The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-06
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Some Of the gowns worn by the wives Of
the SWEETEST coach owners at recent com
try-olub drive were almost startling Fo-
instance white silk brOcaded with red
roses and trimmed with black velvet worn
with a flower har; a pigeons breast silk
with sash and stock Of pale green velvet,
ana picture hat Of yellow straw trimmed
with pink roses pale blue and white figured
foulard, with small bonnet OF black straw;
a gown Of forest green MORE with hat Of the
same shade trimmed with green and brown
tulle.
The gowns worn by the unmarried fair
ones varied as widely as they usually do at
dinner or ball; one Of the prettiest was
violet silk with large. violet trimmed hat;
others were: W hite etamine with white hat;
ecru cloth with black hat, trimmed with
plunes; pearl. colOred and pink changeable
SILK with Dig hat to correspond; blue and
"nlle Ioulard with black picture hat; mauve
silk with pale green hat ana nodding roses
OF all the deceitfuI wretches that ever ex-
lsted the sumner widOwer is the worst.
His acting is perfect. and though his vile
and friends know quite well that he is not
telling the truth his glib sentences please
him so much that he begins long before the
/ annual separation to tell OF how lonesome
he viii be. what a barren desert the home
/ becomes without the presence Of his loved
ones, how he loathes the cooking at the club.
how he never goes anywhere while wife IS
away, and. finally, that were it not for the
health Of herself and the children he would
implore her TO remain with him
Now, there may be some men who mean
[ this. but as a rule the warm weather season
OF divorce from his family converts the most
staid Of husbands and fathers into a cOltish
individual. anxious to do the town with an
avidity wonderfully reminiscent of his salad
days. Everywhere you go you meet his kind;
he is on the river steamer, heis at the thea
ter, you rnn across him at dinner up the
Hudson, he spins by you in the park on his
wheel or behind a pair OF housekeeping trot-
ters. All, they are a gay lot. these sum
mer widowers. but they do not fool any
one. unless it is their wives. an diff they be-
/ lieve in them, what matters it if the whole
rest of the world can read them like an open
book2
In these days to the giver the wedding
/ present question is apt to be a sad, serious
/ and perplexing one Once upon a time the
selection of a wedding gift vas quite a sim
\ pie matter. There we're but few things re-
garded suitable for this purpose. Since then
I times nave changed. The wedding present
may now vary from a lockwood vase or a
cur glass claret jug o a ma gnihcent chest Of
silver. In fact, anything, if selected with
good taste and sense Of it's appropriate
/ ness. is considered suitable wedding gift.
/ Of course, the check is he wedding present
/ par excellence, but next in popularity is no
doubt the Chest Of silver These chests are
| shown in a variety of styles this spring.
/ Cne of the most expensive costs 81 600 and
contains 700 pieces Tt comes in both oak
and mahogany. with brass nountings and
/ has five drawers. t contains enough silver
to carry one through q lifetime
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