The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
ospreys the Only Victims to Fashion.

Another amazing device, still we'll
within the bounds of the aesthetic lin
its is dead black velvet felt it's small,
low crown tending to pudding shape,
its tWo-inch wide brim deeply f1uted
and rolling up on one side to show an
inner skin of the deepest damson pur-
pie. while perched against the crown to
one side is a big snow-white and very
conventionalized velvet hybiscus, out
of the heart of which flows a mixed
black and white aigrette
1t is a pleasure to record that, saving
the unlucky osprey, no feathered crea-
lures are now called upon to yield up
their lives to feminine vanity, for a
hat embowered in particularly long,
richly curling ostrich feathers, or
Haunting its gay velvet blossoms, is
far and away more chic and coVetable
than any establishment in birds wings
heads or quilts. 1t is true that brilliant
breasts are necessary, and will be util-
lied on many of the small velvet
toques, and that they ostensibIy once
CLEANED on the bodies of tropical fowls,
but this is only a pretty milliners fic-
ton, since nine-tenths of the most cost
ly. and beautiful breasts are grown in
the American barnyard and owe their
glowing metallic tones to the artful
dye pot.
New Street Silks.
2 Some weeks ago it was made very
evident that more silk would be worn
in the autumn season, and consequent
lly into the winter, than ever before,
and it was also suggested that the ap-
plicatiop of cloth in stitched straps
and bindings on the silk would be an
other noticeable feature. The. wished
for has come true, and in the black
goods departments of the shops they
10 -f1-ca Gil
faille francais, but with surface like
peau de sole, and its name is travellers
joy, for, like the shoes worn in the
desert by the children of Israel, it is
guaranteed never to wear out. Not
only will it be used for walking and
shopping and railway dresses, and ele-
gantly set off by stitched broadcloth
and melton bands but it can be justly
utilized for ceremonious occasions and
embellished with the heaviest silk
fringe.
Taking Fringe Seriously.
Here and now it is necessary to take
fringe very seriously, because it is one
of the forces of fashion we have soon
to reckon with Fringe, and cord are
bound to play the part long success
fully enacted by braid, and one OF the
most attractive autumnal manifesta-
tions was recently made by French
model for a carriage or calling gown.
Black velvet. with large and small
smooth black silk dots showing in the
depths of it's pile, formed the trained
en- forme fiounce that always falls in
limp luxuriance below every long tunic
overdress. Very little indeed of the
velvet will show, for the tight overskirt
came nearly to the feet, and that was
of silk crepon, its surface deeply COR
rugated The length of this top skirt
was increased by four-inch deep fall
of Erin green fringe, tassel fringe PEN
dant from knotted web. On the waist
this fringe, in varying depths, bordered
the revers, served an epaulette's duty
on the shoulders, feathered the edge
of the collar and was followed every
where by a finishing edge of round
green silk cord. 1t does not REQUIRE
very deep. search to find fringe, of one
type or another. Of the floss, braided.
sewing silk or feather variety, doing it's