The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29

To one who is a mere observer il
would seem that very helpful article
on "Furs and Their Abuses might
prohtably adorn the pages OF some fash
Ion magazine. Surely there can be nc
one material so fitted for adornment
as well as beauty, as fur is, and yet.
and yet. The custom of wearing bands
Of fur trimming on gowns Of diapha.
nous fabric is one TO which Dnme Fash
Ion has accustomed the general public
through usage, and it must be conceded
that 1T is one which we have all learned
to admire. But when it comes to
thrusting full-sized skin which has
the appearance Of having been torn
ruthleslY from a shive7iug animal, and
which is free from all suggestion of
trimming, at a gown. 1t bids the be-
holder marvel at the real cause for
such a thing.
While there ism t anything uarticu.
larly amusing about the fashion OF
wearing those stiff or fluffy eigrettss
IN the hair as evening dress ornaments.
1t cannot be denied that If the thing
strikes man lust right il will tickle
him to death There was more than n
suggestion of Chantecler in the head
dress of an ultra fashionable maiden at
a recent affair, for the long feathery
arrangement with which she topped one
side of her head looked as if it might
we'll have trimmed several hats. and
the JOY OF her dancing partners, who
were honored by having it brush their
ears and eyes. not occasionally. but
during the entire time of a dance. was
something worth beholding. And now
comes the cheering word that somo of
the new algrettes are to be of spun
glass, every bright and snowy look
ing. 1t is said that one woman at
recent dance wore a sort of crown Of
gold gauze from which one of those
which gave her head the appearance of
Il real comet. There is no hair adorn-
ment which has cqualed in popularity
the 'snood. revived in the past wear
or so and worn in many different styles. !
but If the additions to snoods are to
be made so cumbersome TO wearer and |
adnirer as well, its popularity will
fade.
Some minds are analytical By nature
and others are Just given over to the |
virtue of curiosity. There is one other
wise attractive person Of the gender
feminine who is particularly gifted in
tine last named way, She has faculty
for fguratively standing her acquaint. |
dHCSo up against Iue wall ana turning |
battery Of questions on them which |
is, to say the least, sometimes extreme
ly personal, Recently the suggestion
was made-and it will doubtless meet |
with her approval-that she have set |
of blanks printed and mail them to her
friends CD at short intervals, inauir-
ing minutely into the details Of their
private lives. Such a method would at |
least save some embarrassment and |
perhaps n measure of profanity, sup.
pressed or expressed. Some Of the
questions she would wish to cover are:
- How much do you earn? How much
do You have to pay for board7 What
does your rent come TOT How often do
you go out at night Do you allow
callers to stay after tent What do YOU
lind to talk about TO your company |
How much does your laundry cost ?
Why do you wear false haira How
much do your shoes cost9 Do you think
you have good fgure7 What size are
your collarsY How much did you paw
for that hat7 Why do you buy your
hats from Her7'
What with the banquet at the Com
mercial club, and the pink tea affair at
the Salt Lake theater on Wednesday
evening, the playhouses of the city
looked as if they were the rendezvous
Of the fair sex only. No beauty doc
tor giving talks to "Iadies only" could
have asked for a more representative