The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-28
THE MINOR POINTS OF DRESS
Be Dainty in These if You Hope to
Look Well Groomed.


DAINTY dress accessories are quite as
irruortant items in the proper gowning
of woman as is the material from
which her gowns are made.
collars and cuffs. whether separate or
attached. belts, handkerchiefs, gloves,
Minis. wells everything in fact that goes
to make harmonious whole, must
bst, the greatest care and attention,
and are no small item in the cost of
dressing. The present fancy for de-
tachable washable collars and "dickies'
win recommend itself to women who
love daintiness Of person.
n is an economy to make for one s
self an sorts of the pretty neckwear
nov so much the fashion. and is a far
better method of employing ones spare
moments than i'm the making of sense
less fancy things. AS gifts nothing is
n, re- accountable than a dainty collar
set or a pretty handmade handker-
chief and all sorts of sheer materials
may be used with charming effect.
For long neck a pretty collar mag
be made hy gathering an inch wide lace
upon a very narrow band of white
swiss. on the other side of the band
riU Of narrower lace is sewn. and the
beading. through which is run band
of black velvet ribbon.
Among the novelties brought out at
Christmas time was a pair of gloves
which has concealed in the palm of the
left hand a tiny change purse which
holds a quarter comfortably. and no
more. A flap falls over. clasplng Sc
curely. This is one of the most con-
yenient articles one could imagine
especially for matinee use, when one IS
bothered by a large and cumbersome
purse.
Now that one can find at all the best
shops a very good quality Of gloves for
q dollar there is no need for any one 10
wear gloves that are shabby or soiled
10 say nothing Of the fact that there
are many places where only cents IS
charged to clean them.
I'm gloves. as in everything else. there
are changes in the styles each year,
bath i'm color and cut but IL Is rarelN
that a decided innovation Is a great
success. The gloves that simply SEP
over the hand and are conhned at lh1
,rr1et bv AN elastic band are having a
wonderful vogue They are quite as
neat as any buttoned over and are MADE
M Inc hest Kid. as well as the less eX-
pcusve.
Tno much cannot be said about the
necessity for proper care in removing
gloves from the hands, for upon tins
more than anything else depends TN
length Of time a pair of gloves VIII
wear After unfastening the glove IL
sbou1d he turned back over the hand,
as far as the fingers, and then shoui
be pushed off without pulling on the
fingers OF the glove at 81. as when TINS
is done The threads Of the sewing are
br-l.a, and i'm 2 short time begin TO
After the glove is off the hand the fin
crre should be gently Strengthened Out
The gloves snoothed into shape ana pu-
into a box. to keep them from the an
s- much as possible. as it is the air ana
rhy Moisture in it that rot the me
thread with which a glove is sewn.
4 good plan i'm buying Vells is 10 puH
a quantity at a time and by so DONG
eliminate all possibility of being forced
to wear one that is passe, an uncoll-
Portable situ2ti in which almost every
woman fnds herself at one dme or an
other for. the simple reason that she
has forgotten she was IN need OF new
ollie. -
veil from which all freshness mas
H,a is about the most forlorn LOOKING
object. and has the power to deslro.
entirely am otherwise perfect toliet ~
fact. j is capable OF giving one an q :
most disreputable appearance. one Oh
tho advantages of buying yelling IN
quantities is that if one has d fanc! IT
particular mesh she doesn' I have 70
Wait am mterminable time for the shoP
go rapeuish it's stock every tine she
needs a CIV veil. ard now that women
ate so fond of individuality i'm Vells as
Wen as all other articles Of dress II pc
haoves every one to be well suppleu
al an times
Belts are another article Of clothing
which either make or mar a gown, ara
a womans figure as well. After the
furore for high girdles there has been
q decided reaction. and now narrow
strap belts are once more the fashion,
though IN a great many there is ten
dencv toward more width i'm the back
than In the front
crush belts. too. are seen. but unless
jhey are very very tight they are
liable 10 make the waist look larger
a slight dip i'm front is still wcrn. but II
is not nearly 50 pronounced as last
year and it is possible now TO find oel'
buckles that viii fit an all-around pe!t.
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