The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-04

bound with velvet and with a trimming
of wings or breasts and velvet or taffeta
they are neat and appropriate for gen
eral wear The rolling brimS are vastly
becoming to the average face. and are
quite rejuvenating in effect, giving
jaunty. self-reliant, Independent air to
the most hopelessly passe and discour-
aged. There is a dark blue MORE hat OF
this description in town, the crown of
chiffon laid in folds and the low crown
encircled with a wreath of velvet roses
in two shades of blue. One in a light
mode cancels hair felt, the brim edged
with brown felt and the large low crown
of white felt is trimmed with brown
and white breasts and mode velvet
Flowers are not banished with the
summer Roses dahlias nasturtiums,
used, and the new velvet foliage Is
stunning. The rough felts and beavers
are the most in vogue. and ostrich
plumes. quilts. smartly set wings,
crests and tips are used for trimming.
Miss Elizabeth White, a New York
modiste and prominent member of the
Eastern Association of American Gown
builders, gave in an interview in re-
cent New York American some very
sensible suggestions about the female
form divine. She insists that any wo-
man may have a good figure and names
end a good walk a good carriage and
good corset. The latter may be
bought for from So to s25 and the form
acquired by patient practice. Miss
White gives the rules with which every
one ought to be familiar, although judg-
ing from the appearance of the ma
jOrity of women you meet, few are: to
throw the chest forward, the abdomen
in. the hips back, the weight upon the
ball of the foot, hold the head high and
White says the trouble is not so much
that women don't buy good corsets as
that they don't know how to put them
on. If a woman will buy a straight
front corset, put it on properly and
stand and walk we'll she will look well
no matter how fat or how thin she may
be. The corset should always be IN
laced at least partly at night To
squeeze into corset every day, regard
less of temporary changes in the figure
is ruinouS to it. A great many women
boast that they never change their
cersets, but if they did it would be bet
ter for the corset and for themselves.
/ When the corset is put on, says Miss
/ White, the laceS should be very loose.
Fasten the front hook, just to keep it
about you, then begin at the bottom and
fasten it to the top, pull it down thor
oughly on the hips and pull the abdo-
men up before lacing it as tight as you
like to wear it, then bring the strings
around in front and fasten them at the
bottom on the left side. pushing the knot
and ends underneath the edge so they
won't interfere with the smooth fit OF
the gown.
Some New York authority on woman's
I dress gives these rules for the wearing
of jewels: If your hair is yellow wear
gems that have a yellow CLINT.
If your eyes are blue the turquoise is
the stone for you.
Opals may be worn by women with
unusually clear skins.
The garnet and the ruby belong prop
erly to the woman with lips like the
red, red rose.
The same woman. a fashionable
| modiste, has rather unique ideas as to
other details of dress For instance.
she says women with straight eyebrows
should affect straight lines in their
gowns.
Among her "donts" and dos" are:
Don't allow your belt to extend more