be de-
signed as projections against chill
breeZes, so f1ower-like and fragile is
their quality That they are ruff1ed
goes without saying, and all the little
capes are made longer behind than in
front There is no exception to the
rule of very high collars, and they all
lean toward very striking effects in
coloring.
A pretty shoulder drapery of ciel
blue will have f1ounces of white lace
and pale lilac chiffon from collar to
hem: another of cream lace plaitings
has every lace edge trimmed with mar
rowest edging Of clear scarlet and yell
low plaid ribbon: a third beauty is en-
tirely enveloped in quillings of scarlet
net toned down < trifie by its dostings
of black velvet. 1t cannot fail to be
observed at the importers shops and
among our own dressmakers how many