The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-22


One CT the prettiest things shown in
Topeka for summer frocks is the silk
and linen combination, in linen color
The handsomest ones come in suits, and
are rather expensive, costing from $25
to S35. Some are in plain color, while
others are embroidered in white or col
ors The skirts coming with the suits
are all made with the exception of sew
ing them up the back and finishing
them at the waist. Some of them are
finished at the bottom with an accordion
pleated frou frou of plain linen color
They can be washed but most of their
beauty is apt to be lost in the process,
but if one is reasonably careful they
may be worn season or two without
needing laundering. Linen color is apt
to be trying to many compilations. but
bit of color may be effectively and be-
comingiy introduced.
POngee Silk.
Pongee silk is to be worn again this
season, but not the old fashioned pom
gee silk of a few years ago, which was
of foreign manufacture. This new ia
brio is of American make, and is of a
coarser weave and has = finer lustre
than the old kind. Much of it is relieved
by colored stripes which makes it more
becoming They make charming waists
and not the least of their attractions is
without the least injury. They make
especially pretty travelling waists for
summer.
Fads and Fancies.
Smart little capes are offered for
spring wear. They are short, extending
only to the waist line. At the front
there are two long ends which reach
TO the edge of the costume and form
the finish These capes are made in ev-
cry color and material.
Combinations are still popular in veil
ings, but the black and white effects
are being replaced by lighter hues to
harmonic with spring millinery.
With evening gowns mousseline or
narrow hemstitched ends, are worn.
When an elaborate finish is desired ap-
pliques of velvet or lace are used on the
ends
Ribbon rufus are among the spring
novelties that have been accorded in
slant popularity. They are made of
loops of ribbon in any desired color ar
ranged In q wide puffy ruff and finished
with long front streamers. Some are
decorated with pomponS and loops.
Lace gloves are offered in many pref
ty designs They are intended to COM
plete spring costumes, and it is said
that the demand for them will exceed
The supply.
Parasols now dispIyed in the stores
spray. 1t may be a carnation. a rose or
any appropriate blossom, resting on a
large bow of satin. This finish is es-
pecially adapted to light colors, and the
effect when the parasol is open is pleas
ing.
New designs in parasol handles are
small and made of gold, silver. mother
of-pearl and gun metal Curved and
twisted designs are prominent.
White waists of silk and of flannel
are among those most in demand for
the first spring wear. Silk warp linens,
muslins, Swisses and cambrics are of
fered in as great variety of styles and
color as in summer months.
In colored underskirts the colors
most worn are dark in tone black and
white being favorite combination.
Muslin and silk corset covers, to be
worn with separate blouses and waists
of filmy texture, are as deliberately
trimmed and frequently as expensive as
the waist. Some of these are made en-
tirely Of beading, through which white
pink or blue baby ribbon is drawn 9th
ers have applied designs of lovers knots
in lace.
White skirts have wide graduated
founee trimmed with two narrower
founces with sealloped edges from
which hang full ruffies of thin lace
Short jackets for spring wear are
made with loose straight fronts having
reverS extending the full length. These
are faced with white and trimmed with
passementerie or designs outlined in vel
vet--New York Tribune.
The Ur-to-Date Petticoat.
One can make ones own petticoat
too But does it really pay? BY the time
you have bought your taffeta or your
satin and your lace and your ribbons
and hired your knife plating done at
the plaiters and got your skirt cut out
at your dressmaker's, have you not
spent as much as though you bought
the skirt outright?
There is. however, something that can
be done at hcme. and that is the MAX
ing Of the petticoat that is silk half way
up The upper part of this is of colored
lawn and the lower part consists of a
silk rufffe. The latter is buttoned on at
the top A pink lawn top can have a
pink silk founce very deep and easily
renewed when it is worn out. In this
manner enc is always sure of silk pet
tieoat without having it cost IS each
time.
There are silk substitutes, too. pretty
moreens. and now there is stout MORE
that is being made up into petticoats
and which wears forever. The pop1in