The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14

ESPITE tho fact that the garment
(or should it be garmcntsO Is
ungraceful, unserviccabc and
altogether impossible, there seems
TO be women in the large cities who
have really adopted tho harem skirt.
Either this is the case or the manutac-
turer has a very enterprisng press
agent TO push the sale of the peculiar
dress. for from New York come Wild
tales of jeweed anklets to be worn
with ;hc alleged frocks. One paper
saws; cone of the new anklcts which
has recently been imported by Jew
eer is made in serpent fashion, with
reversible icweled eyes-emcralds on
one side and rubies on the other-so
that the owner can wear the anklet
to match the color of the gows she
wears. The plain gold anlllets, finely
traced in Oriental designs, are being
shown.
.''I think the jeweled ones are FAR
prettier and less cumbersome To wear,
said prominent society woman.
% Have YOU experienced any DIS
comfort in wearing yours that IS
from the curiosity of the people! y shc
was asked
tOh, they all stare bit when
wear it; a waiter nearly spilled hls tray
of soup and things one night when
was dining at one OF the hotels; but,
then, they'd stare Just the same II /
wore it around my halr-so, what S the
odds9 I think il a most attractive llt-
tie fad very feminine, even If II does
bark back to its former use, the
shackling of women slaves-for, after
all. women are still slaves--this time
to fashion. So, just to prove 1T, shall
continue to wear. my anklet, and lnsI
to prove that other women are ditto.
they will all soon be wearing them
You watch and sec.
About the most that one can do un-
der the circumstances is TO offer thanks
that Salt Lake is not so upto date as
some would have her, Doubtless
smaller place has its disadvantages
which, according TO the knockers, moth
ing can offset, but TO the casual OBJ
server it has its advantages also
We have so accustomed ourselves to
the idea that fashions DEGREES are IN
durable that we frequently fail to note
the very notable exceptions to the
rule that her reign is low, The exccp'
tions may be Just enough, II is true, to
prove the rule, but they are notable
enough to merit attention at least.
There have been a few cases locally
where personal charm and marked
ability or some other distinguishing
mark have been quite sufficient TO war
rant overlooking a lack of conformity
to passing fashion. Not infrequently
time has passed and fashion has veered
Just enough to make the oddity of a
former season the up~todate one of
the. present time.
In the matter of hair alone, who does
not recall the case of a young woman
here whose glorious locks were for
years coiled around her shapely head
in a fashion exactly different from
the prevailing style? A head poised
perfectly and covered with IFS great
shiny braids, came after years to be
her distinguishing mark, and this added
TO the fact that she had rare talent
of another nature made her style dis.
tinctivc Later the fashion came of
wearing such a head dress, but hers
had remained.
few years ago, less than decade,
there came to the town as summer
visitor, radiant beauty, whose charms
we're so evident that her elack of
style was commented upon only as
matter of surprise or at the most of
jealousy The only gown she ever wore
was d plain white waist and skirt
much the style of a nurses uniform
with twist of black tulle at her lovely
throat. A small black hat which had
seen some wear made as good effect as
said by the men that no man ever saw
whether her dress was white or colored
or black.