The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
THE THREE GREAT
FASHION CENTRES
(By Sophia Geaneter.)

London-The sales this year are like
a monster lucky-bsg. Wherever one
dips in an eager hand one draws out a
prize. Choosing blindfold. one may de-
eide where to begin otherwise. never.
Sunbonnetsl Real, olcfashioned sun
bonnets In palest Bingham. pink and
blue and white, corded and tied IN
country style. will catch the eye of the
river maiden a-hunt for notions In
knightsbride. Five-ane- tenpence could
not be more picturesqueiy spent
Like drifts OF driven snow the lin
gerie lies piled on long counters; French
models, handembroidered lace inlet,
tucked in fairy patternn and fresh as
though no finger worked stitch.
''Half-price' pervsdsa the atmosphere
OF this display. For less than a pound
there are nightrobea OF most delicate
device. The smaller things of lace and
lawn are priced 70 match i'm cheapness.
H2rd-wearing. plainly-made garments
are Of their kind most excellent The
value lies In the stuff. not in its adorn-
ments.
One of the chefest charms of the
noble sport of bargain hunting is the
varied spirit ia which It may be pur-
sued. 1t may be a frivolous chasing of
ANY trities, belts, neck chains, combs
and what not Or a SOLEMN Teplenishing
OF wardrobe Necessities. or again hep
hazard collection OF things which may
and must come in for some use or other
ere seven years De out a vigorous
beating OF the oxford street brings
game, both large and small, TO light
Furs are the mark OF the prudent. Fur
lined cloth or tweed coats at six and a
half and nine and a half guineaS seem
acquisitions Of the white-elephant or
der, but in three months time who
knows? The finder Of the biggest mug
get in broderie AngIaise race gowns
may wish in vain she had done half so
well. Marten wraps and marmot stolss
slide down the scale from FIVE or six
guineas to seventeen shillings or so, to
mount, one may safely predict, to high
pitch when north winds blow and No
vember grows chilly. Shoes may be
classed with the purchases of the look
before you-leaperS. These have an en-
gaging way OF combining such general
~ unmiXable properties as smartness,
ten and sixpence, and long wear-resist-
ing life
No doubt, possibly in the hold of
some putting steamer came over TO
London Town the Oriental hangings,
the brass and lacquer ware, the eastern
potteries, and bric-a-brac. Yet one
thinks OF whitesailed argosies and pi-
erything else that is romantic and UNI
likely. as one wanders through the
sandalwood scented baZars
There has been practically only one
form of millinery at Henley which can
be held to be in any way adaptable to
girl and this is the large shady hat,
Last year either the sailor hat or mus
lin covered with superposed frills OF
Nalenciennes lace. or the plated paper
hat, was very extensively worn, but
this season both of these have been
entirely superseded. The most popular
hats of which the full crown is formed
OF muslin and the brim of broderie AM
glaise, scalloped and edged with lace,
but the daintiest of chiffon models have
been evolved. the mushroom bfiTns COW
cred with double frills of pale-colored
chiffon and trimmed with large soft
rosettes of shaded ribbon
Large muslin hats closely resembling
the mob-cap worn by Millais Cherry
Ripe" or, more properly speaking. that
adopted by Reynolds child -sitters, are
10 be seen. some of them being of spot
TED white muslin adorned with broad
pink or blue satin ribbon In place of
the paper hats of last year. homemade
hats of raffla are pre-eminent. the craze
of the moment for netting and plating
these hats having resulted in several
charming Henley models. In most in
stances the crowns are encircled with
ribbon, which falls i'm long streamers
over the hair at the back.