The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
he SALT LAKE HERALDs PAGE FOR WOMEN
THE CHANGING
SEASONS NEWS
BY SOPHIA GEANERET.


London, Sept AIT this season ~
the year one may always reasonably
expect to meet with pretty novelties IN
the way of lightweight early autumn
wraps, but this month the mantlemak-
ers and modistes seem to have excelled
themselves in the production of charm
ingly new and utterly fascinating little
vetements.
Even the youngest girl may now wear
a pelerine dolman. ii may match her
dress if she so wills that it should, or
may be made of very supple colored
cloth, among which pale mastic, hapl-
lingo. a delicate blue and pearl gray
provide an excellent choice.
Pointed ends in front give a quasi,a
and pretty air. and band posed above
the belt invests the figure with the
short WASTED air that is now all the
mode Trim the little wrap with n
bordering of coarse lace either colored
or cream, or~with the very pleasant
mingling provided by empiecements OF
taffetas overland with lace and silk.
Much impressed am l by the possi-
bilities of velvet ribbon threaded
through a material The gown should
be of very fine cashmere. the color
puce, and as there is a little delicate
embroidery round the bOlerO where Il
is followed out beneath the throat TO
The embroidery develops a scheme OF
clematis, in the natural purple color
ings, and the velvet ribbon that Is
used is of a dainty shade of purple
that harmonizes well with the material
and the embroidery. Where the vel
vet is passed through the material the
eyelet-holes are worked over substan-
italy with gold tissue. which provides
the whole toilette with a brilliant note
of color.
During autumn there is a growing
desire for simple millinery, the use OF
flowers and plumage giving way TO the
beauty Of straws and few well chosen
blossoms ME-
One idea is a hat of mastic colored
straw, the strands Of which are Sepa-
rated by chenille cords. Round tue
crown is posed a sash of very vivid
burnt orange velvet. held in place 81
front beneath frost-bitten damask
roses. ri
1t is at Marienbad and other resorts
Of renown that the first fruits of the
dresSmakers' art I'm autumn wraps
are seen, and their millinery, too,
flourishes at such places and sets the
fashion in mid-season modes.
Some very beautiful evening robes
are also being worn there and at the
smart watering places and other CEN
in ornamentatiOn are displayed. I
must now describe a form of embroi-
derry which is uncommon as well as ext
tremely handsome, which was noticed
on two dresses of late. One of them
was q natter blue taffeta c,iffOn
toilette for the evening, made purposes
ly with a Renaissance of the old
French monarchy days when powdered
hair was worn, which, by the way.
hat ct a n "a
particular shade IF blue
There was a draped corsage ending
in a point below the waist, which
threw into relief the gathered skirt.
which upon the hips was extensively
padded, perhaps a little too much so to
suit modern ideas of beauty. ROM
the hem OF the skirt the embroidery in
n very broad band appeared. Made oR
gauze and shaded taffetaS. and Show
ing fuchsias and gree1 leaves executed
4 in soft filoselle silk and chenille upon
it, it was splendid.
Upon the decolletage Of the bodies
more embroidery appeared in the form
Of stOmacher, and with the band
upon the skirt was mingled silver
gauze, also twisted to look like bios
SONS hanging away from the back
ground
In the second case the robe was
purely Directoire, and was made OF
purple tulle with embroideTies intro
ducing crimson. gold and antique pink
! The gold took the form of wired Louis
bows and ribbon ends half fixed to
the background half allowed to fan
away from it. while the rest of the
embroidery was done in chenille and
floss silk, aided by old gold tissue. FL
Though the effect is almost quiet
when compared with other designs. ak
| infinite amount of patient work muse
be expended to produce a perfect ef-
feet when a dress of white satin sasis
ribbon and lace is implied. The rih-
bon is encrusted with medallions az
Cluny, each one covered with fine tras-
Ceries Of tiny sequins and diamOnf
chips. The ribbon is afterward mounts
ed upon a background of sunset tulles
many layers of which in gradations
of color compose the skirt. Lightly
stitched down here and there, so tha.t
they do not fall from their respective
places, the satin ribbon is yet left TO
all appearances loose, and herein lies
its chief charm