The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-09
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
RY EoITH RAYMOND.

the backwardness of the weather. The
hats, to be sure, furnish the most
striking and bizarre originalities, but
the colors and the quaint Oriental tinge
in the styles are responsible for fully
their share of interesting features.
charming gown seen in a fashionable
restaurant was OF old green cloth. The
skirt, which was very wide around the
hem, was banded with three wide vel
vet tucks each headed by tiny plait-
ing OF taffata. The sleeves were of XII
mono shape, made of cloth and chenille
embroidered hlet net. A scarf worn
with the costume had much to do with
its quaint effect. 1t was of the embroi-
dered cloth ended with knotted silk
fringe. The hat was of black crinoline,
lined with white and brimmed with
green cherries and foliage.
Printed muslin and batiste are max
ing UP some of the prettiest petticOats
for girls They are finished with frills
edged with lace and often ribbon
threaded heading Dimity Is also a
popular material for dainty underwear,
making up whole sets in many we'll
fitted trousseaus.
A white silk gown is getting a sec
ond lease of life in a petticoat. A wide
fiounce of black mousseline de sole COW
cred with narrow black satin ribbon has
finished it for use with a new and elab-
crate tailOr-made. Net might have
been used with equal effect and better
accuracy so far as wear is concerned.
A new bridge coat for wear over
lace or lingerie skirt and blouse has
sprung up. It is of kimonO shape with
the wide flowing sleeves of its class,
and is made of cOlored silk heavily en-
broidered and finished on the edge with
gold gallOOon three inches wide. If
there is a froth of lace frills on the
blouse the effect is so much the better.
With tailor coats opened in the front,
a pretty idea is to have a croSsed-over
waistcoat of the fiCh persuasion made
with two simple bands of wide fancy
ribbon or of japanese embroidery.
Sometimes ribbon of narrower width is
added 10 a strip of ecru guipure Of tilet
net.
That blend of Japanese and empire
STYLES that dominates this springs
fashions is right at home in the negli-
gees, and the profusion OF thin cotton
weaves are contributors to this class
of garment. The woman who cannot
have at least one pretty dressing
sacque or wrapper, to say nothing of i
higher sounding peignOl or tea gown,
lacks in resOurcefulness. Among the
simple lOw-pTiced materials there is
such a range of striped and cross
barred and figured lawns of every kind,
figured and plain. and thin silk and
SORT of a pocketbook can be suited.
In the silks habutai is a sensible
choice for the negligee that is to be
dressy, but will clear readily The Jap
anese wash silks readily wash, as most
persons know. One woman who snaps
her finger at the laundress when she
wants fine shirt waist done up uses
white habutai waists more than any
other kind, because they soil less quick
ly than cotton or linen and do uD so
easily. She washes them in a tepid
soapsuds made with a naptha soap,
rinses them thoroughly, let's them half
dry and irons them.
Stripes and dots have appeared on the
surfaces of many of the most attractive
cottons since the spring first brought in
the new styles. And with the intermix
ture of silk the effects of such designs
have been greatly improved.
Take the gaUzy silk and cotton mix
lures that come in various weaVes,
spatter or cross them with silk dots or
lines and then throw on them one Of
the exquisite flower patterns of dainty
color and hand-painted effects, and you
have one of the most charming fabrics
ina gina bile. The giving of a silky face
by means of mercerizing has had much
TO do with the pOpulariZing of color
weaves for dressy purposes. Glossy
surfaces have been wanted for the last
few seasons. and il is probable that if
the possibility of this finish had not
been discovered the cottOns would have
never held the strong place which they
do now. The silk mixtures solve the
problem for persons who have unlimit-
ed means. but the large majority of
persons find the best of such weaves of
prohibitive price.
But 1t is not only the thin cottons
that are being extensively used this
cir IA ms in al
request One Of their prettiest phases
is i'm the popular jumper frock with
stripes of mixed colors going around
instead Of crOsswise. The plaid ging
hams deserve a whole story TO them
selves. They come in every sort OF
mixture and color blend that the mind
Of woman could lead her to call for.
The silk ginghams. too, have arrived
at an advanced stage of perfection, and
the woman who has not looked over
their range this season viii do well to
do so.
For a girlish figure the short, full
plated skirt with its wide band trim
mings and the tight-fitting cutaWay
jacket with its short sleeves are the
very acme Of jauntiness. Some of the
most useful of these suits come in
serge. the perennial favOrite of the
English and sometime friend of our
own. Brown is the most seen. and
those of the population who always
seize the most extreme styles have gone
in for the reddish tan shades. Chamois
and coppery brown tones are well
liked Very modest suits are ready in
the stores in plain and checked grays.
Those with white collars and cuffs, tan
shoes and gloves and a brown veil are
among the signs and symbols Of the
season. Various names are given TO
this popular suit-Prince Chap. Long
champs and a host of others.
a strong feature of spring fashions
which has as yet not been felt here 10
any measurable degree is the vogue of
backward tipping hats with excessively
long black brims. Unless a more popu-
lar millinery fashion crops up uneX-
pectedy this summer this is sure TO in
fiuence fall hat styles to a very marked
degree. Many OF these hats are made
of transparent colOred straw, unlined
and trimmed with black ribbons. There
is n new tendency TO face the under
brims of hats with a narrow straw or
even velvet band in the old way.
When the restoration of capes to ia
vor is taken into consideration some