The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-20

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ana this bright outside. con- 5ined with
the effort TO look cheerful, win go Tar
toward helping you cet OF your pit OF
darkness, and, though il won't cure pain
you wiz be surprised t. find how many
pains and little illnesses it viii tighten
and lessen.
About Belts and Sashes.
Belts and sashes viii be important fac
tors In the spring and summer fashions.
Ribbons with fIinged ends for sashes
are to be seen on many of the new
gowns The brOcaded ribbons, the cloth
Of gold and cloth OF silver are finished
with elaborate silk fringes never less
than four or five inches in depth. The
ribbon should be cut in a round point,
not a square, and the fringe then falls
very gracefully, says a writer in the
Star.
sashes wide and sashes narrow will be
worn with the summer frocks When
made Of narrow ribbons they viii have
many ends, each tipped with q gold or
silver ferret Another method of ar
rangement viii be to knot ribbon of me-
dium width first at the waist in a small
bow. then in another small bow or knot
a short distance down on the skirt. and
then in still third near the knee, short
ends depending from the latter bow.
Tiny buckles or fancy clasps may be
caught in the center of each knot. Wide
sashes Will be tied at the back or a lit
tie TO one side of the back in quite
small bows. the ends being long enough
to reach nearly to the skirt edge
As to ribbons which form the sashes,
there is a varied wealth Of lovely new
designs from which to choose. F1cwered
ribbons interviewer with gold or silver
thread are one very charming variety.
but there il everything striped, spotted
and lowered, beautiful Persian designs
and soft pannette ribbon in all cOlOrs,
with large white polka dot. This is
used this season. as 1t was last, to make
smart bows and rOsettes on the sailor
shaped hats.
New York Husbands Buy Wives Hats.
II don't know what has come over the
husbands Of this town. said a Fifth av-
enue miiliner to one of her customers
the other day. 'They are displaying
more pernicious interest in their wives
hats this year than have ever known
them to do before in my twenty years
experience in New York.
In past seasons the women have been
in the habit OF dropping in here and
picking out their own hats without
More than half Of my customers who
have husbands have come in to look at
the spring styles with their husbands
tagging along behind them
I'm sure I can't explain why this
should be so. 1t certainly doesn't mean
that hard times have come and the men
are trying to hold their wives down to
buying cheap mats. for it is a fact that
than q woman will. There is no disposi-
tion to knock off a few dollars on toe
first price as there is with women
NO matter how much money q woman
has, if you tell her that hat is worth
$40 she viii try to buy it for $50 Men
won't do that. They take it for granted
that the first price is the only price and
if it is too much for their pockets ths5
will try some other hat Than. too,
man If he likes lat on hts wife Is
pretty likely to go ahead and buy it, re-
gardless Of the price. He doesn't have
to stop and think whether it comes with
in the dress allowance and in this way
we are the gamers
1T does take more of our time, how
ever. to sell a hat to a man and his wife
than it does to sell to the wife alone, be-
cause there are two to please instead of
one What suits her often does not suit
and find something that does. But on
the whole I don't know that we object
to their coming in pairs What should
like 10 know is how they happen to be
doing it this year when they have never
done it before. New York Sun
Yellow Curtains Effective.
There. is nothing like soft yellow in a
window It always suggests sunlight
even on the gloOmiest day, SAYS the Har-
per's Dazar. A celebrated wit making
tour of a ladys apartment and coming
upon q bathroom in which there was a
window with yellow panes, said: II see
you battle in sunshinel" In dark bed
rooms. therefore. or in those opening on
shafts. or in windows only a few feet
away from the outside wall, yellow is
strongly urged When this cannot be
done with drapery, or when windows
with loaded panes of yellow glass are not
possible, resort may be had to varnish,
mixed with a little raw sienna or the
Venetian pink which gives a yellow I
know one window coming against a
house some twelve feet away. which
when SO treated gave perfect privacy to
The occupant Of the room. besides adding
an agreeable light. Even at night the
window was opaque.
She Did Not Faint.
There was an incident of Faster Sun
day that was not down On the Drogram m
OF one of the prominent churches of the
city, but which caused comsiderabl
amusement to some and satisfaction to
others Of the worshipers Among the at
tendants We're a young man and his sis
ter The youth was aged perhaps Is
years and was therefore at that unfo-
mantle period when faintness in. on IS
WOmankind is regarded merely as a
beastiy bore and not as an occasion for
sympathy The young woman was, per
haps, three years his senior. The SER
vices We're long and before they were
half over the girl swayed as she stood
listening to the gospel, turned deadly
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