The Topeka state journal., 1902-07-19

pared to be good and successful wife
than anything else in the world But
those habits of thoughtfulness, unset
fishnesS. kindness and usefulness which
make the good wife are not to be as
sumed lightly and easily with the we'd
ding ring They are gained in a long
course of training in the relations of
a daughter sister and friend.
II is natural. no doubt. to believe in
the first glamour of the tender passion
that one has mouIted all ones faults
and weaknesses and come forth a new
being. But it is not enough to love and
to have that love returned 1t is neces-
sary that you keep on loving and being
loved And in this Wonderland as in
the one through which little Alice
journeyed you can not stand still: you
must keep running in order to stay
where you are You must be desper-
ately in love TO start with said one
woman whose success and happiness
as wife gives her testimony unusual
weight, and then you must keep on
loving and you can only do that by
trying You imagine that that will al
ways be easy but it won't Nothing
that's worth while in this life is ever
very easy One must always try
Some of the most smartly gowned
women and girls in Topeka make all
or nearly all of their own summer
clothes A slight knowledge of needle
work is so common a feminine accom-
plishment that even girls who rejoice
in very liberal allowances make their
dainty lingerie and many of their shirt
waists and house gowns and other sim
| pie garments
Many however have more than the
skill of the amateur. Some of the most
stunning and effective gowns seen in
Topeka this summer were fashioned by
/ the fingers of the Wearer. What was
| Of time killing has now become fad-
and very popular one al that, so there
| IS hardly woman of leisure in town
who doesn't point with pride to some
| dainty SUNNI er gown of her own handi-
/ work One clever Topeka girl who
made her first essay at gown building
| this summer has a pretty frock which
| she speaks of extravagantly as Pride
| of My Life and two girls rarely get
| together nowadays without an an ex-
| change of patterns.
! Miss Jeanette Lord is wearing some
| of the loveliest frocks this season and
! her friends tell you with enthusiasm n
| that she makes them all herself
| There is one. a sort of cotton greuadine
| lace striped in the new sapphire blue
/ trimmed with yards and yards of ex-
1 piled in squares on sleeves and bodice,
| and outlining the top and bottom OF
| the wide skirt founces, which is fnde-
| serbia bly, chic and becoming. She also
wears charming tub gown of white
pique made in familiar sailor model
| with straps forming the yoke of the
! skirt, and finishing 1t about the bottom
/ and trimming the sailor collar and
cuffs, and another in green linen with
/ pipfngs of white
Mrs Frank Scott Davis is one of the
| always well dressed who makes most
| of her own gowns. She has a prett
tub gown in dark blue piaue with a
small white polka dot trimmed with a
| heavy white embroidery which forms a
narrow panel down the front of the
skirt and band of insertion a few
I inches Tha of he 6ar
| The embroidery also trims the sailor
collar and vest of the bodice
Miss Gala Cuttell was at church Sum-
| day in a dainty China silk of a soft
| pretty brunette type 1t is her OWE
! handlwork She has gown Of white
| with tiny red polka dot with straps
| pfped with red on the yoke and bottom
| of the skirt and on the Gibson waist
| which is one of the neateSt of the many
| tub gowns seen on the avenue this
summer.
Miss Bessie Stewart. who always
looks stunning. makes everything she
| wears, and some of her creations are
| very elaborate She carried whole 1ol
of pretty gowns away with her wher
she went east for the summer
Mrs. Frederick Fruer. who is now fr
| Denver, makes most of her own clothes
| She has rare skill in embroidery anc
| it is displayed to advantage on the
bodice Of a lovely white gown. which
she made this spring. and several beau
| tiful white shirt waists.
Miss Ivah Davis shirt waists and tut
suits have distinct charm which
| makes you turn and look at her on tbs
street. in spite of the questionable eti
| quette of the abit, and she plans AMI
| executes them as well as many of hel
dainty summer frocks and evening
T gowns
Mrs Albert sPatten is another won al
| who is unusually clever with the needle
She has great many pretty gowns thi.
summer of her own making One is O
dark blue din1ity trimmed with whit.
embroidery in a very open pattern
forming the yoke and insertions in tn.
bodice and elbow sleeves, a front pane
on the skirt and band around the bot
tom of the skirt
Mrs Frank Lewis excellent taste Il
displayed IN nothing more than he
gowning. Many Of the swagger effect
which she attains in her toilets are th
result of her own skill in dressmakins
She has neat morning frock of heav.
linen crash. trimmed with small blacl
buttons, which she is wearing a goos