The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-27

When it gets too warm for the fem
fnine members Of society to shop, one
is well aware that the weather IS in
deed in a pretty bad condition. One viii
readily understand that the woman
who shops, seldom buys; she haunts
the stores. looking at everything with
a critical eye. harnesses the clerk al
most to evaporation and then leaves
the store with a disdainful air, and
without purchasing anything.
The women who frequent the stores
these days go to buy, for it is too warm
to go just for the sake of looking at
the pretty things. These torrid days
the shopping hours begin as early as s
o'clock, and until II the stores up and
down Kansas avenue are comparative
" busy. but after that they are deserted
until the next morning.
In the afternoon the clerks have little
to do except kill time. Fortunate are
they who are employed near a soda
fountain where there is an Oblging
clerk who VIII promptly send in their
orders of ice cream sOdas, phOsphates
and other indigesHble drinks which it
is so hard 10 do without this hot
weather. Sometimes they send out for
lemons and sugar, draw on the cooler
for ice water and make a bucket OF
lemonade with which they refresh
themselves during the long hot after
noon
Even the bargain counter fails to at
tract its usual number of purchasers;
and there are really bargains to be had
these days IL one only had the neces-
sary energy to look for them. This is
the time when the woman with a limi-
ted purse buys pretty remnants Of
wash goods, and odds and ends Of en-
nTnlHnTInG and facaG which she careful
" lays away for next season, when she
would have to pay about twice as
much for them.
There are few new things shown in
the stores though the travelling men are
showing the advance fail styles.
Midsummer Gowns and Hats.
The feminine world has agreed that
blue muslin is to be the delightful ma
terial of the midsummer. Blue muslin
is to the first warm season in the new
century what all manner of sheer
white materials were to the previous
summer 1t is the sign by which We
may know the fashionably elect, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch
The color is not the pastel hue which
has governed selections for the spring
wardrobe. but a frank, clear. brilliant
color like that Of the sky on a perfect
day at Newport
1t is in Newport that the perfection
of these new objects OF love with the
crfspness OF Paris Yet in their folds) is
seen in large numbers and bewildering
styles Very taking is the cerulean
emphasis against the background Of
living. movable green and variegated |
flora. Very picturesque, too. are those !
positive strokes Of color seen with the
white duck flannel Of the mems cos
tunes
About hats the wearers Of the beauti-
ful blue have three ideas. They are of
black. pOlitan or tulee. and made
so that the trimming is nat on top.
with punching. hanging ends at the
back. on narrow black velvet. But the
appearance Of the capeline. for such ia
shape it oftenest is, must be simple and
light.
Another idea is that the intense blue
OF the gown Of the hour should be top
ped with a chapeau an white. Of tulle
made from overlapping lengths of the
material slightly shirred. and set OF
with chouN Of tulle or bands of real
lace and falls of it over the hair at the
back Yet another fancy expresses I'LL
self in a capeline all blue erin or chif-
fon on tulle. with an extraordinary
amount of handiwork The tuIle is
more delicate and in better repute for
its wearing qualities.
Hats with more than one color on
them are not liked best with the gay
j
seen is a capeline made entirely from
green leaves with a great chou of
white Louisene silk placed to be worn
Just over the face.
Unless the wearer is blond. hats OF /
the natural straw color are false notes
with turauoise-blue gowns. though the
blue itself seems to become women Of
all compilations. Indeed. certain Of the
gown makers who have taken time to
get their breath and to think of what
Is happening say that the popularity
of blue muslin comes directly from the |
much wearing OF the turquoise which
Jewel. either true or in imitation. seems
TO clear the complexion when worn
White Gowns the Rage.
White gowns, which are to rage dur
ing the entire season and far into fha |
autumn in the guise of handsome wool /
oStumes, have been made up nv citv /
tallorS and modistes in crepe de Chine /
rnohair, nun swelling, etanine. barars |
srenadlne. liberty fabrics. eoIienne /
Henrietta cloth. plain and ernbroidarai l
nusiiTlS. ana batiste. India silk taffera
satin toulard- etc, for waterine-nlacs /
toilets Tor summer fetes. dinner con-