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I 10 GOODWIN'S WEEKLY. I SHOP TALK BY AMY ARMSTRONG GOME, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling." Then come on along with me, we'll have a jubilee, at the Salt Lake fashion show. For Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday of next week are to be one great blaze of spring glory in all of our local shops, sufficient blaze to burn up the last vestige of comfort in wearing an old heavy coat or suit. The first robin redbreast is an- nouncing the date from bill boards over town and the window trim- mers are beginning to draw their curtains and hide the splendor of their artistry until the moment when everything is in readiness. All women interested are requested to breathe a concentrated wish foi H fair weather. During the week I was permitted a peek at some of the wonders which are to be displayed and it seems safe to prophesy that lovers of Hi &ood clothes will return again and again, even as the moth to the flame, to see just how short this skirt is, exactly the angle at which that plait is laid or to count the number of buttons on a certain blouse H' which was in a case and see if the shade matches a suit already pur Si chased. Needless to say, too, that many of the women will be burned, even as the moth by the flame, and will fall victim to a sport coat which is the identical one for which they have been looking, or a "love of a hat" that looks perfect on their particular style of beauty. Living models will set off to the best advantage some of the most striking costumes. I happened in on some of them dressed up in ad- vance to have their pictures taken and the big eastern cities could not possibly offer anything better, either in the way of the garments or H the girls displaying them. H At Keith-O'Brien's one good-looking H young woman was posing in a riding H habit for which stunning is the only B adequately descriptive word. It con- H sisted of a red, knee-length coat with H breeches of white duck, the red in the H coat tho bright shade one always H thinks of as livening up an English H hunting scene. With this went leath- Hj er boots to the knees and a hat of H! black straw. Her sister model was at H tho moment standing near in a Palm H Beach suit, designed for picturesque H lounging about on the sand, but far too H splendid for actual contact with the H water. It was constructed in cerese H and black silk with the bloomers end- H ing in points below the elastic and H falling just at the bottom of the long M tunic overpart. The bloomers were H in the cerise, the tunic of the com- H bination with a deep yoke of the H black and a wide band with points go- H ing upward at the bottom and with a H flare effect obtained by a stiff corded H edge. A cord caught the waist loose H ly into the figure and a jaunty cap of H tho cerese and black topped off the H whole, ending as it did in a black ro- H sette on the crown of the head. Black H silk hose and black satin slippers com- H pleted the costume. H These are only a very small part of H a new department which has been H opened by this store, a sport depart- H meat, carrying appropriate garments H and outfits for every kind of outdoor H wear and outdoor sport or exercise, H one which promises to be interesting Hj to women who like a dress to fit tho H occasion. The manager says it is tho H first in Salt Lake and says he will B show rverything for riding, for bath- H ing, for mountain hiking, canyon walk- m ing, tennis, golf and the like, with var- B iety from which to choose, the latest B styles and the most complete lines for which there can bo any demand. One sport dress for country club wear or just the thing for tennis is one which ho himself designed and had made up especially for his own department. It is in pongee, white skirt with coin polka dots of French blue, plain blue Norfolk coat of the same shade with waist of blue and white stripe. To go with this there is a hat of blue braid, a model, transparent crown lined with chiffon and with a band of gold ribbon about the crown. Likewise there is another riding habit with a black and white check knee length coat, breeches of brown chamoises This is only ?55, which is inexpensive in view of the smartness and wearing qualities of the habit. There is a gold and green golf cos tume, the skirt of plaid with the two colors combined and the coat of the plain gold, selling at ?59.50, and an other smart walking suit of a green and blue invisible check, collar, belt and buttons of blue leather. The cloth is a sort of jersey and the price $40. For tho Easter bride a wedding gown is to appear at the fashion show of this shop, suggestive of what is to be worn this year. It is of white silk net combined with Maltese lace, which looks like hand embroidery in heavy thread. The feature of the gown is that it is short, perhaps six inches from the floor, in the front with a train at least three yards long of white satin fastened to the body of the dress in panier effect. A long veil of tulle is to be worn with this, falling the entire length of the train, caught up in a high head dress by orange blossoms. And one thing which "Walker's store is showing which juBt simply more than toes the mark where society folk walk is the white, wash satin, separ ate skirt to be worn with sport coats in bright colors, checks and plaids. Can you fancy anything more attract ive than a white satin skirt com bined with tho pretty rose, blue or green shades of the sport coats? They promise to be very popular and are rather practical at that because the satin washes well if carefully laun dered. This store is featuring especially during the fashion show afternoon or semi-evening gowns, which are in great demand at this time of tho year for wear in the cafes and at such more or less public places. Even ing gowns are too elaborate for in formal year and a woman feels over dressed in them. But the gowns be ing shown here are simple enough to do away with this objection and at the same time are constructed along such lines and of such materials that they are "dressy" without being too much so. Suits are also worn a great deal at the cafes with the more at tractive blouses by many who prefer a more quiet costume. Apparel for such occasions is in greater demand right now than perhaps any other one kind. The gorgeousness of the dresses and coats this season tempts one into such rhapsodies that one is inclined to overlook many other interesting things which the shops are showing. It seems to be largely a season of dots which calls to mind a display of veils which the shop just mentioned is of fering. Most of them are circular and many have a border of dots around the bottom, embroidered, or heavy ones of other materials fastened onto the veiling. And as for collar and cuff sets, they are the prettiest things you ever saw. Most of them have a touch of bright color combined with the white, as has everything else just now. They are fashioned of very sheer materials and the majority of bo tli collars and cuffs are quite large. They are particularly good worn with tho black and white check suits or the blue serges which are still in great de maud, also the silk and serge combina tions. Then there is hosiery, which as a matter of fact refuses to be over looked no matter how much women may bo engaged in admiring other things. There appears to bo no dimi nution in the demand for the wearing of high boots right in the very teeth of spring when formerly women have been scarcely able to wait for tho warm days to don pumps or low quart ers which so bewitchingly set off a prettily arched instep "or a slender ankle. But the hosiery demands are just as great with the high boot as with tho low shoes for the correct skirt length is the merest trifle above or below the shoe top and in walking the stockings are by no means lost to view. Even with dark boots the fancy and light colored hose are the preferred ones. Hamilton's shop is showing some yr exceedingly smart and attractive hose in the newest designs. There are stripes and plain colors in the shiny silks and some odd checks or zig-zag stripes. This storo has some of the most attractive bits of neckwear and similar accessories seen anywhere and likewise some of the best looking aft ernoon gowns. These come in the taf feta and Georgette combinations, in the popular pale grey, rose and all of the newest colors. It is intending to note as one makes rather intimate excursions , through the various shops, how each " has its individuality and each its own particular offerings. You do not by any means find the same things in every store to which you go, because one specializes in this and another in that line, and once you have discov ered where to buy to the best advan- ' I tage when you want some special ' , things, you have made a step toward greater efficiency for yourself and for ' the merchants, for when they have the proper support they can of course give better service and greater satis faction. I chanced to run across some de lightfully original and distinctive even ing gowns at the Woman's Shop this week. Many of them are copies of im ported models and there are some beauties hidden away which will be brought out for the fashion show the first three days of next week. This shop makes a specialty of costumes, and not only in the sport things, but in other outfits becoming hats can most always be found which seem just the thing for a certain dress or suit Yesterday I paid a secret visit to the sacred precincts of the work rooms of the millinery department of Auerbach's. Here a very clever do signer is at work constructing hats to order or building up wonderful crea tions, copies of New York models, which the manager is able to offer at astonishingly low prices. A glimpse was obtained here also of some of tho models which are being saved for the fashion show. Just wait until you see them. One is a very large, yes, very, very large sailor shaped hat of silk , , net in blue. The rim is transparent i and is inlaid with an imported wreathe of flowers in bright colors. Tho crown ( , is constructed of the net over a j changeable silk of blue and rose color. I Around the base is a dainty and tiny band of fruit. The whole makes a hat which in New York would bo fabu lously priced and is to be offered here at $18. Another is a poke bonnet trimmed very high with a mass of flowers. These extremely high flower trim mings are among the most popular K. features of this season. This bonnet is of flowered georgette crepe and tlie flowers are roses and natural lilacs. A band of gold lace and a bit of pink ribbon soften the high front and tho hat is offered at $18. An odd little (Continued on page 17)