The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-25

~ ARTS. March 14-After mica
RENE Paris became insuffera bly,
dull so / ran over to Monte
n Carlo TO brighten up a little and
see to use an Americanism. what
was doing at this gay resort in the
world of clothes. Everybody was we'll
RoWned and happy. Even the beggars,
while plying their trade just as energet-
icany. are uncomfortable only in a
slight degree. for the sun and soft air
are common inheritance.
II was simply Paris with a new mise
en- scene. All round one. on the casino
terrace. on every side. the forecast and
flower of Nine. Fashion latest efforts
greeted the beholder.
1T was a discouraging spectacle for
the woman not blessed with a million
or a phiosophic disposition. and thou
shalt not envy thy neighbor's gowns.
her hats her chic and her general well
being was a law ones heart did not feel
inclined to keep.
But the law of compensation came to
one's rescue and whispered in a COM
forting way. Most Of the women you
envy are merely Illustrations by cele-
brated sartorial contemporaries. and if
they should lose the money which pays
for these Illustrations where would they
o. in the matter Of appearance ?"
On the other hand. the happy pos
SCISSOR of the conjuring art of how to
DE well gowned and coutented by the
exercise of mother wit and a pair of
skiiiful hands is beyond the whims of
couturieres and the fluctuations of the
stock market These are great COM
pensaGons which certainly leaven a
whole lump Of envy.
AT first glance the present fashions
have nothing whatever to DO with econ
omy. but after steady gaze much in
that line is possible For instance, a
last years skirt can he made to look
entirely new if it had in the beginning a
good flare cut by simply applying rows
of wavy braid as high up as ones figure
win becowingly permit If straight
lines are essential to well being, trim
each seam with braid or stitched bands
of taneta silk with here and there
handsome buttons or tiny tassels-
Kilt plating extending quite to the
Knee ia some harmonizing material viii
very successfully give the required flare
IL "A skirt have it not.
Bodices and coats can be given the
1880 droop. without which feature we
are decidedly demode by the addition
of "A cape or capes we'll fitted on the
shoulder and "A thousand and one little
admits OF being brought right up to
date with very slight alterations. In
sorting a puff ia a tight sleeve below
the elbow works wonders. and a con-
trasting fabric viii not this season give
a. appearance Of dress renaissance
That no radical change will be effect
Cd in dress. although the new combina
tons are manifold, beautiful and trans
forming. is assured by a remark made
by Worth the other day to a client:
Madam. you may have new bread de-
hvered from a baker each day. but you
cannot expect new ideas each day from
your dressma ker."
We all know what an authority this
great artist is and when he makes a
statement of this kind followed by the
explanation that the onward march OF
ideas in fashion auses the novelty OF
the day to be simply an adaptation
from the characters of bygone modes
and that the cleverness of the createur
IS proved by the manner in which he
applies his styles" the last word has
been said. Nevertheless we know the
0ltcome viii be grace itself