The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
|FOR THE AFTERNOON TEA.
BY SOPHIA eEANERET.

London, Dec 29.-The weather has
been SO completely uninteresting in
London this week, except when it has
been actually distressing, that the SUBJ
| ject of afternoon and even toilettes
suitable for the many gay and informal
| little parties that help us to forget the
vagaries of December makes theme
that naturally springs to the pen at
| this juncture.
| Without the smallest doubt the We
lours souple toilettes are the most beau
| tiful for afternoon wear; their lustrous
surface suggests warmth, and the per-
| lection with which they drape the fig
ure bestows elegance. even upon the
most exquisite physique.
| The keynote of such gowns when
| they are completely successful is their
simplicity, nor do they require large
amount of trimming. There is, for ex-
ample, intense and subtle charm in a
| gown of mouse gray velvet, worn with
a little well placed and very good old
| lace. Surprising the scheme included
an untriInmed skirt cut TO sweep the
| floor all the way round and elongated
into a distinct train at the back, and a
| folded bodice opening over chenis-
cite of pleated white bishops lawn
gathered at the base into a plain band
of old Point de Venise, there should be
lace collar, and the ficbh fronts Of the
corsage should be folded, and have one
side threaded through a large and
splendid buckle made of two shades of
gold, chased and repousse, or of dull
| silver with a device in frosted gold
upon it.
A hat carried out in velvet, with a
profusion of ostrich feathers that would
almost hide the rounded crown, would
provide a suitable and artistic compile
ton to the dress. nor should a trio of
ornamental pins be forgotten to match
| the buckle, or, if diversity be preferred,
made of tortoise shell, pink coral or
amber
| The heads of such pins can scarcely
be too large now; some are of an oval
shape. others are quite fat and china
plaques painted by hand and others
that initiate Dresden pottery are ex-
tremely modish.
There are also hosts of pretty de-
vices in plated leather, string, and
beautiful rose quartz, aquamarine, and
other stones as translucent, or imita-
lions of Them usually made in acorn
form, with division through the GEN.
ter to allow ring of cut crystal to be
shown.
By set of furs that can easily be
thrown off the shoulders such a cos
tune is given the last note of beauty.
Heavy furs are not needed for at
tendance at lat homes" for there are
pelerines and muffs that are sufficient
for all requirements.
The brown furs like mink and mus
quash are in many cases given Innings
of pure white lamb, but sable is. as a
rule accorded no rival to its imperial
beauty, and chinchilla, which is SO
precious fur this winter, Is also
merely backed with white or soft pearl
gray satin. Ermine, on the contrary,
has lining Of it's own pelt rolled over
to the outside at the edges in order that
attention may be called to it. Tails
are disposed upon ermine coats in
clusters of five or seven this winter
instead of singly. and many little heads
make their appearance upon the snowy
surface of the skin. Fringes of tails
are also very picturesque.
According to the opinion of all au-
liberties in the world of millinery, the
cachepeigne is undoubtedly disappear
ing from the scheme of things modistic
Already it is placed much lower on the
hat than it was some time ago, and
the most popular form of its decoration
at present is the large soft bow of wide
ribbon, the ends of which fall to the
waist In some cases the ribbon bow,
instead of being introduced on the BAN
deau, is tied little above the nape OF
the neck. the puffs and curls of the
couture filling in the interv ening space.
CERMANY'S FEMALE STUDENTS
The total number of matriculated fe-
male students in the seven German uni
versities which admit them in the sum-
mer semester of this year was 211, dis
tributed as follows: Freiburg in Baden
fifty-eight; Heidelberg. fifty-seven; Mu-
mich, fifty-five; Wurzburg, eight; Tu-
bingen, FIVE; Erlangen, one, and Leip'
zig. twenty-seven. In addition Il