The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
, I added, quite incidentally. that the man

I added, quite incidentally, that the man
has money
IT'S a distinction without difference
1 should say" commented the man.
Its nothing of the kind" retorted
the Oracle. She's not marrying for the
money. If she were four years younger
even two years younger-she wouldn't
marry a Croesus if she didn't care
about him. She's marrying because
she's twenty-seven years old, and of
course of two men whom she dislikes
equally, one rich and the other poor,
she chooses the rich one, as who
wouldn't? If you're going to be miser-
able anyway you might as well be mis-
cradle in your own carriage with two
n en- on the box. Not one girl in i
dozen having to choose between love in
a cottage and any substitute in a palace
would decide in favor of the latter, but
as between wretchedness that's silk
lined throughout and wretchednes5
that's only a facing and a dust ruffle,
the advantages are all on the side of the
former. Do you see what l mean?'
You nave made it very Dlain.' re-
sponded the man meekly Il am to un-
derstand, am I, that Marjorie would
have married the Door man whom she
doesn't love if there hadn't been a rich
one who is equally distastefu1?"
She would" answered the Oracle
enphatically. She's not, as 1 said be-
fore, marrying for money, but because
she's twenty-seven. It's now the com
IIlOIleSl excuse lOr CON 1ntlC1nS 1dlfl-
mony. Haven't you noticed that most
girls, nowadays, marry at twenty
seven? And that heaps of them marry
men for whom they don't seem to have
any very violent passion? Girls are
more likely to make the mistake of
taking UP with the crooked stick at
twenty seven than at any other age.
Twenty-Five used to be the critical time.
but now the~old maid age limit has been
extended, and that gives US a little n ore
time.
IF girl gets past twenty-seven with
out having in sheer desperation, picked
out something that will do she's likely
to escape that fate forever and she
stands a good chance of becoming
seif-respecting, independent contented
old maid. And after twenty-Seven, wO-
men have been known to marry and
marry happily. There's always a chance
that she'll win one of her earlier ideals
after the unfortunate woman who won
him away from her has given up her
life to the cause of making good hus-
band of him. But very few girls are
strong willed and self-reliant enough
to get past twenty-seven. You know
that's perilously near thirty, when, the
most optimistic must admit, it sounds
better for woman to say. IF 1 had
which is permissible to the hopeful
heart of youth. Yes twenty-seven
sees the average woman's finish. Hy
men owes more victims to that one in
eV1taDle circumstance IN the modern
womens career than to any other in
fluence."
"Twenty-seven," unused the man in
the hammock ''let me see. How old
are your
Pm twenty-six," replied the Oracle
severely, las you know very WE'LL
..TWenty-six. Well in another year
theresl be some hopes for me. maybe,
won't there?"
Not if were thirty-six," snapped
aa10
WORN BY TOPEKA WOMEN.
The weather this summer has favored
the people who dread the annual de-
parture for the summer resorts and who
stay at hone as long rs the temperature
is endurable. Until the last week the
seaside or mountains had few advan-
tages in the way of climate over To-
peka, U. S. A., and the thermometers
behaved so well during June and July
that a good deal may justly be forgiven
them in August The week just ending,
however. has had days and nights that
were only to be endured in case there
was no escaping from them, and people
who have fingered in town all summer,
able homes for the uncertain accom- n o.
dations of hotels, cottages and sleeping
cars have begun to hurry their prepa-
rations for departure, and a good many
of them have beat a hasty retreat. To-
peka modistes have been rushed getting
their customers ready for the summer
jaunt, and some notably stylish crea-
lions have left town during the week to
grace the different resorts.
Mrs. ]. D. NJ. Hamilton, who has gone
to Atlantic City, N. J., for the remainder
of the summer. had a lovely dark blue
hopsacking over taffeta CT the same
shade for a travelling costume. The
blouse Jacket was trimmed with apple
green. taffeta which faced the fiat
shaped collar and the reversed cuffs of
the wide, haring bell sleeves, and was
banded with narrow straps of the blue
hopsacking. The jacket laDels were of
heavy yellow lace and on each lapel
were five rings of black silk, through
With a scarf of the green taffeta hung
to below the waist. where it ended in
loops. The trailing skirt fitted closely
to the knees and fiared out generously
below. 1t had four 3-inch diagonal
tucks-one at the hips. one half way to
the knees, one at the knees, and one at
the hem
A beautiful grass linen in a pale tan
shade with two stripes, one black and
white and one of a Persian pattern. is
another stunning gown which is n ost
becoming to Mrs. Hamilton's regal