The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-08


town this week and ever since his ar
rival on Monday nobby new skirts have
been appearing on the streets, for this
was surely too good an opportunity to
lose to get a skirt made for nothing.
And who is not bit gleefui over sue
cessfuI effort at getting something for
nothing? But the pessimist will prob
ably turn up his nose and say that no
one ever gets anything for nothing,
and the price that is not paid for max
ing the skirt is added to the real cost
of the material. But Danish such q
thought and let us all be happy in the
possession of one of these pretty skirts
which we did not have to hire made
A Lingerie Sale.
Another enterprising firm which was
not willing to let the skirt man" have
things all his own way, had a lingerie
sale which attracted vast crowds of So
ciety folk from the time the store was
opened in the morning to the hour of
closing in the evening. Since formal
social functions of all kinds are tabooed
during Lent informal receptions are
held in the shops and the quiet little
gossip over the counters is fraught with
even more interest than that over the
tea cups at MiIady's at homes. Only
three short weeks more and this will all
be changed, and the matronS and maids
will again be deep in the social whirl-
The Summer Sash.
lie great SASH ana the small SdSu are
both here. The former is made out OF
wide ribbon. Liberty of two-faced
Eatin. and is brought around the waist
and knotted on the side. If it is an
empire sash. and there are many such
this year, it is knotted little bit high
er than the waist, and the ends hang
long and low. The loops are rather
short and stand out quite Stiffiy, says
the Pittsburg Gazette.
The short loop is characteristic of the
new sash. 1t stands out at right angles
TO the ends and has something of the
prim look of an old-time sash ribbon.
Miss Alice Roosevelt who is generally
a very mature young lady in her style
of dress. wore few days ago such a
sash tied in the back with loops and
ends in very girlish fashion. The ends
were wide and hung low They were cut,
not slanting but rounded. and were very
pretty in their broadness, unrelieved by
a particle of decoration
A sash. with embroidered ends. was
worn by a Brooklyn beauty, who tied
it in the back with short loops and let
the ends trail upon the skirt of her
gown TO the very floor.
The chiffon sashes are very desira BILE
and much can be done with them One
of these consisted of a width of chiffon
with a little double white satin ruching
upon each edge. The ruching was car
ried around the entire length of chiffon.
The sash was then tied in a very easy
fashion, or rather was not tied at all
but merely crossed and fastened with a
pretty pin.
Pretty Collars.
The girl who is expert with her needle
can fashion her own collars and there
is no doubt that she will excite the envy
of her girl friends by her unique and
becoming designs. Colored linen makes
very pretty collars, and as one some
times desires a change from the popular
and always pretty white band, these
Colored linens in pinks, blues, lavenders
and greens are numbered among the
smart young womans neckwear, says
tie New York Telegram.
Collars have not escaped the epidemic
of French knots, In fact, this odd en-
broidery forms the chief trimming for
them at present. The ScallOp doesn't
seem to be quite the finish for these
bands, so instead scroll design show
ing an almost straight edge is done in
buttonhole stitch. and above that is d
bit of embroidery, following out the
French knots.
A delft blue embroidered in this style
in black is smart and effective. The
blue linens, by the way, will be found
much more serviceable and generalIy
becoming than some of the other shades.
There is something youthful looking
about the neat white or colored band
running around the top of the collar.
and almost any woman will find the
style suited TO her. The only way to
keep these protectors unrumpled when
worn with ribbon is to have an un-
derneath foundation of pique or Stiffen-
ed stock. Lace itself is not considered
quite so smart for collars but the honf-
ton and lace braids. put on in straight
bands and held together with a fancy
lace stitch, make an effective trimming.
Women as Dentists.
women have a special aptitude for
dentistry, and it is a profession that is
admirably suited to them, in many re-
spects. said dentist yesterday. ROtner
countries have recognized this fact
much more generally than ours, aud
Germany. Sweden and even Russia have
many women dentists says the New
York Tribune
The first woman in this country TO
adopt the profession was a Jewess who
studied in the University of MARYLAND
The diploma was withheld, however. be-
cause she was a woman. The first NO
man to receive a diploma in dentistry
was Miss MalrSel. who was a gradu-
ate Of the Ohio Dental college in 1860
The second was Mime. HirschffeId, who
was graduated from the PennsvlvanI.,
Dental college in 1869, and afterward
%Snt to Berlin. where she was made