The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-02
RICH SIMPLICITY.
An Absence of FIamBOyaney In Many
Attractive Gowns.
Especial CorrespOndence.I


NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-After looking
for hours and perhaps days on all sorts
of friIls and furbeIows, it is a relief to
weary eyes to find a plain and simple
gown. There really are such, and there
are sensible and rich women who wear
them. 1t is not always those who can
not afford the hamboyant styles that
dispense with them. The best dressed
women are these whose costumes are
the least remarkable. For ladies, there
fore, of refined tastes we discover such
pretty, soft woolens where the figuring
is scarcely more than a shade of differ
ence. Cheviots ia dark green's with
black broken checks or browns with
black irregular fgurings, with white,
red or yellow pin point showing from
time to time, are among the neatest and
best of the winter stuffs. These cheviots
make up easily and require little trim
ming. Narrow velvet or braid looks
best. The silk braid shows better.
A very elegant home gown of dark
green cheviot, with broken figures Of
black, had band Of narrow black silk
braid stitched around the skirt to simu-
late a shaped hounos. The waist was
in blouse shape, with a simulated bo-
lero, the illusion being wrought by the
arrangement of braid. A pointed yoke
and caps were likewise trimmed with
that simple garniture. This, with the
addition of a few smoke pearl buttons,
made a very dressy gown with little
trouble or labor The arrangement of
the braid and button trimming can be
better understood by q glance at the
picture. Cheviot in black is very fash
ionable this season, both in the wide
and narrow wales and diagonal. Chew
lot will wash like cashmere.
Very many gowns have the Dewey
hounce effect, wide or narrow, and with
an apron shaped front, or with the
front breadth left plain and the hounoed
part only at the back. For these
founces figured geeds do not look we'll !;
they require plain goods like cloth, CASH
mere, silk or poplin. Silk poplin is
very handsome, as the chief beauty Of
that material is brought out only by
folds constantly in movement, and these
peculiarly shaped founces seem to real
~ have a right to the title of serpen-
tine, as they waver and sway almost
with puff of air. Faille and the cord
ed silks also look we'll in these sweeping
skirts. I saw one today of pearl gray
a very heavy cortland it was very
handsome and equally elegant, though
made very plainly. The skirt was made
in one long, sweeping f1ounce, the upper
part rounded up to the waist in the
back. No trimming save one milliner' s
fold of satin was on it. The bodice was
in snug basque opening over a vest Of
white satin worked with pink and green
silk with fine beads for flowers.
Another gown for a gentlewoman Of
- Il II -
strap scanned, with shaped fiounce be-
low the tunic shaped upper part. The
basque was plain and had revers covered
with shirred silk muslin. A stock OF
lavender blue silk had q full tie OF
white silk muslin to match that on the
lapels. The picture shows the peculiar
arrangement of the skirt and the tucked
sleeves.
Tuoking is very popular for every
thing. and one sees even velvet and
heavy winter stuffs tucked. Stock bows