The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-11
LADY LENNox's TRUNKS.
Description of Wardrobe of Best
Dressed Woman in England.

Dressed Woman in England.
The newspapers have briefly an
nounced the arrival in America of "th
best dressed woman in England" I
win interest the women Of America t,
know why Lady Algernon Gordon Len
nox has earned this distinction in Eng
land. why she has come over here, anc
what she brought in her trunks-"m,
boxes" Lady Algernon calls her lug.
gage. At the Waldorf Astoria in New
York Lady Algernon said some very
entertaining things to a San Francisco
Examiner writer, and most intereStins
of all, opened her twelve trunks anC
had her maid show her gowns. Follow.
ing is a description of the wardrobe:
COATS, Long coat Of red cIotl
trimmed with gold embroidery
made to order specially for Lady
LennoX in ConstantinopIe. TIL,
upper part of the coat and tht
sleeves are thickly incrusted Will
the embroidery of not only gold. but
thick black silk threads. This coat ha;
flowing sleeves which are finished with
Russian sable cuffs and the lower par
of the sleeves are lined with the sable
The broad collar is also of sable and e
long sable stole falls down the front oil
the garment. This coat is a Worth
Confection.
Am all white coat of broadcloth
trimmed with fluffy white fox. The
coat entirely covers the gown and is
lined with heavy white satin. The full
sleeves and full jabot of the same lace
falls from the collar over the corsage
The coat fastens not only at the neck
h11t the CT inc with ~
cut steel and silver set with rhinestones
in art and nouveau design. In the back
tie coat falls to a train.
3.-LOng driving coat of cat fur, with
high standing collar and deep cuffs OF
black fox
4.-Roya1 blue velvet coat reaching
TO the bottom of the gown and lined
with chinchilla. This coat is a mag
nifcent garment, and is made in a
most original way. The skirt is very
full, but the upper part of the coat fits
the figure closely. At the sides toward
the back reaching both above the waist
line and below it are N-snaped inserts
Of chinchilla, with the shape of the fur
outlined with blue chenille fringe. The
sleeves of this coat are entirely chin
chilla and the collar is of the same soft
gray fur.
5.-Louis XIV coat of pale violet vel
vet with a shadow design printed
through it in silver gray. The deep
turnover collar and wide cuffs are of
ermine.
TEA GOWNS, Empire tea gown
of rose velvet, with corsage and
long sleeves of guipure lace. A
feature of this gown was an ex-
quisite girdle of strings of jew
al rri,s or
gold strands, set with jewels and fas-
tened in front with a jeweled clasp.
White satin was used for the founda-
ton Of the gown The short velvet
bodice was cut in straps, and between
the straps the white satin lining
showed. The neck was cut a trif1e low.
the train was long. sweeping one, and
the close fitting sleeves were entirely
of the lace
2-Negligee of white Liberty satin,
which looked as if scattered with pale
purple fleur de lis and big faint green
leaves It had unusually large kimona
sleeves, finished with a little turn-back
cuff or rare duchesse lace. To give a
full, fluffy effect at the bottom of the
gown the Liberty satin was finely
pleated and here and there inserted in
a fan-shaped panel. The negligee fas-
tened down the front with big pearl
buttons.
GOWNS. Princes robe of cream
ouipure lace over whate satin.
The sleeves were elbow length
and a mass of tiny tucks made
of filmy mousseline de sole. A white
satin sash was wound about the
figure at the corsage. In the back it
was extremely broad, but toward the
front it became narrower and crossed
at the center of the corsage and then
passed over each shoulder as a strap.
2.-Dinner gown of black panne vel
vet. The decollete pointed bodice had
q wire Medici collar of exquisitely fine
black chantilly lace. The sleeves were
original in the extreme. To the elbow
they were made of black panne velvet.
Then they We're slashed toward the in
side seam to show a strip of white sat
in and caught in three places with lit
tie rosettes of black satin. The rest
of the sleeve consisted of a long wing
like frill of black lace. The skirt was
of black panne velvet, with the long
train striped with bands of the black
chantilly lace. The bands were mar
row at the waist line, broadening out
as they neared the end of the train.
3.-Calling gown of old rose tweed
lavishlv trimmed with a black satin
embroidery. The coat was a three
quarter length. and had black for col
lar and cuffs. and fastened with silver
buttons. The bodice for this costume
laced in front with narrow black satin
ribbons over a vest of white satin and
tulle. The skirt, which flared prettily
at the bottom, was trimmed with the
black satin embroidery in conven-
tional pattern.
Gown of faint cameo ping broad
cloth, trimmed with lace tinted the
same shade It was a princess model,
and the front effect was that of a long
stole of lace The lace used was the
rev wool guipuTe. and it was finished
toward the hem of the skirt with
frings. The sleeves of this robe were
long and close fitting. and made en-
tirely of the pale tinted lace. with a
tight strap cuff of stitched bands of
the cloth.
5.-Pompadour gown copied from an
old painting. II was fashioned of
black silk. with a pompadour design
in big pink roses. The skirt cut to
show a petticoat of rich white satin.
6,-Princess gown of beige mousseline
de sole. scattered with a big black dot
The bodice made entirely of Russian
lace, and the lace extending below the
waist line. The skirt and sleeves were
trimmed with narrow bands of black
lace.
HATS, Evening hat of white tulle.
scattered with pearls. Under the soft
folds of tulle was a long white ostrich