The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-12
U Interest TO Lady Readers

the skirt; the lower edge was scalloped
and finished with a lovely pattern.
The whole was shaped in such a man
ner that, when applied to the skirt, it
would hang as very full fiounce An
other was in venetian lace, shaped in
circular form and fitting the skirt per
fectly- Only Americans can afford
these things" said the saleswoman to
me, lingering them tenderly as they lay
IN wonderful folds in their white tissue
paper
TAILOR-MADE GOWNS.
A tailor-made gown, recently finished
Tor woman who travels in the CAV
but highly respectable set headed by
the Prince of Monaco, was of Vandyke
brown silk faced cloth trimmed with
bands of red brown leather which were
APPLIED TO the skirt in panels running
from the belt nearly to the hem. The
pieces of leather beaded and applied in
a quaint design. This was extremely
smart. A picture hat of red brown
straw profusely trimmed with scarlet
popples was made to go with this gown
as we'll as straw toque of pale blue
trimmed with red brown velvet and
rhinestone ornaments.
In thin gowns the double skirt has
the preference over all others. Two
skirts, one q, foot longer than the other,
fall over foundation skirt of silk or
satin.
White taffeta makes a very service
able foundation skirt and the two drop
skirts can be worn under the thin out
side skirt.
A summer dress ordered by a lady-in-
waiting upon the Duchess of York, and
supposed to be for Her Royal Highness
herself, has a foundation skirt of white
taffeta with the tiniest frill of chiffon
around the foot. The skirt is cut very
close and is fitted all the way to the
knees.
A skirt of old-fashioned Cluny lace
falls over this foundation skirt: and
over this skirt there is another of CIuny
lace falling to the knees; both of these
skirts are edged with the narowest
ruche of whtei chiffon.
10 avoid so many skirts the double
skirt is made in different ways. One of
the SWEETEST dTeSsmaking establish
ments of Paris showed me a gown just
built for a member of the Empress
Eugenie'S set, the most exclusive CO.
teries in Paris. The skirt began with
foundation of black taffeta. Over the
foundation was set a f1ounce of white
Renaissance lace as deep as the knees.
At the waist was sewed another flounce
of the same lace. the fiOunce being just
long enough to fall over the other and
cover the top. This gave all the APP
pearance of two drop skirts over a
taffeta foundation.
NEW PARASOLS.
While this is not a chapter on skirts,
1t is a fact that the summer skirt oc-
cupies such an important place in the
world that no fashion Letter is COM
plete or half way complete without
mention of it.
Yet there are other things, parasols
for Instance Have you seen the new
parasols made Of rose and white striped
satin? The handle has a big artificial
rose sticking from the end. There are
in purple and white stripes
with punches Of VioletS sticking from
the knob. And then there are count !
less paracols covered with narrow ruch- |
ngs Of chiffon, put on one touching. the !
other SO as to cover the parasol. The |
very newest vagary, however, is the |
parasol made of the Persian squares
which come for fancy bodices.
A neat little seamstress goes from |
house to house dressing up last sum |
ner's parasols. She takes a hopeless |
black one and covers it with narrow
of white chiffon, or of black /
MULE; or she wells it in pink ruffies !
which lie over it in pretty waves when |
t is raised This little genius takes the |
spots out of white umbrellas and stripes |
hem with narrow purple satin ribbon !
and attaches violets to the ferule and /
% the handle. She takes the little fig
Ired ones of last year and makes them
elegant with small appliques of face,
md in the center of each applique she |
'ews a little rhinestone ornament, pail
cite or Sequin.
There is much speculation here as to
he orders which. Mrs. Potter Palmer