The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-21
QUEENS BLACK Cows.
King Edwards consort First Made
Black Chic.

King Edwards consort First Made
Black Chic
Three grand danes have furnished
the cue a la mode for the last half CEN
fury. or since 1850 queen Alexandra
Madame de Metternick and Sarah
Bernhard are the trio. The queen is
a positive beauty. but the other two
are possessed only or negative good
looks. Intact. Madame de Mettern1ek,
whose influence upon the fashions has
been perhaps. the strongest, is positively
hOmely, few women being more So her
ugliness' is unique, but rendered fas-
cinating by a certain charm of manner.
1t was Queen AIexandra-then the
Princess of Wales-whO made black
very chic; before her time it was dedi-
Gated to Lhe ~DourgeOisie- The wearing
of this dismal hue belongs only 70 mod
ern times, WHO ever heard of a Greek,
or an Oriental, or an Egyptian IN black.
The only woman who can wear black
to advantage is the one who has black
eyes, black hair and is fax is the die
tum of the disciples of Edmund Rus
) sell
The young queen OF Holland IS max
ing white the fashionable color for
! gowns throughout aristocratic circles
! in. HolIand.f She has always preferred
/ white, and her trousseau contains
white dresses. of every kind. of material
silk, velvet wool-both for morning
i and evening wear On the morning or
! her marriage, Queen Wilhelmina ap-
/ peared at breakfast. with her mother.
in a lovely gown of white cloth, en-
4 broidered. in white wool. Her wedding
| gown was cloth of silver, and very
ma nifcent was the white velvet dress
she wore when making her public entry
! into Amsterdam. 1t was trimmed With
sa bic. with an ermine mantle
/ Because she embroidered a tunic' Sc
| beautifully for the viceroy the present
dowager empress of China was allowed
4 -, Lee a eli a
!, L years old. when she executed this
Il really Wonderful piece OF work, ano
4 when asked to name her reward she
said that there MAS nothing which
read.
There is no such thing as low mech
and short sleeves in China, When west
ern women visit China, two feature:
Of their dress are a great shock TO IN
+ Oriental wonaen-the decollete OF th'
! evening bodice and the fact that M
trousers are worn. If boomers o.
: knickerbockers were worm covering M
, leg, to the ankle, Chinese women wouls
regard them a vast Improvement OF
I 1.-THE present style of western dress.
Such a hue and cry as is raised abou
81 the extravaganza OF women OF I'M
4 present day, but it is nothing compares
Il tie that of centuries ago. Marie de Med
I lei had a gown embroidered with $500
:. pearls and 1000 diamonds, and Madam
II de Montespans wore at a court festlNa
s "a gown of gold on gold, and over tia
gold frieze stitched with a certain goi'
which makes the. most divine stuff tina
s has ever been 1rnagiDeds II
/ Even in the times before the Chris
s tian era extravaganza in dress was no
/ uncommon Sarah. wife of Abraham
spent Thousand pieces of silver 70
T; a veii--to be sure, the silver was glIl
and for that purpose, that she Nigh
buy a covering suitable TO a person. Q
p her rank, Sarah doubtless wore thi
:. II valuable gift asa symbol OF modestS
] EIermione, daa1gllterN.of Helen, wile
2 she learned that her mother had bee
e carried off by Paris, tone into piece
{ her veil that was intervoven WITH COS
. All Grecian ladies wore muslin veil
{ interviewer with gold thread, Will
!; servants were not allowed anything bu
o plain ones. In 11acedeTnonta, MARIE
!. yvS71,au ONLY were allowed the privileg
~ of wearing wells. Young women oug1
: to show themselves, said Chareian, !
+ order that they may get husbands, an
5 the married women should go veiled
4 keep theirs. 49,