The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-04
MILLIONS UNITE.
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the outfit. and one of the prettiest Of
them is of white India gauze with trim
mings of gold, and rosettes made of
pink gauze with green gauze leaves.
The skirt trails beautifully about the
feet and is very long at the back The
W hole skirt is fiouncad with deep, pissed
fiounces of the tulle embroidered deli
cately at the edge with gold thread and
gold sequins.
The whole body is covered with rich
est, closest gold embroidery. 1t is cut
very low and has no sleeVeS-only little
bands of gold iligree over the shoulder
itself. The rosettes of pink gauze look
like roses and they have gold thread
in the center to look like the hearts of
flowers. These decorate the corsage at
one side, and trailing out from them
over the white flesh and down the front
are leaves made of pale green gauze
edged with gold thread. These were
made by the dresSmaker at Miss Fairs
suggestion, and the effect of the gauze
leaves and roses against the white tulle
with the gold is fairy-like in it's deli
cacy.
A BEAUTIFUL EVENING GOWN.
Another evening gown of quite a diff
ferent type is all of lace, excepting the
tiny edge of the skirt, which peeps be-
low the long lace redingote. This is of
soft liberty satin in a creamy white
This lace dress is a creamy ecru and
fits the figure like a new French glove,
featherbone- It fastens in the back and
is decOllete. Where it fastenS there are
little yellow velvet buttons, and a clus-
ter of black velvet roses with yellow
centres crosses one shoulder.
There are sleeves to this gown, but
they do not extend to the shoulder look
ing more like long mitts.
This gown also trails about the feet
and is exceedingly close-f1tting about
the hips, giving effect of extreme
slenderness-an effect by the way. which
Miss Fair cultivates in all of her gowns.
To jump from evening robes to street
gonwS is to tell about a handsome tail
or gown which Miss Fair intends to
wear soon after her marriage-in fact, it
may be intended as the gOing-away
gown. This is of lightweight spring
broadc1Oth of the new variety, which
has a surface almost like satin. 1t is of
a lovely shade OF silver gray, made up
with strapped seams and numerous
strap decorations.
The gown is odd because of it's little
cutaway coat rounding down to a rath-
er long tab-liIe tail at the back. This
coat opens broadly in front and has two
waistcoats, one of a sort of dull pea
cock green and the other of a rich
mauve cloth. They open one over the
other, and show a ruff1ed shirt of white
silk null or grass linen. The cOmbina-
ton of these two peculiar cOlorS with
the clear silver grey is very fetching
and decidedly foreign-loobing:
a DRESS FOR ORDINARY WEAR.
A turban of black tulle, jetted finely,
is to be worn with this gown, and it has
for trimming a single tall white plume
in front, held by a large ornament of
fine cut steel.
The most practical and plain gown in
all the wedding outfit is of navy blue
lightweight serge. This is made up with
a coat bodice, opening over a bright
scarlet vest fastened with gold buttons.
There is a finely tucket shirt waist of
finest white linen, with a standing collar
and masculine tie.
Brick-cOiored gloves and a large
rough-straw turban after the Spanish
tOreador style will be worn with this
gown. A walking stick will also be car
ried and a single magnifying eyeglass
viii bangle from fine gold chain about
the neck.
There are a dozen fine white linen
shirt waists for hot summer days, and
these have the Jokes and front pieces
embroidered by hand as deiicately as a
pocket handkerchief. They have very
high stock collars with bows and ends
in front, and white pearl dumb bell
studs in each cuff, to show how simple
are the accessories of a shirt waist.
Women worth a few thousands would
probably have gold studs set with dia-
mOnds, but not so with the future Mrs.
Vanderbilt.
There are some lovely fresh white
pique gowns also for the hot summer
days, and these have little jackets.
most beautifully enriched with white
braiding, one gown having the pique
cut away in places under the embroid-
cry.
There is one beautiful, dainty white
muslin with a long floating skirt COW
cred with little inch-deeD ruffles and
delicate needIeWOrk. The arms and
neck show through plainly in this, and
pale-blue sash ties about the waist.
A hat of leghorn heaped with tum-
bling white ostrich plumes will be worn
with this, and will make it an ideal
summer toilet such as one reads about