The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-01

-AA4 etAh eA44AL waist sun mas Qa4tE
superseded the cloth tailor gown
for spring wear. This is the news
given out not only here at home, but
IN many places. And really, when one
stops 10 think, with US at least, there's
only april In which TO wear the frock
made Of cloth. Out of winter into sum
iner We leap almost at a bound. There
tore has come about the general
thought. that the spring tailor suit IS
DfsL bought IN the fan. The silk shirt
waist suit is smart, one ever feels we'll
ana appropriately clad In It, no mat
Ter upon what OCCASION indeed a
Dioaq utility as well as beauty has
Lils Httie rrock as IL appears among US
Lcday, Only short time ago did it
come into our midsL-plain of cut and
most unpretenJiOus in make. Nov,
great is the change, It can be plain
ana worn TO markeJ-plain as il is in
teIpreted today, with no end Of hand
work and pretty stitches wherever pos
sible to put them-Or it can be designed
1ntO gown sufficiently elaborate Tor
any function.
Among many other attractive ones
shown in the stores, these are worthy
of comment
Shirt waist suit made Of pongee silk
with red dots embroidered all over
bodlce-blOuse has a long yoke made OF
IWO-toue lace, which extends over the
the shoulders and forms sleeve caps:
shirrings at top give very fun effect;
the flowing sleeves or more properly
bel-sHaped sleeves, have undRrsleeves
or ecru mOusseline trimmed with lace
10 match waist. The skirt has three
rows OF shirTings. A very slight train
has this suit.
Another suit was one of soft taffeta
silk in gun metal shade. Instep length
and designed especially for street wear
The blouse was laid i'm plaits with white
silk faggOting betWeeu-insertiOn like.
The stock and cuffs were done after
the same design The skirt had tiny
tucls that graduated from the knees
10 quite short as they neared the back
and from there We're laid in fuu box
plaits. Below the tuCks the skirt fell
very full of course.
BY some of the home dressmakers
who have designed their own shirt
waist suits We've been told that when
pCngee was the material used ana lace
Tor trimmings, the medallion centers
were embroidered in pongee color, or,
IF there happened TO be dots. why, then
to neutrality-suspicious. pale blue or red
One who expects to go TO the fair
and travel rather eXtensiyely-up to the
Thousand Islands, perhaps, where the
breezes blow cool and d coat TO her
shirt waist suit seems a necessary aC-
cessoTy-this is what she has designed.
Made of gun metal taffeta with etOn
Jacket that has q position back,
skirt that is rather vOluminOus. Lace
appHQUes in medallion motif are en-
plOyed on the coat, @ girdle and the
sleeve frills that drOOp over the hands.
made of sCallOped silk embroidery.
The skirt is pleuteOusly tucked. and
where they leave on appears the en-
bFOideTy in undulating effect that
forms a circular f1cunce. The embrOi-
s-f frT
for all its Quakerish hue is decidedly
smart.
of course the St. Louis exposition is
bringing about much planning of the
travelling suit The merchants have
made good preparation in the matter
and a very fair variety is shown now
I'm Teady-to-W wear shirt waist suits. sep
arate skirts and coats. Next TO the SIX
comes mokair for general favoritism-
For years and years, blue, black and
brown were the only shades Of NOLAN,
this season has changed that and in
addition we see il iu mixed effects,
raised cord patterns, stripes, checks,
dots, etc, with three or four distinct
c0lOrs in one weave. Made into shirt
waist suits the most popular models
seem TO be the strictly tailor styles and
for separate skirts, the plated effects,
but the plaits are now laid closer to-
Rether than of yoTe and stitched per-
feCtly fiat ct the hips ana allowed TO
fan free below The mOhair travelling
C8at is made In thUee-quaTter and full
length, i'm box fashion or pleated back
and front and all about. Again, il is
bIoused about the waist line and the
lower part pleated or gathered to the
belt. the ensemble being that of a gown
OF shirt waist suit. Sleeves are very
large. cuffs deep, the necks either high
and finished with a standing turnover
collar or without collar pretensions OF
any sort.