Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03


Golden oak in dull finish is one of
the latest woods for furniture, 1t is
finer, shows the grain better, and
doesn't show scratches. Blrdseye ma
ple9 The peculiar spots in this wood
are not made by the birds, the maga-
zines to the contrary, Notwithstanding;
1t Is simply a freak of nature-perhaps
100 trees win have to be cut down be-
fore the first birdseye log is found
Circassian or burl walnut Is coming
into favor again; 1t and mahogany are
used most for the expensive pieces. A
finish called the early English is
rapidly coming into use. People are
firing of the shiny things that scratch
so easily
Let me tell you something. have
sold furniture in nearly every town
of any size in the United States, and
there is not city the size of Salt
Lake in which so much high grade
furniture is sold" "A thing of beauty
is joy forever" and a piece of fur
niture, IL made on correct lines like
the old Colonial, Chippendale or Hep
pelworth, will always be pleasing to the
eye. The so-called Mission Style" is
not style at all. The old mission
fathers usually ate, slept or sat upon
any old table, bed or chair they could
get hold of. so the style" as it is
called, Is a purely American invention
culled from the brain of some fertile
minded Yankee.
CUTE MILLINERY.
More complaints have been heard
this year In regard to prices in the
millinery section from the female por-
ton of the community than ever be-
fore. OF course, the advances in cot
ton. linen, silk and wool affect this
industry as well as others. But you
must have something as good as Mrs.
So-and-So, and you do 1t looks
charming on you. That plume is just
the shade of your eyes and though
the hat is high, you must have it.
THE almost poor people buy as eX-
pensive hats as the rich" sighed one
conscientious milliner. II don't see
how they do it, but they do" Think
of a girl spending a whole months
wages on hat White has been
worn so much this season and requires
so much care and cleaning. 1t comes
expensive. 1t costs $3.50 to clean three
large plumes, and the feathers them
selves are higher than last year. But
everybody wears white, so white it is.
And the milliner is growing richer
every day.
SHoES-THE PROBLEM.
What causes bad dreams to come to
the tired brain of the weary mothers?
Thoughts of shoes. Yes, shoes have
gone up" You have heard that for
the last five years until you think
that they have gone so high they are
forever beyond your reach. But you
must have the best. The cheap ones
are too expensive. A pair costing $3.50
will wear longer than three pairs
bought consecutively at SIPS per pair.
The cheaper pair will look shabby in
two weeks and be worn out in four,
while the $3.50 pair will look fairly
well and perhaps bear re-soling at
the end of three months.
There Is a great outside trade In
shoes, all the surrounding states send
ing here for this necessity. 1t is I'M
possible to get fitted in the smaller
towns if your foot is very narrow.
The catalogue trade in this line is
large one.
Fancy people in New York sending
here for shoes! They do, though. This
particular dealer knows the size and
peculiarities of your feet and sends
you just what you want without your
having to hunt the whole city of New
York over for 1t. You might as well
try to find ice in the desert of Sahara
as to expect to get fitted in some of
the mining towns not a hundred miles
from Salt Lake. The trade is increas-
ing IL the article Is advancing in price
and the public is being educated.
slowly but surely. to buy the best.
IN A CAFE.
After hard mornings shopping
the mind of the average woman light
ly turns to Thoughts of-'lunch." Here
Is Just the place. The long low room
fitted UP with artistic furniture of
weathered oak with beams of the
same wood above--the very atfnos-
phere makes appetite. You have
hard work to find table, between the
hours of IL and q The business in
this as in other lines is increasing
every day. more help is required and
the help question is as great prob
lem in this as in other businesses The
girls get as good wages as the I'M
skilled clerk and their board, ALSO
hut anything that smacks of domestic
service is at discount in the mind
of the average maid.
Did you know that you can get
meal in Salt Lake-if you are not
ver-fastidious-for 10 cents? You
have your choice of soup. four kinds
of meats, four kinds of beverages
bread and butter and either pie plant
OF prunes for desert Not so bad
when provisions are going up every
day. The cafe that gives you all this
for your dime and five enjoys large
trade from the transient and single
WOrKlngnen ana the peOple iiolil ZIG
country. True, you can pay S25o for
a beefsteak and cup of coffee If you
wish-the place to get that Is not
block away from the cheap Joint
Then you can go down ON Fourth
South and get a nice lunch for 20
cents with the privilege of using the
rest room" afterward. This is
room fitted up with couches and easy
chairs where the tired typewriter may
take the kink out of her back after
hard mornings pound. Many women
and girls 60 there.
HOLIDAY SEASON.
The clerks in every large store,
about this time of year, are looking
forward to a vacation. A week or two
weeks Is usually taken; in some in
stances at the expense of the store,
in others not. A regular field day
is kept in some and all large institu-
tions take a day off at some resort
once in year.
Some are giving half holidays on
Wednesdays. some on Saturdays. all or
which Is appreciated by the help, and
makes for bett or service. Time given
to recreation is not thrown away as
hirers of large numbers of people
have found out. The tendency of the
times is to be happy and employees as
well as employers are all making
double-quick time toward that end
The Salt Lake stores, large and small.
are doing all they can 10 make the
public happy. The public will now
make it's best bow and acknowledge