The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-11
FOR The WOMEN,
Another Dainty Bit Of Neck
wear Appears.
It is the Lawn Tie to Be Worn
With Shirt Waists.
BRAND NEW BELTS.
Many Kinds Are to Be Found IN
Topeka Stores.
Things Of Interest to House
keepers and Others.


very newest and prettiest is the lawn
tie. It IS about three inches wide, and
is supposed to 60 twice around the neck
and tie in front in either fourth hand
or a small bow. They come in plain
white. edged all around with a narrow
coIored band. while others have col
ored background sprinkled with tiny
polkadots. Some are made of grass
cloth edged with a tiny rim of white
This style of tie is to be worn only
with shirt waists of harmonizing
color. They are much cooler as well as
more economical than ribbons for sum
mer wear.
The New Belts.
Every kind Of belt imaginable is to be
found in the stores this season The
stiff leather belt, which was for SO long
considered the only proper thing for
shirt waist wear has almost entirely
given place to those of the dainuest SILK.
velvet or satin Most of them are very
narrow, and it takes a deal of care on
the part of the wearer to keep the skirt
and waist carefully joined The elastic
belt is also one of the novelties OF the
season One style is about four inches
wide and laces up the front 1t gives q
slender and very long wasted effect
but is anything but pretty Inere IS
one characteristics however, common
to nearly all of the belts. and that IS
the long-Waisted effect produced by the
pointed buckles
Seen and Heard in Topeka Stores.
Forest green is one of the new sum-
mer shades.
The princess skirt is gaining in popu-
larity, but il is not as deem a princess
as formerly The front extends barely
above the waist line, while the back is
not over three inches deep above the
waist
The Jewel of the season is the tur-
uuOis- The imitation stone is really
liked better than the genuine. as the
big blue stones. too large to even sus-
gest genuineness, are liked Tor belt
buckles. hair ornaments and various
other uses.
Scarlet is to be a favorite color for
children's wear this sun mer
Charming little boleros of embroid-
cred grass cloth viii be a favorite &C
cessory this season. to be worn with all
manner Of thin bOdices.
1t is said that a Paris fad is the in
PRODUCTION of a touch Of red on many
of the spring costumes
White pearl buttons, SO tiny that they
are mere specks, are much used for
trimming
A new conceit is the gold-dotted veil.
The prettiest skirts TO be worn with
shirt waists come in colors this season.
such as tan, gray and old blues. black
having lost its prestige. Nuns yelling
is one of the best-liked materials for
these skirts They all have silk drop
skirts and are usually deliberately
trimmed with bands of insertion. tucks
or ruff1eS. Sometimes all three modes OF
trimming are to be found on one skirt.
One of the seasons novelties IS the
c0lored pongee, which comes in the
daintiest shades of pink and blue.
1t IS said that the fashion of wearing
black velvet bracelet is being revived
in Paris
suspender belts are again to the
front. but they are very dainty and
pretty, having lost the mannishness
which characterized them last season.
One of the favorite fabrics for
dressy gowns this season is crepe de
chine The cOlOrs are prettier and the
material finer than ever before. but IN
fortunately it is so expensive by the
time it is made up that it is within the
reach OF but a few.
Flower bOas are among the seasons
novelties in neckwear-
The Dainty Shirt Waist
The dainty shirt waist of sheer lawn
ergandie, China silk and dimity, button
ed Up the back, is an article of summer
dress which asserts its rights to popular
11y on every hand. 1t is shown BY hun
dreas IN the shops, is brought over from
Paris by the dressmake in scores. and
~ made TO order i'm most exclusive de-
signs If anything in fashion can be con-
sidered exclusive in these DAYS.
Some Of the simple designs show a
tucked back, tucked yoke effect in
front pointing down in the center. and
tucks at the top of the sleeves, forming
a point The sleeve is also tucked in
vertical lines around the wrist four or
nVe inches to form a cuff having a
little 1ull edge directly at the wrist fin
lshed with narrow lace, says a writer
in the sun
Another model shows tucl1s and mar
row lace insertions set in to form
squares, diamonds or curved lines, either
AZ the yoke or just below it. and again
tney are tucked up a few inches from
the belt in corselet effect. These dainty
waists are made of pink. blue yellow
hn n,
many cases hand embroidered
me sleeves are tucked IN and
bow, where the fullness forms
pun above the wristbands. Irish point
lace trims some of the tucked white
waists. two bands encirelins tha
shoulders in round yoke form or sfrinire
OF tucks. . - -
Very swagger shirt waists are made Of
Ifofoldered linen and white Diolle with
colored polka dots. made with a white
lawn sailor collar tucked and mined
aTouna the edge with pique The cuffs
also OF the lawn are tucked and finished
IN me same way Half-inch tuclSs. piped
with eolored chambray. form one variety
Of the decoration seen on white linen
waist
The accepted concomitant Of the shirt
waist is the sailor hat but it Is HARDLY
suitable this season for the aI,r-sfss
nicuses. and is relegated chiefly to morn
lns wear with the simpler waists Of linen
and madras However there is J 49,
and more dressy shape in ecru straw
the hrim faced with black straw ana
turned up in tiny edge all around A
SCARF Of Rumchunda silk is one form Of
trimming. held in place by two sold
sldes IN front. There is some variety IN
tIs coiorlng OF this style OF hat and
black velvet in combination with =
oilSnl red or blue crepe scarf. makes a
sliklng combination in trimming for the
WAite straw When the brims are faced
VIII oiae or pink straw the scarf
A3aLcnes the tint as nearly as nnssilllo