The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-01


1t is the little accessories and details
of dress that mark the entire costume as
a success of a failure. and one of the
most important features is the collar. A
gown which in all other respects may
be perfect may be married by the man
ner of finishing the neck, so the greatest
care should be taken in this particular.
There are more varieties in the man.
ner of fixing the neck than any other
part of the costume For every day
wear, and even dress up occasions the
little "turnovers'' or protection collars
are indispensable. An enterprising dry
goods store on Kansas avenue bought
hundred dozen Of these little turn
overs" piled them on a table and sold
them for five cents apiece. some of
them were of the daintiest patterns,
such as usually sell for % or 80 cents,
and others one would want to be paid
that much for wearing them. but with
in less than half a day over half of the
hundred dozen ..turnovers'' We're sold,
so for awhile at least every one viii
wear them.
The newest thing in "turnovers" are
OF heavy White linen or crash and elaD-
oratefy embroidered in the most gorge
Gus colorS CT silks. Some have the
straight turnover and others are seal
lcped, rounding or pointed, but all are
much deeper than have formerly been
worn
The straight linen collar has been pre-
scribed for shirtwaistz swear this sunni
fner though all sorts of soft collars fer
extremely warm weather will be in
vogue With the linen collar any kind
of a tie may be worn, such as the string
tie, the four in hand. the batwing or
the. ascott- Pique collars will be worn
great deal; they are pretty and not
SO stin and uncomfortable as the ordi-
nary linen ones.
1t is on the dress up collars however
that the greatest amount of effort is
expended for they often combine several
different materials and cOlors. There Is
one rule that must be followed in the
selection of neckwear and that is. al
ways choose what is most becoming, re
CARELESS of style.
A Season of FouIard.
A foulard season it is evidently to be.
In addition to all the weavers mention
ed in previous letter we have a liberty
satin that is marVelously beautiful. both
in colors and designs All sorts of mod
els are shown, but there is a certain and
definite tendency toward voluminousness
at the lower portion of the skirts. and
toward emphasizing all perpendicular
lines IL order to accentuate the slender
effect, s-,ys the Washington Post. Time
was when we stroVe to keep seams as
fnconSpicuouS as might be- but all that
IS of the past. Today we elaborate them
with lace stitches, insert lace. pipe them
with satin of contrasting color and do
all in our power to make them serve as
decoration as we'll perform their pro
sale service.
An entirely new model foulard, in soft
tans with white is cut most peculiarly
but serves to emphasize this tendency.
and to show how pipingS are used. Each
gore of the skirt widenS below the knees.
then is cut to give fiounce effect with
an irregular upper edge and each seam
is piped with white so making success
sion OF curves, not unlike Scrolls round
the entire skirt. A really lovely model
In black and white, is finished with a
circular ,hOunce plated at the upper
edge, and shows entire deux of black
chantilly at each seam, through the
meshes of which is caught d glimpse of
pale blue foundation skirt There is a
marked tendency toward just such eff
fects.
New Fad.
One of the fads of the hour is to en-
broider buttons for your jackets and
gowns. Many of the young girls are
hard at work embroidering pretty but
tons on white and eeru linen and grass
cloth for their summer dresses. The
material is stamped just the size of the
button required in one large piece
Then, when finished. it is cut out and
made over a wooden button-mould- An
attractive set of both large and small
buttons, for jacket and shirt waist. are
being done in f0rget-me-nots in blue
silk on a natural colored linen Six
small ones for the waist, eight for the
front and two for each cuff. These
buttons worked in wash silk laundry
as well as any other kind and are ex-
eeedingly ornamental
English DecOIIetage.
Some social wiseacres Of London are
prophesying that bare shoulders at day
light functions will not be the mode dur
ing the reign of Alexandra.
Even in the, earlier years of her reign
Queen Victoria was short and fat In
those days she cared more about her
personal appearance than she did later
and she knew that a decollete bodice
was infinitely more becoming to her
than high collar
SO decolletage was the rule at court
functions during Victoria's reign and
many woman sllivered dismally
through drawing rooms and took home
a cold as a souvenir of the function
says writer in the Sun
Queen Alexandra, tall, slender, and
blessed with throat long enough for a
choker collar, is not averse to decol-
ietage, but she favors the high bodice
At the opening of parliament she wore a