The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

had SIS bill changed into pennies. which
she forwarded to Miss Gould with the
following note:
Dear Miss Gold: Here are 500 PEN
MES. Pray fill the box and spare your
| dresser
She hasn't yet been reproved for her
| impertinence- Possibly Miss Gould was
| able to find some reason for excusing
| and forgiving it
The American Woman.
There is no denying the fact that
American women are perfectly charm
| ing. They are bright, clever, smart.
and CHEEKY, writes an Englishwoman
in the London Daily Mail.
We see the best and the worst of
them in England. The best are those
| who come with good introductions and
are Immediately received into London
society. The worst are those whose
poppas" have made pile within a
! few years. and, being practically I'M
| educated themselves, and wishing their
| wives and daughters to be quite up-to-
| date, pack them off to Europe with
| some thousands of dollars in their pock-
cts to improve their manners and then
| minds.
| We tumble across this latter class of
Americans all over the continent and
in England The woman talks loud in
a high pitched key. with a. nasal twang,
she -guesses' all along the line; she
pays twice as much as she ought to for
everything because she thinks it is
poor true aristocratS often are. Her
children, whom she generally has in
tow, are one degree worse than her
self These children are what one kind
" terms precOciOuS They take late
dinners, accompany their elders to the
aters and do their best to wear out
their Juvenile minds and bodies. These
are the Yankees to be avoided.
The American woman one meets in
the United States is a very different
person. Generally tall and well built.
she dresses to perfection, and usually
suitab Her best gowns come from
Paris-she willingly pays so per cent
duty ON their carriage-and her tailor
made ones are built on her side of the
herring pond-there are no better any
where than can be found in the states.
She is a fine make of a woman, and
her cloth gowns suit her-it is the style
of garment she generally dons, and the
only practical kind for everyday use
in q land where life is spent in and out
of tram cars or elevated railways. Iu
muddy weather she is practical and
has her skirt cut several inches off the
GROUNDING pretense at a short skirt.
but the real thing, short enough to
clear her shoes or her boots.
She is an extravaganza person, this
American woman, for she spends twice
if not three times as much on her dress
as her English sister, and she certainly
knows how to make money fly in every
direction. Is this not a little hard on
the poor husbands?
Charming Manners.
Manners that attract and manners that
repel seem to be topics that are fnexhaus-
tible- 1t is easy, however, for the ell
ders to preach and so hard for the young
to realize. And the worst part of it all
is that it is generally only the parents
who read and appreciate the suggestions
of an impartial observer, while those for
whose benefit the criticisms made pay
no attention to them. 1t is a great pity,
however. that young people do not study
what is pleasing more carefully; they GER
tainly would benefit greatly by taking a
little pains, and as one of the keenest de-
sires of the generality of youthful person.
ages is to be popular it seems particularly
foolish to neglect just what might mater
tally aid them.
In the first place very few realize how
much direct and cordial welcome or
greeting scores both with men and wo-
men, not the "sweety sweety manner" as
some one dubs the overeffusive gracious
ness that clogs, but a manner that ex-
crosses crosses genu iffe pleasure at the meeting
all are factors that with the youthful ma
k3tYy,. prevent the development Of this
young like person the better for seeming
genuinely pleased to see them.
Another great help to popularity and
agreeable manners is to cultivate feeling
of interest in the possessions of other peo-
frankly admire it Is always agreeable to
the owner. To do this successfully. how
aged; without that the mere expression of
admiration never rings quite true To
make a study of what pleaSeS and to as
sumo the manner perfectly legitimate
Assume a virtue if you have it not
advises the poet, and although some with
the intolerance of youth, call such ameni- |
ties insincere, the people who try to please
are certainly more agreeable companions
than those who are thoughtleSs or indif- |
ferent and might truly be called more I'M |
selfish
A third suggestion worth remembering
is to make a point of talking to older peo- |
n WI f6ax- r1ra ant and 10fT will
draw obviously, as so many do, from their |
society. when relieved by an elder mem |
Der of the family. In visiting, too, this |
should always be remembered. Show that |
you appreciate the companionship of your |
host and hostess, and interest yourself in |
what YOU see are their particular hobbies. |
The faults of manner with most well in |
tentioned and well bred young women are |
sins of omission rather than sins of COM |
mission, and are caused almost altogether |
by thoughtlesSness but there are more |
foolish than wise virgins in the world. I'M |
fortunately, and will be probably to the |
end of the chapter. Like Cassandra par |
ents and eachers are forever doomed to |
have their predictions unheeded and dis |
regarded
Fads and Fancies.
Handsome designs in out steel and crys-
tai are used for hat ornaments
Leather and calf skin belts are stylish |
The buckle is usually of black enamel.
Cypress green and dark brown in velvet /
represent one of the seasons combina- |
tons