The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07

OF small roses put close together with
out any leaves and outlining the top Of
the waist and also trimming the very
foot Of the skirt The same idea is
carried out in q nOusselfue de sole gown
with three-hounced skirt. each fiouEce
beaded With lines Of the roses. Tie
flowers trim the waist and are ar
ranged in a treliis work sleeve on the
plan of the black velvet and black
satin ribbon trellis fashion Using one
OF two large flowers as the garnitura
for the waist is still carried out and
the flowers are immensely expensive.
for they are made of the finest mate
rails and copy exactly the rarest or
chids-
The New Sailor Hat.
The sailor hat-that is, the trimmed
sailors to be fashionable again. but
until simmer Will be so much trimmed
that there will be very little of the
straw visible. Trimmings of straw will
also again be worn, and the same fancy
weayes viii be used The first straw
hats worn in this part of the country
win be the shapes over the face. like
the sailor, the English walking hat and
the turban. with velvet silk or satin
bows. A noticeable feature of the walk
ing hats is that they are low and
broad, with fiat trimming. and are not
becoming to every style Of beauty In
deed. all the hats Intended for S9-called
hack wear lack very much the smart
I look that hats have had for the last
I rev seasons. OWING LDEEE not DElIlZ
any high OF stiff trimming This rule,
! however, is not carried out in the other
( shapes, and there is certainly a quiet
{ elegance about the low hats that viii
I commend them to conservative taste.
/ The sailors show soft folds OF velvet,
4 silk ribbon. or coarse hsh-net, with
I effective feathers of a modified quill
l form One pretty sailor has a bow OF
l sheer white batiste with trimmings of
I yellow corn and the contrasting soft.
I cool green of the corn hUSks-HarDer's
Bazaar.
Individuality of French Women.
French women reIigiously cultivate
( individuality. You can pass an entire
afternoon on the promenade in Paris
and not see Two women gowned exactly
( alike.
No matter what is la mode the ar
tistic Partisan adopts the STYLES she
selects to her Individual taste and type,
rather than copies them It is Claimed
that American women are less self
assertive in this regard, says L'AFt de
Ia Mode, but the possibilities and in
1 Vulnerable opportunities presented this
season have afforded her great scope,
and the effect in the way of greatly i'm
proved gowning has been everywhere
apparent
Decoration has much to do with the
most desirable result, and if a graceful
drapery effect is found becoming. as it
always is to women Of tall slender
by a certain adjustment of trimming
On the other hand. if severe lines only
are suitable, fashion presents any num-
Der Of perfect styles favOring these
effects Even emb0npOint is rendered
less marked by the deft application of
fiat. perpendicular or fngeniOusIy curve
and graduated decorations.
1t is a mistake to assume that absO-
lutte plainness in dress renders unduly
large proportions less noticeable. The
subtle adjustment of prevailing styles
must be carefully studied if an en-
semble above reproach is to be pro-
duced-
Remarks by a Woman
A woman can either make or mar a
man.
There is a good deal of false alarm
about some peoples attempts to set the
world on fire
No matter what sort of ailment you
have there is always the person who
has had one just ike it
The Leuten gossip party is the latest
fashionable diversion. They say 1t is
highly entertaining
A good many people in this world are
like porcupines-they so about seeing
whom they can stick
Many a women who has started out
10 AcLpIIH the WOFlQ euGS up Dy Il ING
to make the best of one man.
It is great consolation when you
rave made a mistake to have somebody
say that you did the best under the cir
I cuDst2nceS
No one believes more implicitly in ths
: familiar saying that actions speal
. loude- than words, than the man who i.
{ deaf and dumb
Fads and Fancies.
Cheviot in all the pale tints as vel
5 as dark shades Of hIrIa and cray j.