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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

SOL DIS CiISIully do iACA
gown. With her there is
no haphazard settling upon
q sunshade merely because it is pretty
or harmonizes with the color of her cos
tune. No, no. There must be weight
Ter recommendations. 1t must be of the
accepted shape, color and material. Tn
less it bears the cachet of smartness, is
up to date in each of these respects, she
passes it by with merely a glance If it
is up to the standard, she begins to
consider the shade, but never for an in
slant does she think of buying it unless
she finds that it harmonizes with her
complexion.
Now. all this is right enough. The
parasol is the frame for the face of the
wearer, and we all know how an ugly
frame will utterly obliterate the beauty
of the choicest picture. Beauty is much.
but beauty's frame is more The best
shops realize this, and the parasols de-
signed for them are carefully made up
with regard to their effect when con-
trasted with certain types of good
looks, also with respect to the aesthetic
effects of the light that filters through
the silk, lace or chiffon cover. More
over. the salespeople in the shop are
taught to study their customers. They
iicNcI tklliln u OlCIluS d SdlIO"p Tim,
elderly woman anything but rose
tinted shade. Now, this statement may
sound misleading. The rose color is never
obvious in the elderly womans parasol.
1t is applied either as a lining or be-
tween the thin cover and lining When
the sunlight falls directly upon the
face, soft, rosy flush that is eminent
ly rejuvenating is impaired to the skin.
For younger women who are neverthe-
less not in their first youth dainty
ecrus and soft creams are brought out
and tried with the accompaniment of
prettily rose shaded lights. 1t is
good thing to insist on buying a para
sol in the sunlight, for most of the
shops are supplied with clever devices
for softening the glare of light sifted
through highly colored shades. At
least it is SO in Paris.
Sunshades this year are more gor-
geous than they have ever been. This
is because designers do not hesitate to
use gold and silver trimmings in their
elaboration. The summer cohorts shine
in purple and gold. This is hard on the
eyes of the fashionable butterflies as
well as on those of their friends. Just
try gazing at a gold trimmed woman
in a strong sunlight for about five min
utes and see if your eyes do not smart.
This state of affairs is good for Pagen-
stecher of Wiesbaden and his ilk, but it
is hard on the fashionables.
have just bought for myself a para
sol of peach red satin trimmed with
band upon band of string colored Rus
sian lace thickly threaded with gold. A
bit of punched chiffon at the top con-
ceals the termination of the ivory han
die. Laces, such as muslin appliques
in garlands. guipure, cluny, valen-
ciennes, duchesse and point are used
for the application of the fiat bands,
though seldom in the construction of
frills
Chiffon made up in the picturesque
petal frills and in the wide, jaunty,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05
Measure to- NOTE that thex are given

pleasure to note that they are given
special attention by designers of the
tailor made gown. The seasons smart
est linen gowns are of red, blue, brown
and ecru. All are much stitched and
strapped and invariably supplied with
the short bolero jacket over which
flaps a wide collar of lace or lawn. I'm.
derneath, a handsomely tucked bodice.
generally of white, is applied as the
height ofechic. Eyelets are clamped on
the material and are sometimes quite
large. Through them a silk scarf Is
laced to keep the jacket in place.
Brown and blue is combination to
which we must accustom ourselves. for
the costume designers have discovered
that in certain shades it is just what
they want. 1t is a union that COM
mends itself to the thrifty, for blue and
brown are two of the most long suffer-
ing shades in the calendar, and the col
or scheme is just the thing to delight
the woman who counts on making over
her frocks for third season.
One cannot appreciate the charm of
the foulard gowns worn this year with
out seeing them on women who under
stand the art of dressing. Simple in their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05


she can follow a ro-
mantle and unbeaten pathway.
Mark the veranda tea. A few years
ago, save in the sunny south, where
they are born to- heritage of beauty
and poetry, a veranda was an unknown
piece of architecture. To be sure, it fig
ured in novels, notably those of Angus
IA Evans, who. being herself a south
erner. knew what she was talking
about, which was more than could be
said for her northern readers. While
the high tide of popularity for novels
of the "St. Elmo school lasted no
aspiring literary light dared to indite
romantic novel without mentioning the
veranda once in so many pages. The
veranda was regarded as the special
mark of literary refinement and was
always clothed in honeysuckle or
clematis. It was to the novelist what
my ladye's bower had been to the
medieval poet The bower was the
little hut in which the Anglo-Saxons
herded the women of their household.
but the poet did not know this, and it
sounded well. SO what matter? Even
SO with the veranda in the middle sec
ton of the nineteenth century.
Now every one has a veranda The
porch, a knobby application of bizarre
woodwork limited to small section of
Ine mousse IFOut, HAS disappeared, ana In
it's place has come the capacious, the
picturesque, veranda, extending about
the whole or a large part of the house.
Even in the most remote districts this
feature of architecture, for which the
beauty loving south is responsible, can
be identified by the smallest child OF the
ancient inhabitant, and that without
recourse to the dictionary. The proud
est and the most popular family in the
suburbs or at the summer resort is the
one that has the most charming We
randa.
Outdoor entertainments have come in
with the picturesque furnishing of the
annex. For protection from insects the
veranda is frequently covered with wire
netting, and for privacy or to keep out
the midday sun it is hung with bamboo
shades. These can be dropped and fas-
tened when the rain beats in and will
effectuaIly protect the weatherproof
furniture.
Now, Of course, every woman who has
4 veranda will be interested to know
that the most fashionable form of sum-
mer entertainment is the veranda tea.
At Newport last season the families
who live along Bellevue avenue and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05
DECORATIVE scHEME FOR vERANDA TEA.

shells of the coalport china are laid.
The bonbon dishes should be shaped
like shells or boats and the sweets Civ
en- the form of shells or fish.
A veranda tea should, of course, be
very simple. There is no need to strive
for effect The refreshments may be
restricted to iced drinks. salads, ices,
sandwiches. fruit and cakes. Instead
of claret cup any iced drink or bouil-
lon may be served
Here are several recipes which may
be useful to the woman who prepares
her own afternoon tea daintfes instead
of ordering them from the caterer
Dainty Sandwiches-Grate one or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

construction, they are so fitted that
they give to the figure a rounded ele-
ga1ce which is admirable.
At the races last week particularly
admired the silk gown worn by a gold
en- haired beauty of the theater. 1t was
of deep violet foulard spotted with
white. The skirt was trimmed with a
bias band arranged to form deep seal
lops and marked at each depression
and elevation with a lace applique in
flowers. A blouse of white mousseIine
de sole was worn under the very abb
breviated bolero of silk, the jacket be-
ing rounded under the arms, scalloped
along the edge and appliqued with lace.
The sleeves were balloon shaped at the
wrist and encircled with bands of gui-
pure. Odd as it may sound, with this
frock was worn dark foliage green
straw hat, daringly bent up in the
back, where bow of shaded green rib
bon formed the support for the great
cluster of pink tinted orchids that de-
pended over the brim and jauntily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

white yelled in black chantilly lace
were as plentiful as blackberries in
July. Scarcely any toques were to be
seen, for they would not harmonize with
the princess gowns, which are now worn
almost to the exclusion of other cos
TUNES. The newest princess has. 4 skirt
close fitting above, but expanding to
form a fullness much like that of an
inverted lily cup. The bodice is fire.
quently divided from the skirt by a
ribbon band in front, but Ia the rear
from shoulders to skirt hem the cos
tune presents one unbroken line.
On summer gowns cretonne embroid-
cries are used with delicate effect. The
bright color of the cretonne, generally
yelled under some semitransparent ma
terials, and the richness of the flowers
add immensely to the brilliancy of an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

Gray and white is admittedly one OF
the most attractive cloth admixtures OF
the hour. And yet another growing
freak of the tailor world IL the suppress
sion of revers and even collars to the
short coats and boleros, deletion
that affords a greater display of the
undervest or blouse and so falls in
happily with the summer scheme OF
things. Not to every figure, however, is
it given to carry off successfully the
somewhat severe outline of the plain
fronted coatee. One must of necessity
be possessed of curves and undulations,
combined with a certain width of shoul-
der.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

tia house in a room that opens on the
yslanda, presumably one reached
through long French windows. If pre-
ferred, the viands may be served from
table located in a shaded corner Of
the veranda-
The tea table should look as pretty as
possible. In the mountains ferns and
mountain laurel may be used to add q
distinctive touch to the outdoor dec
orations. If the party is given at the
seaside, the following table arrange
ment may be observed: In the center is
placed bit of sea green silk edged with
white chiffon ruches- Upon this should
be . lage sheA-like vase of coaIport
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05
Originality In Hairdressing.

How dunder headed the most enlight-
ened among us are apt to be in regard
to coiffure details! We accept the gen
eral style with placid1ty worthy OF
cows and then sit down and chew the
cud of speculation as to how vogue
so unbecoming has been allowed to
penetrate into our exclusive midst.
Adaptation is invariably the last re-
source instead of the first the majority
of US seem to seek, and the adaptive
woman, let me remark, breathes con-
viction at every pore. But. apparently,
we are all, young and old. to be allowed
the decorative medium Of wreaths, an
ornamentation presaging very convince
ingly the ultimate lowness of the coif
FIJI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

f1ounced effects to which we have been
used gives the white sunshades much
the appearance of great white winged
sea birds. Quite odd trimming on
one of the recently designed chefs
d oeuvres was the use of bands of per-
pendicular shirring along the edge, to
which was attached a moderately wide
f1ounce.
The ordinary chiffon parasols are
f1ounced in every conceivable pattern.
Often all ffounces except the outer one
are applied in points or scailops, the
bizarre effect being further enhanced
by the application of black edgings of
lace or chiffon ruchings. Some of the
shades are fiounced and then decorated
with appliqued centerpieces in lace or
colors. The lace cover over colors Ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05
Flower Sprays.

Chic is the i1luminative word to apply
to some enhancing trails of fruit bios
soms-apple, cherry and peach-espe-
cially prepared in view of the require
ments of debutantes and the younger
members generally of the community,
who are likewise to be permitted to
wreath their pretty heads literally with
crowns of flowers and foliage-crowns.
however, it is to be devoutly hoped,
created of a size and shape to fall in
tastefully with the particular idiosyn-
craSieS of the Wearer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

cinating organdie. Disturbing insects
cannot penetrate behind the screens,
and the war of the elements without
can. introduce no disturbing effect.
A good supply of potted palms and
ferns is the only floral decoration need
ed. and, if the veranda is well supplied
with home grown flowers, even these
are superfluous. Inside the house some
amateur musicians may serve to good
effect. provided they can play with toll
cradle proficiency on the guitar, the
banjo OF the mandolin. There is some
thing particularly soothing about the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

to six Of any soft, rich cheese with peppa
(black and red), salt, mustard (both French anl
American) and about a gill Of best white win4
vinegar mixed with good teaspoonful Of essencs
of anchovy. This should be thick a. batteK
Flake some cold cooked cod and put little d
this mixture on each fake. Now arrange this fish
in the bowl with broken up lettuce, celery, SLICED
cucumber. seasoning all these vegetables wei
with oil, vinegar, salt and pepper before usina
them; then cover it with tomato mayonnaise ver3
smoothly, garnishing this with turned olives stun
ed with flleted anchovy, hard boiled and quar-
tered eggs, etc Any white fish can be used Il
this way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

other fashionable thoroughfares could
be seen EMPOWERED in their wide veran-
das entertaining pretty women dressed
in light summer hats and frocks, much
in the fashion of English women who
attend garden parties. The garden par
ty has never f1ourished in this country.
1t has vogue, perhaps, for season in
some district where mosquitoes and
gnats are not troublesome and where
the trees are guaranteed not to drop
squirming caterpillars on the heads or
into the beverages or ices of the ladies.
Besides, the weather man is an unrelia BILE
individual, and his firmest assurance
that the neighborhood may anticipate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05
4 SUMMER BLOUSE OF
STRIPED cAh3RIc.

Now Is the time to make pretty wash
blouses in preparation for the warm
and sunny weather. The tight backs
are almost seamless and, being cut ex-
actly the same as the lining, are very
easily made. The front lining can have
one dart only, and any vest or plastron
is arranged on the lining. The model
blouse shown is suitable for almost
any wash fabric. but is particularly
suitable for batiste, striped cambria.
coteline or jaconet muslin.
The blouse and sleeves are covered In
groups of four tucks. and the p1astron
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

Then, too, garden parties are hard on
the delicate compilations of American
women. English women are Indifferent
to tan, but the American hates to think
that above her fairylike frock she dis
plays the face of a broiled lobster.
Now, the veranda tea has none of
these disadvantages. In the shade of
that rooted retreat there is no menace
to the complexion. and one may wear
her prettiest white gown or most fas-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

and square collar are of alternate lines
of fancy braid and stitched straps of
the material. The opening is at the
center front, but the little plastron and
collar band fasten across to. the side.
The sleeve has three groups of tucks
and is wider at the wrist and gathered
into a shaped cuff falling over the hand.
This sleeve may be unlined or slipped
over lining cut in the usual manners
with large top and small underpart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

china filled with delicate pink flowers
of the orchid type or with lilies of the
valley. At each corner of the center
piece and at each corner of the table
clusters of the flowers loosely knotted
with ribbons or arranged in smaller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

otherwise dull co1ored or ineffective
gown. The cretonne must, of course.
be unfadable and applied to the frock
with washing silks. On evening gowns
of net and other sheer fabric the en-
broiderieS are seen to advantage COM
bined with jet and steel outlines.
Linen costumes are SO useful that it IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

music of stringed instruments, which is
so light and airy that it does not inter-
fere with the flow of conversation that
should salute the ears of the successful
hostess.
The refreshments may be served in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

Provided the lace is of good quality it
looks quite well. but the ordinary cheap
limitations are an abomination. Allover
embroideries applied on chiffon produce
handsome effects. A sunshade of chif-
fon sprayed with embroidered peoples
was a handsome affair Scarlet and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

Gray and black and white are the
chief colors for elaborate outdoor cos
tunes. This was settled by Long
champs, where these tones were prac-
tically the only ones assumed by the
grand ladies who are the court of high
est appeal in the case of fashions. Tri-
anon REVEALS prevailed. Sunshades of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

If when using lemon for f1avoring yof
only need half of one. put the other hal
on plate and cover with glass tum
bier. This will preserve tt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

|LATE PARIS FASHIONS 4

gold is a fashionable combination for
certain dashing types, but its general
popularity is waning. Red has too great
a suggestion of high temperature to be
quite suitable for summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

FISH OMELET.-Take two tablespoonfuls Of any
cooked fish, one tablespoonful Of milk, ounce
of butter, tablespoonful of white sauce. pep
per and salt and three eggs. Chop the 6sh, re-
moving skin and bones. Melt half the butter in
small saucepan; put in the fish and sauce. Make
the fish quite hot and season carefully. II you
have no white sauce, moisten the fish with lit
tie extra milk. Break the eggs into basin,
phisk for few minutes and add the milk and
little seasoning. Melt the rest OF the butter in
the emelet pan. When it is hot, pour in the eggs
and stir over the FIRE till the eggs begin to set.
Hold it for few seconds longer over the FIRE:
then put the fish in the middle, fold the edges
over the fish and turn over on to hot dish. :
LUNCHEON OR TEA.
Fruit. 2
Bouillun.
Welsh Rabbit in the Chadng Din.
Water Cress Salad.
Brown Bread and Butter. -s
Cherry Gateau.
Tea or Cocoa.
CHERRY GATEAU.-Take pound Of cher.
ries, ounce of leaf gelatin four Of loaf
sugar, half pint of water and cochineal. Stalk
and stone the cherries. Crush some of the stones
and keep the kernels. Boil the sugar and water
for five minutes; add the cherries and boil for ten
and add it to the cherries, sugar and watef-
Throw in the kernels and color nicely with cochi
neal Pour the mixture into wet mold. Stir
now and then till it begins to set Turn out
when cold and serve with cream or custard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

nothing but cerulean skies and ba1my
breezes. for at least week may be sad
ly belied by the tornado that springs up
as il from nowhere. A garden party
that opens to the singing of birds and
the smile of the sun may end to the
accompaniment of thunder and the cold,
steady beat Of the drenching rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05
Iou e ~ v RANDA TEA

XOMAN is sentimental
- II creature. She is willing
KNA to suffer any amount of
inconvenience provided
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

l. ARTS. June The woman
of fashion selects her para
sol as carefully as her
gown. With her there is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-05

DINNER.
Corn Soup
Dreaded Veal Outlets.
Mashed Potatoes.
Mock Crab Salad.
Escaloped Eggplant.
Dreamed Onions.
Caramel Custxrds.
Coffee.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-18
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
OF A BOILER.
Fatal Accident at Gin House Near
Albany,

Albany, Ca, Dec. 17.-News reached
here of the explosion of one of the boil
ers at the gin of Hall & Wallace in
East Dougherty county, near Worth,
about s O'Clock this morning. The eX-
plosion hurled the other boiler twenty
five feet away, and completely demol-
ished the gin, killing Charlie Seamore,
fireman, and fatally injuring VIII Bar
Der. Allen Anderson was slightly hurt.
The boilers had been steamed for
about three-Quarters of an hour when
the explosion occurred. and it is be-
lieved to have been due to the care
lessness of the fireman in letting too
heavy a steam pressure form in the
boiler.
Seamore and Barber were standing
near the boiler at the time of the ex-
plosion. Anderson was in the gin
house. All those injured were negroes.
Mr.. G. A. Wallace, one of the owners
of the gin, was in the press room, the
only part of the gin that was left stand
ing. He escaped uninjured. The gin
was built last summer, and was worth
about $500. 1t is practically a COM
plete loss.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-18
STATE RESTS ITS CASE
AGAINST LAURA BlGGAR.
Evidence Against Her I'm Charge Of
Conspiracy.

Freehold. N. j., Dec. 1.-THE first
Laura Biggar, DR.. Charles G. Hen
drycks and Samuel Stanton for alleged
conspiracy to get the estate of Henry
M. Bennett was A. V. ID. Watterson of
Pittsburg. one of the executors of Mr..
Benefits estate and a beneficiary un-
der the will. Mr.. Watterson said Dr.
Hendrycks told him last June that he
would either claim for Miss Biggar
her share of the estate under the will
or lay claim to the whole estate for
her as the common-law wife of Mr.
Bennett, or put in a claim for the serv-
ices she had rendered MIR. Bennett dur
ing the last years of his life.
Henry Croft, clerk. in a New York
stationery store, testified regarding the
blank certificate signed by Mr. Stan
ton, former justice of the peace, setting
forth the alleged marriage of Miss Big
gar and Mr. Bennett Witness said
certificates of the kind said to have
been used by Stanton were printed
Dec. 23, 1900 The date of the mar
riage certificate was Jan. 2, 1898.
Louis Pegassi of Hoboken, who own
ed the house in which Justice of the
I-tdCc ONdHlOii bNEb III 1000 WuCH the
marriage is alleged TO have been per-
formed testified that at that time there
was no Justice" sign on the house.
This was in fiat contradiction Of some
Of the testimony given at Long Branch
last summer.
Surprise was expressed when it was
announced that this closed the case for
the prosecution, as it was generally be-
lieved that the state had much addi-
tional evidence of an important charac-
ter.
j. w. McConville. Miss Biggar's first
husband, and Joseph barrow testified
for the defense that Mr.. Bennett told
them Miss Biggar was his wife.
DR.. J. W. Connolly Of Bayonne tes-
tilted that he was present at the birth
of Miss Biggar's child in Hendrycks'
sanitarium.
The case was adjourned until to-
morrow.