The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-28
SMALL ARTICLES OF
SUMNER DRESS

The Deep, Low Sailor Collar, With
Nautical Lacings, Is the Fashion
able Thing-How to Make a Boa
New and Simple Neck Arrange
ments That Can Be Made at Small
Cost By the Home Woman-Re-
modelling Summer Dresses.
Paris July 1O.-The summer. resorts
are suffering terribly from the effects of
the Exposition; and never was the sea-
side season SO dull. In town. IN tba
other hand, all is life; and for once Pa
risians are treated to the spectacle of .
French aristocrat home in the summer
time. People who never in their ax-
lstence saw the Bots in midsummer arc
now daily driving through its broad
avenues and drinking in the weather as
gaily as though they had fed to the
north instead of remaining in town
through the heated term.
faIlS is enjoying itself immensely.
Inc EXPOSITION is a success, though by
no means the grand affair Of Cbica 90
with true French thrift the city fathers
nave taken advantage of the Exposition
10 erect buildings which shall stand.
permanently along the Seine. and have
at the same time, taken the opportu
hlty TO convert structures that were
poor paying properties into Exposition
pected ways
The French matrons. in spite of their
frlVolity and wicked chic. are thrifty.
and never was this shown to a greater.
extent than the present season. Glad of
an opportunity to remain at home and
thus save the price of exorbitant sum
mer board, they are wearing their old
clothes and renOvating last seasons
garments with vigOr and thorough
ness which are highly commendable,
as well as most satisfactory.
A REMODELED GOWN
If you doubt that a French woman
can do wonders with a garment of last
season you have only to examine few
that have been through her fingers. IN
der her careful supervision the mex
pensive little seamstress can work such
miracles that you would never recog-
niZe the former state.
well-to-dO young matrou of the
FOubOurg st. Germaine that Murray
Hill of Paris, showed me a gown which
at first sight looked as though it were
just arrived from one of the smart
shops of the Boulevard Haussmann In
stinctively 1 turned the waist to look
at the name upon the band. But there
was no name; neither had the garment
the matrCn told me-anything to rec
ommend it in the nature of expense.
Last season this dress was a cream
C0lored cashmere, with round waist
slightly bagging in front. The skirt had
a habit back. one of those plain backs
which year ago were so fashionable.
Well, in making it over the young
matron had removed the collar and
CTo ont Fal in
attached a very deep sailor collar of
butchers linen embroidered in blue silk
The front was continued in two long
stoles which crossed upon the bust and
were drawn under the belt so as to
hang nearly to the bottom of the skirt.
The ends were scalloped and very neat
~ embroidered in blue. The collar
laced in front with blue silk cords
which were latticed over tiny buttons.
The neck was low and square-the very
newest Paris style.
To make the transposition more COM
plete the entire surface of the goods
had been striped with narrow black
satin ribbons. put on in such way as
TO form points in the front and in the
back The waist was striped in the
same way. Small cuffs of the linen en-
broidered in blue set off the wrists.
The habit back, no longer in fashion,
was split right in the middle, and over
the opening thus made was set large
double box plat of the cream goods,
thus making the skirt decidedly fash
ionable in cut
A rough straw in natural color was
trimmed with black velvet band; and
al one side there was an immense bow
of black velvet, dotted with blue che
nile.
BOLERO DESIGNS.
The bolero designs are more and more
numerous. The smallest one was re-
Gently worn over a brown foulard
stamped upon cream ground. This
little bolerO was made of batiste and
lace cunningly used in combination ana
fifted to the figure by shirrings at top
end. bottom 1t was a front bolero, only,
and was held by narrow black velvet
straps over the shoulders.