The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
well dressed and at ease, whatever
be the occasion
The Mannish Woman.

be the occasion
The Mannish Woman.
SHE IS LOSING BIER POPULARITY.
The mannish woman-tae woman VINO
strove to emulate her brothers and
sweethearts by poaching on thsir ward
robes and infringing their habits IS a
creature of the past
Her swagger was repulsive and her
makeup EASexel Aer brothers sWoEe
at her and sweethearts gave her wide
berth until in her despair and loneliness
she gladly took refuge behind the laces
and frills that accentuate her charms
and fascinate her admirers.
The girl in boiled shirt was a mon
strosity-a sort OF hybrid-and the orig
inal shirt waist girl in her starched
stiffness. if she were at all pretty lost
all her lovable curves through her
masculine assumptions, while a homeiy
one emphasized every ootrusiNe angie,
says Kate Tyson Mari, in the Sunday
Chronicle.
And what man could make love to
girl who seemed 4 counterpart OF niTn-
seIf2 It savored OF love-naakinS to an
other man The derby hat too, save for
equestrian exercise, would dishgure the
loveliest girl face.
This fact is becoming SO patent that
even the cGmforta Die sailor hat with
its stiff briTn is fast becoming an an
tique and the few that appear in the
shops are well covered with dotted
satin foUlards and mulls. or are 50
heavily garnished with flowers that one
hardly sees the hat proper.
The pretty white duck hats seen in
the best stores are trimmed with heavy
breasts and mull folds and are dainty
and becoming Even the yachting cos
tunes are losing the sailor severity
and the lawn shirt waist worn under
the blouse with a trimmed hat IS sur
vival of the ittest-
It cannot be denied that dress exerts
a pronounced influence over the man
an HiGnnGifi01 4 n.
bilitate her in mannish toys and her
whole personnel viii bristle with a Ger
tain swagger and boldness Of action.
but array her in soft mullS and laces
and the fenininity. with all its pretty
c0quetries. viii assert itself. A girl in
heavy boots and a golf skirt and fedora
hat may be a "chummy' companion for
noon hour jauntS. but it is the girl IN
the fieecy loneliness OF q ball gown that
a man rem enbers with a dreamy light
in his eyes as he puffs his cheroot be
fore retiring-and builds aircastleS IN
the rings of smoke that circle above MS
head A man may find the mannish
girl "a good fellow" and enjoy the
comaraderie and have mo end of fun
with her but when 1T comes 20 playing
his heart in the game it is to the truly
feminine girl he turns in the hope or
winning her love and whom he honors
with the offer of his hand.
The evolution-or the emancipation Of
woman. as many might term it--has
percolated woman with a bizarre spirit
of independence that found birth with
the first agitation of woman's suffrage
Care of the Neck.
There are tones Of despair throughout
the land. and they are caused by one Of
fashions latest whims-
It is nOticeab Bile that nearly all OF the
important gowns this season are collar
less. hence the loud outcries from the
many women whose threats win not
bear daylight exposure
The masseuse is besieged by eager APP
plicants who desire the ravages which
the high collars have caused. removed
Not every woman, however. can afford
the services OF a masseuse and there
are any number who are not within
reach Of a reliable one To them word
of advice may be welcome, says the
Philadelphia Enquirer.
Home treatment naturally requires a
longer period Cf time to achieve the
same results than a specialist requires,
but much can be done with the aid of a
little perseverance. For you know it is
always the person who is willing to con
tinue a task. notwithstanding many dis
appointments. who comes out triumph
ant in the end
The very first thing for the would-be
reformer to do is to do away with the