The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
PARIS FASHIONS.
BY MADAME PARoulN.

short waist and plain skirt. tending to
produce a curious effect when seen in
large numbers. All the new colors car
ry out the same idea, the blues and
green's being those which have become
so familiar In the case of Japanese en-
broideries. while the whole gamut OF
new browns. which shade from the
palest biscuit to maroon. are specially
effective when produced In soft Japa-
nese silks, as well as Tussore and Lib
erty satin. Natural colored Tussore
silk is undoubtedly the material which
is enjoying the largest measure OF pop
ularity at the present moment, the
manufacturers being scarcely able to
cope with the many demands and sim
pie gowns OF this description-the bod
ice and sleeves outlined with Japanese
embroidery in three or four shades OF
blue. as well as touches OF black and
goid-represent some Of the smartest
creations OF the season. Striped Tus-
sore is likewise greatly in demand,
and Tussore colored cloth or Liberty
satin trimmed with touches Of lapis la
zuli blue taffetas or Empire green form
the basis OF charming models.
Other colors may make their fascina-
tons manifest and their success Sc
cure. but the greens nearly always tri-
umph IN the long run as springs favor
tie choice. We are now revelling with
more than usual favor IN many types
of green. from the pale shade known as
apple 10 the dark one that is reminis-
cent of glossy ivy leaves. Between the
two poles there is the new dye called
Chartreuse de Tarragon, that Is GER
tain of q welcome, particularly when it
is called upon to materialize in taf-
fetas or cloth a big slp-over cloak, for
race-meeting wear or for motoring.
and grape, a hue with as much cttron
in II as actual green. No smart dress
displays only one color and happily the
new dyes are amenable to an admix-
ture of shades; indeed. they benefit by
the introduction of another to show up
their. own beauty. A gown of fruit-red
or grenat coloring is beautified by
collar and elbow cuffs and by buttons
covered with mouse-gTay velvet. i
cherish IN my minds eye the vision of
a toilette of sand brown Tussore, to
which bands of smoke satin overlaid
with brown lace and topaz cabochon
buttons appertain- With the pictur-
esque gowns that are made for coca
sions,' in the Josephine and Charlotte
Corday manner. with high-waisted and
kerchief effects. the most pictorial
looking millinery will be worn. There
is a hat, appropriately named d'Artag-
nan, a mass of feathers waving above
and below a brim of the most piquant
and graceful outline. that is typical of
what we are to accept, for no one can
doubt the generally becoming attrib
utes of this model and others Of its
type.
Batiste petticoats look charmingly
fresh and dainty for morning wear,
with their scalloped flounces. finished
with button-hole stitch, and the birds
eye spot pattern is the favorite one, in
blue, cherry and pale green shades.
White cambria ones, inset with lace,
are to be modish for all occasions.
Newly-discovered destinations in pref
ty odds and ends are the lace blouses
and coats decked with colored lace mo-
tifs. ] can assure those who are du-
bious as to the beauty Of such a me-
lange that my first acquaintance with
8 shirt of white baby guipure, over
spread about the yoke with butterflies
or orchard mauve lace, resulted in an
immediate surrender to it's charms.
Feather boas are once more being
adopted by the modern elegante, the
boas being produced in two shades, of
which the favorite combinations are
pink and brown and mauve ana brown,
the gradations of color being so subtle
as to be barely jistinguishable. Long
scarfs OF net applique with chains of
leaves and flowers in faded shades of
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net being of a pale biscuit or a def
mite sand color. while the flowers are
being produced In soft pinks and
greens.
Ribbon has again attained an almost
unprecedented popularity and wide.
six-inch taffeta ribbon is being used in
the form Of thick scallops entirely cir
cling the crown and covering the brim
of the hats. With saffron-colored or
pale green straw hats the ribbon ruche
has a particularly effective appear
tivated the fancy of the woman of to-
day, a knot OF pink roses being often
introduced in the side or front OF the
hat
For girls wear marguerites are the
flowers which are carrying all before
them at the present moment. The
marguerites are of mammoth size, ex-
alnpieS IN Dlack VelVetS with golden
centers being mixed with the pure
white marguerites. while In some cases
the fiowers-producsd in no fewer than
four or five pale shades, such as
primrose, lavender. pale pink. blue or
one or other OF the new soft tones of
brown-are either massed at the back
OF the hat. or encircle the crown in the
form of a wreath.
Feathers are used ad infinitum in the
new scheme of modern millinery, but
the new fluffy feathers which have al
most the appearance OF fronds Of featl1-
cry moss, carefully separated, and rep
resent a kind OF compromise between
marabout and the ostrich feather prop
er, are undoubtedly first in point of
popularity. An alliance of mauve and
blue is the combination of color which
IS most approved OF in this connection,
the feathers being often employed to
entirely encircle the crown of the hat,
with little knots of pale pink moss
rosebuds nesting in fronds all round.
The lace negliges that are being sold
fer morning wear in the boudoir are
beautiful enough for full dress even
ing toilettes and epitornize grace In its
highest degree of culture. In the case
of one exquisite specimen over dress
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