The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-22


never says or gaps or rips a. to her
clothing. She il trim from Top to toe.
and at all times and that means 10 per
cent with men, doesn't it,
The smart girl is 10 to the latest
wrinkle in everything. She knows to
perfection TIE newest manner of enter
ing a room She shakes hands in some
unique way. and she bids adieu charm
ingly after the approved French fashion.
She holds Up her skirt fetchingly, never
in the clumsy, mussy manner of some
wOmen. she steps alertfy, gracefully;
she has all the latest tricks of saying
things, and she. is a bit episEaTnmatic in
her conversation. because that is the
kmartest thing.-San Francisco Bull
letin.
Woman's Mission.
While radical dress reform leads wo-
mankind nearer and nearer to the Dos
session Of the clothes Of our fathers. let
one faint voice in the land be heard in
favor of the skirts Of our mothers. Ac-
cording to modern science, the dress OF
women should be a grim demonstration
Of hygiene. A congress of doctors of all
nations assembled in Rome has figured
to a dot the number of deadly baciln
possible to be gathered TO the square inch
of a WoEaan's train. In Boston. the
board OF health has formally prescribed
short skirts for women school teachers.
The warnings OF science thus are. I'M
mistal<able, and they are not lightly to
be taken
But what of womans mission to be
lovely2 Does this no longer enter into
recxCnings of the utilities of the sex
A short-skirted woman on the street,
except ia deluge Of rain, is a blow to
ones ideals. The older the woman the
greater the blow. VERIFY says Car
lyle. clothes do tailorize and democrat
ize US" True. indeed, concerning the
abbreviated, displaying skirt of
the hOydenish new girl; truer still of
the naannish naiddle-aged and old ladies'
who, caring not for the size, shape.
fr~1c Of heir raVx1@4 1a1
subtle charm of mystery which belong
ed originally to woman, reduce dress to
convenience of rapid transit, grim
assurance of the public health, and an
artiess announcement of indifference to
appeara nce.-Harper's Bazar.
Suitable JeweIry.
Every we'll dressed woman now
makes quite a study of suitable jewelry
to wear with certain gowns There is
50 much color in the dainty neck
chains, safety pin brooches, etc. that
they require careful selecting If the
brown eyed woman wears amber or
pink coral. let all the items OF jewelry
correspond; the same with the blue
eyed woman who deepens the color of
her eyes with blue stones. But do not
wear an amber chain with a turquoise
brooch or a blue neck chain with a
pink bangle. etc Keep to the color of
one stone. even to the tiny pins that Sc
cure the lace jabot at your throat. Pink
coral is extremely fashionable just now
as well as expensive. In the 1angua ge
of precious stones it is supposed TO
guard against danger and evil. Strings
of coral viii be much worn as watch
and lorgnette chains
The Use of Tweeds.
Into what pretty and smart garments
can tWeeds be manipulated, especially
when II is the fashion to put dainty col
lars on the more severe type of tailor
made gowns.
For instance, a greenish red mixture
had a fanciful collar of turquoise blue
spotted panne while a dark brown
tweed was adorned with Nandyke col
lar of green and gold brocade- Alto
gether. nothing seems too elaborate for
the collar of a tweed or serge gown this
year. be it a priceless Louis XIV brocade
or a beautiful handmade embroidery of
some costly lace
The idea. of course, is French for the
Parisienne loves incongTuity in dress,
though she is always gowned absolute
ly CONNIE il faut-
New Fad.
It is the mode these days to fasten
knOclzer on ones front door. whether
that door opens to the dark and sinuous
corridor of a city fiat or the spacious
hall of a big country house. Further
more, the knecker that hangs over the
Threshold must be a thing of beauty,
or curiosity or intrinsic value as an an
tique, and it is strictly against the rule
to hang a Roman knocker on the door
if ii is Dutch, or colonial ring and
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