The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-08

= READ something not long since that
interested ne very much Ii was az
] about husbands and how TO TRAN
them Doctor johnson and his ia
nous remark, Much mag Be done with
husband If he IS caught young. was
quoted | presume Doctor johnson knew
what be was talking about for he did
not mean yOu- husband or your mothers
husband, but your future son-in-law-
There is an old saying that good boys
love their sisters but are seldom polite 10
them How truel One can never begin
too early TO teach respect for women kind
If you wait until Jim is a big boy it is too
late. The man who has everything his
own way with women is invariably the
man who in childhood was taught eonsid-
Grafton for them. Nothing makes me so
angry as To observe the lack OF courtesy
some husbands exhibit toward their wives;
and | often think If the mothers had
taught these rude men manners in their
youth the poor wives would have less TO
suffer FROM
The shirt-waist woman and the tailor
made girl are alike amenable TO the
charms of the pretty house dress. Forgot
ten is the fOndness for the corseted figure.
laid aside is the starched and stlffened
fabric with its cruel belt. cast away are
stocks and cuffs and all the earmarks OF
civilization, while the summer woman-a
home woman for the time being-revels
in the beauty of looseness and the loose
ness that is transformed into beauty. To
the woman who thinks of fashion only it
seems a sad waste of money and material
TO put so much into mere room robe,
but to the woman who enjoys dainty re-
finements there is something unspeakably
gratifying in the ownership of nice house
gowns. and she will go to any extreme to
obtain them. even 10 going without an
evening bodice. or doing with one less
summer costume.
In seeking a fashion for a room gown
one can enjoy a wide latitude of selection.
In one morning room your hostess will
greet you in fitted gown of yelling.
rather snug in the back. with sides and
front confined with ribbon which emerges
from the side seams for the purpose. In
another the hostess vii wear the new
Gainsborough morning gown, which is
made something like a slumber robe. 1t is
low in the neck. very low, and it is to be
worn over chimisette. The sides, back
and front hang perfectly straight, while
the elbow sleeves are flowing. 4 ribbon
is run through a band of lace inserting.
and when the ribbon is tied the neck is
secured Over an underwaist of dotted
Swiss with high neck and sleeves this is
very pretty and has the merit of being
becoming to thin and full figures alike.
So wide is the variety of house gowns
that are worn that one hesitates TO pro-
claim a style: yet if set style there be
the Trianon modes. which for the present
dominate the world. Inere are Mare
Antoinette collars and Marie Antoinette
fischus. These are deeper than the Tudor
collars. and touch the belt at front and
back. Vatican silks are made up into
house gowns. and the pompadour stuffs
are the most popular in the world.
Appropriate TO go with these gowns. as
a classic, are the Empire fancies. which
are numerous. The little Empire wreaths
are worked upon Swiss and lawns. and in
the thin muslins and the dainty wash
cambrics. and inside the wreath may or
NAV not be a medallion.
The Vatican hat does not accompany
the same gown. yet there are those who
plan them with the house costume. A
dear little room. gown of dimity. embroid-
cred with Empire wreaths. had Marie
Antoinette fischu of pompadour silk. With
| the gown was spreading Vatican hat
| which was TO be worn. the owner said. in
ease of emergency. On the first day the
pretty possessor was discovered sitting
upon the tiny balcony outside her room
| in her picturesque morning gown. Wat
teau hat on head enjoying the delights Of
summer reading.
Truly woman is inventive in her ways
! of discovering how and in what manner
when and where she can turn the latest
creations to her own account.
While the unwashable fabrics silk
panne. taffeta and the light weight cous
ms of these materials are and will prob
| ably continue TO be in demand. there j:
a rush in midsummer to secure the wasf
| fabric as house stuff. The muslins, tn,
| Swisses. the wash lawns. American Per
sian. Indian. and the dimities of all col
ors. These make up so charmingly tina
| they are all taken in hand and treated a
| though they were stuffs of much NOR
| costly weave.
Let no one think that because ma
| terial is capable of enduring the tub tina
it is necessarily an inexpensive one. Som
of the eostliest stuffs of the season ar
the ones that are TO be washed. and
| strange 10 say. the more expensive tn
| better they endure the energies of the tub
| Batistes. hand embroidered with colore,
thistles. and cuffs CAV with traceries cal
| be brought forth fresh three and fou
| times in a summer.
II would seem as If we were returning
TO the time when the beauty of the cow
| depended upon the hand labor bestowed
If this be the case. then our southern
| cousins will greatly excel us in the beaut-
and richness of their gowns. and tn
proud fabrics that are bought ready mad
viii become insignificant viewed hv til
side of the patient stitching of the Soutl
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The wedding of Miss Elsie Robertso
and Mr.. James +. Jaeger. which occurre
last Wednesday evening, at Ainahau. Wa
| one of the prettiest affairs ever given
Honolulu. The place itself is SO IDEAL
beautiful and 50 admirably adapted f
entertaining that it needed but a fe
deft touches TO transform the lanai into
veritable bower of beauty. and this VS.
most artisticallv done by Mr.. Ernest Pa
ker and Miss Helen Robertson. Mass,
of scarlet wax flowers embedded amor
ulaidenhair ferns made q thing of beaui
of the grand piano. and this same col,
scheme, was carried out in different par
of the lanai, where ulaidenhair ferns al
palms of rare beauty made a scene new,
10 be forgotten. The perfect taste Of Mr.
Robertson was peeping out from evei
corner.