The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-04

tivities abundant proof of its great and
growing popularity. a more frostily
delicate and more SUCCESSFULLY cool
combination it is quite impossible to
devise, and all the gay. fashionable
matrons have claimed il in preference
to the colors and bright ribbons of the
younger generation. At the garden
parties and early luncheons, for driving
and afternoon calls. there are literally
hundreds of these Swiss and black net
dresses in evidence. They are hung
over black, or white, or violet under
dresses, worn with black grenadine rib
bon touches and hats of gray tulle dot
ted in black and ornamented with long
plumes of dotted tulle, the bones or
centers of which are fine lines of
sparkling black spangles.
Originally this combination was de-
signed as second mourning by a Paris
ian modiste for the Princess of Wales,
who has not yet. by outward and Wis
IDLE signs, ceased to honor the memory
of her mother, and worn with the in
evitable pearl hair brooches and neck
l.chain, il forms for our Americans
wonderfully distinguished and suitable
toilet.
The Indispensable Boa.
Always with her summer gown, even
if il be a crisp white shirt waist and
duck skirt, the smart woman carries
one of the many species of short boa
1t seems to be as essential TO her we'll
being as her neck chain, and 1t Is
made often as not of the gray tulle
mentioned above, speckled DER with
small and large and pin-head dots of
black velvet. Some very lovely and. be
il candidly said, very expensive exam
pies of such tulle boaS have their full
raw-cut edges button-hole finished
with black silk, else fine floss fringe
borders the tulle.
Not one of the boas is so long that its
ends will reach more than a few inches
below the waist line, and the majority
are fat and full in the center, tapering
to very pointed ends. A finely accor-
dion-pleated boa of white taffeta NOUS
selaine. edged with narrow rows of
black lace, white spiral lace boaS and
those Of liberty gauZe gathered up with
ruffies of silk muslin or chiffon, are all
doing active service in the realm of the
well dressed, and no one can fail to
remark the conspicuous absence every
where of the long-trusted feather boa.
Evidently this is not a feather season.
Black and White Frocks.
1t is a season of continued evolu-
ton, however, in the shirt waist, and
all that pertains thereunto. Indeed, 1t
requires a sharp eye and busy brain
to keep pace with the protean move
ments of this cherished little gar
ment. One of its newest developments
is tail. This is an appendage to most
of the pique shirts, and the tail springs
at the back, extending as far forward
only as the hips and being cut in three
or four hatchet-shaped tabs, is edged
with embroidery, or made rigid with
close-set stitchings.
The yoked waist not only has come
to stay, but its finely tucked bib must
be so cut as to form the top of the
sleeve, or fall as a cap over the sleeve.
Then, too, mention must be made of
the skirt that has its own washable
belt, braced with a linen lining, pune
tured with white enamel or button
hole worked eyelets, and applicable to
any buckle. Finally, we have a cutoff
of white linen on a colored shirt that
folds back in three bag-shaped or
wedge-like pieces, becoming to all
hands, and, lastly, a captivating new
necktie of a narrow band of polka
dotted silk, ending in two brave little
tassels. This and the big bandana era
vat in a four-in-hand, are destined TO
rule by majority during the coming
months.
Summer Negigees.
The weather is ripe for the easy.
breeze-inviting neglige. and she who
lounges in her own room under the
shade of awnings wears a wide Japan
csc Jacket of wash silk, if she knows
where the mercury is going. Habutai
silk, in white stripes on a pale tinted
background, or cool white linen lawn,
is the usual choice for the incompar-