Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30

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brown, bright blue or gray. Velvet trims
both wool and silk goods. The newest jet
trimmin is in open designs Ike embroidery
with beads, spangles and mousseiine ap-
pilques. Heavier passementeries are of silk
cord and braid in scroll and geometricai
patterns. If the belt is for a street gown
nave 1t of velvet with steel buckles. but
the sash for the evening dress may have
the buckle OF RhineStOneS and be worn
at the back without any bow. only long
rounded ends with a narrow frill of silk
mousseline all around.
A very charming industry has been dis
f fGrepsa By She en- has English 5nnnG \ nl LADY in in c IIair
that 1t is only possible by the closest in
spection to determine whether the result
Is obtained by needlework or by painting.
There Is some possibility that this lady
may found a school for teaching others
her method. by which not merely real old
tapestries can be copied. but the works OF
Inc old masters may be transferred to can
vas In tapestry fashion and coloring. \
dining room decorated In this way would
be truly beautiful: but we shall have 10
less old Fforentine tapestries. for at present
the discoverer of the new art is just con-
tent TO lovingly work by herself. and it is
obvious the productions of her brush can
not be numerous enough to crowd the mar
ket.
Edward W. Emerson writes of when
Louisa Alcott Was a Girl in the December
Ladies Home Journal. THE evenings at
the the AAlSo5ts, souse;" he says have also
involved a long walk. the bait was good
enough to draw the girls and boys often.
The hearty, and motherly quality of Mrs.
Eaicott s welcome was something to remem-
Der. The too prevalent custom-in bad
taste. too-of young girls at once retiring
with their callers into a room apart from
III nse was snd pisno' by no means too good
S3 sWoop to the stool. and all would
joining us. One of the guests would re-
lieve May; who then had her gay turn.
BY the piano psan and w sanS .Ro HHiees Home Me s! !Gbi
Stunt. o Pocula. 'Juanita.' Music in the
AT Al and after the war begun, The Bat
fresh from the camp. Short stories on
the porch might follow as twilight deep
creepy Perhaps chestnuts, Rhode Isl
and Greetings or Northern Spies ended
me evening and We went home by 10 at
Ever and anon there is an outburst of
s.atistics REGARDING women in some quar-
that some writer takes the tables and
makes of them a test as to the disparity
f 81 the sexes: Astonishment is expressed
mat, Notwithstanding all the hue and cry
about the Tremendous preponderance OF
women in the older countries. an analysis
- 'H' ~ SHOWS IHdt II If the greater
longevity which produces this excess of
women: and that as a matter of fact up
10 10 the men are either in excess or the
old women should die off as guickl- as
their contemporaries among men. such
phrases as superfuous women would never
statistics are those of Germany. and it is
interesting to observe that between the
ages or = and 4 there are 3.14l,2 52 men
ana only 2.ooI.956 women-a preponderance
or marriageab Bile age men reaching TO near
~ $500 After 50 years the men number
Bus. Similar results have been reached by
the analysis of statistics relating to the
reputation Of Great Britain and to that
10 ailay any apprehension as 10 the inabil-
lty OF girls to attain matrimony in conse-
quence of a scarcity of men,.
English Exchange: Someone has said
where we leave off. Consequently.
Of life in no other way they will secure
them on the credit system. For it is a
TACT hat the poor pay far higher for the
rich for theirs. The usual outcome OF this
KIN of housekeeping is that the debtor
tsi'5 du Gsn' barr IN Fls PAN srds; is anneyed
hope, losing furniture, and all that has been
paid as interest and principal.
In happy contrast was the course adopt-
ed by a bright eyed wife in London. Call
ing at the house. l remarked: Your home
Looks very pretty" She replied emPhat-
everything in it." Then she told me that
before her marriage her intended requested
on trust: but that she stoutly refused. and
assured him that the bare floor was good
enough for her until he could afford to pay
Bravo" and am persuaded the little wo..
man, has rlade a good business man of
her husband by this time.
New York Commercial Advertiser: I was
not astonishing. but it was rather amusing
that one of the horses at the show al.
tempted to stand on his read the other
evening simultaneously with the entrance
TO a box of a woman dressed in bright
green glace silk. with a spoon-backed bo-
lero made of motifs Of cut-out velvet. SO
that the velvet looked as if it had been
shredded, and in the front, two long. stiff
rows Of crystal buttons extending to the
skirt.
Speaking of green. a dull. pale lizard is
the very newest nuance in this popular
and almost universally becoming color. A
trick Of { this shade = selieyed with creamy
worn by a pretty girl at the Horse show
on Wednesday evening. Yesterday the
gray cloth viii steel buttons and sps a vest
of finely striped black and red velvet. Her
toque was gray and red. with a steel orna-
shade between scarlet and cherry blossom
pink. A subtly beautiful gown of biscuit
colored cloth was slashed to show satin of
a darker shade. and worn with one of the
new, metallic looking French jockey to-
ques, fronted with one stiff quill of pleas
ant. had more distinction than many of
the more elaborate frocks.
A woman in dark blue cloth with beau
tiful chinchilla muff and collarette and a
touch of chinchilla in her toque of pinkish
purple velvet. looked like a picture of win
ter. The blue cloth frock had sprays of
flowers upon it. done In black tafetas with
veinings of blue chenille. The flowers
branched about so that a sort of tunic was
in front to show a velvet skirt beneath.
1t was a promenade concert. and. Of
course, they were playing the pathetic SYM
phony. says the London Daily Mail. Look
ing round to see the audience express rap,
ture. my eye fell on Mr.. Chamberlain, and
] started with surprise. Had he, too. fallen
a victim to Polish pathos?
Sure enough 1t was Mr.. Chamberlain.
The dark hair, the acute features and the
monocle proclaimed the colonial secretary
among a thousand. But what was he do
ing in a straw hat on an October nignt?
The music ended and the people shifted
about. / looked again at the eyeglass. and
Chamberlain's trousers, but a ladys black
skirt.
1t had come at last. Having robbed us
of our collars and hats and neckties and
waistcoats. woman was assailng us In our
last stronghold but one. She had her eye
on the monocle. The only consolation was
that the lady appeared to be fond of music.
Musicians do not. as Il rule, set fashions,
except in hairdressing.
l put the eyeglass down to genius and
dismissed it from my mind. until yester-
day. when my concern returned with a
shock. | saw another lady with a monocle,
and this was a fifty times worse case than
the other. for the lady was fashionably