The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-24


collars more or less ornamented. Pretty
ribbon bows are sewed to the neck in
front. These may be long with any
kind of trimming upon them. The lib
bon may be wide or narrow. All wrap
pers close invisibly, and all have fitted
Innings, fannelette and elder down.
Elder down this season is produced in
many new designs. There are pink, pale
blue, gray, white, dark red and olive,
all in solid color, and there are dozens
of patterns where several colors are
united. Arrowheads of the color of
obsidian over a dull red ground is a
very curious but effective design. Green
clover leaves, shaded like nature, are
scattered over russell ground. Others
are clouded blue and drab, or green, or
red and drab or gray. All these make
handsome wrappers. Generally velvet
collars and ribbon are used to trim the
elder downs and the thick, silk, ropelike
cord The fiannelettes have bishop or
plain coat sleeves fuIled little at the
shoulder. The elder down wrapper near
~ always has bishop sleeves, with vel
vet cuffs or bands They are made, like
the others, much wider around the bot
tom than before. A very few flannel
cites have ruff1es, and a few others have
Spanish hounces. Altogether wrapper
holds out many charms to femininity.
1t takes five yards of double width
elder down and seven yards Of single
width Aannelette to make a wrapper
without the vatican.
House jackets for morning wear or
evening-or, in fact, any hour of the
day-are very useful garments These,
too, are made of elder down and flannel
cite, as we'll as Of cashmere and flannel,
plain or figured. These Jackets are for
the most part cut plain and straight in
front and fit in the sides and back by
means of three seams. They may be
trimmed according to taste and the
quality of the material. A general idea
may be had by reference to the illus
tration.
The elder down is one of the most use
full of all of the winter fabrics. It is
adapted to the needs of the grandmoth-
er and for sacks and cloaks for the
baby, as we'll as the young women Of
the family. Very dainty evening wraps
are often made of the light colored
elder down, lined with pretty silk or
satin and trimmed with a collar of
white ostrich tips. Hoods are pretty for
schoolgirls and babies. And I may add
one word more as to its value. I take
l q yards, double it orosswise and cut
armhoIes out at the ends where the raw
edges are Then I sew the shoulder
parts, cut the neck to fit and finally
bind all the edges with satin ribbon.
This makes a sleeveless vest reaching
well down over the hips. Buttons and
buttonholes down the front finish it and
make a most comfortable, warm gar
ment for a delicate man or even a
strong one. 1t is to be worn next the
underfannel. No overcoat is so warm.
Probably the one for whom I made
them owes his life to the warmth they
afford. They are also light and porous
and worth thousand chest protectors
I did intend to mention few of the
new coats and furss but there is too
much to say in the small space left.
But curious thing is the founoe of
fur at the bottom Of q velvet mantle,
the founce being a serpentine one and
reaching to the throat. This makes the
eapes terribly heavy without being
warm. OLIVE HARPER