The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-23

bodice formed long revers which dis
appeared into the drapery on the left
side. The yoke of the net was braided
with green and gold soutsche.
Some very inexpensive scarfs lust
come into the stores are of white or
tinted cotton chiffon spattered with
( necks like dew drops. The black or
white Syrian scarfs or E,nvntian wells
riveted with silver or gold arc the
most popular drapcrics worn afternoon
and evenings. The metal does not tar
nish with salt or moist air. The scarfs
are becoming 10 most women and 90
with any sort of costume. No end
OF scarfs are being shown made of all
the dlaphanous wcaves known 10 the
scarf marker Very roomy armhoes
are appearing in wraps for dress wear.
The mantle of the COS of the last
century. is going TO have big run next
season if promises are kept Innings of
the same color as the outside is the
latest cry IN such garments. White lin.
Ings seem 10 be quite III the back
ground. Very handsome cloaks arc
made of broadcloth and elaborated with
passementerie, embroidery. soutachc
and buttons. In some OF the coats fur
nished for motoring the number OF
pockets has increased until the women
are about as well off as the men in
that regard. The pockets. too. arc
roomy, made for use as well as orna-
ment.
.]etted lace makes up some very ele-
CANT coats worn 10 fashionable rcstau-
rants. One seen this week was type
of its class. Although it was Of full
three quarters length and jetted all
over, with two large Jet tassels on each
side, it was as light as a supple broad
cloth cape lying near. The Jet this
season, both for gowns, hats and coats,
Is astonishingly light in weight. The
coat and panel fronts aud sides. the lat
ter slashed and laced across with jetted
cords ending in tassels. The neck was
collarlcss and the sleeves were long and
plain. let harness outlined the shouI-
ders and sleeve tops and made a trim.
ming for the back and front.
The close fat effects prevail almost
exclusively for the firmly woven fab
every line and detail they suggest com
fort first. OF these designs there are
two forms. one in robe appearance
showing an uninterrupted line from
neck TO them, and the other with the
line broken few inches above or be
low the knee by an applied section.
plated, founced. or merely decorated
in snch manner as TO plainly show the
discontinuance of the upper lines. Of
the two. the latter is newer and offers
more of an opportunity for variation In
trimming. For the more fimsy mate
rials, there is a tendency to reInstate
fullness by slIirrings, tucklngs. plait-
ings, and other ingenious devices
which, though often pressed or stitched
into plainness, produce quite different
aspect This is noticeable more par
ticularlv in the treatment of the mate
rial about the hips and the space below
the knees Clever indeed are some of
the ways and means employed to manip-
ulate this fullness without seeming TO
hark back too closely TO the old style
of full waists with their skirts laid IN
even plaits over the hips. and the belt
or girdle accentuating the division line
between.
One of the latest designs shows
thrce<piece skirt having the front
breadth elongated TO point four or
five inches deep at the top and center,
the rest of the skirt being cut on the
ordinary empire lines, which. of course,
must be take not mean decided modl-
ficatlon of the original. This point;
then. forms portion of the front OF
the bodice, the remainder being cut
with some fullness. which is drawn IN
10 the narrow belt that connects the
two parts Over this is a band the
width of the space between the shoul-
ters that is laid fiat over the bodice.
with the ends of It slanted so that they
iusi fit the sides Of the pointed eXten-
sion of the skirt The points thus
formed. and which are all-over braided,
are finished where they meet the belt,
with long tassels pendant from buttons.