The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-14
For the Women.


when anybody asks me to be usher
at a wedding after this I'm going to re-
quire personal and city references says
a young lawyer. I'm not going to ush-
er again unless I'm sure that the bride
isn't going to think new ideas for the
performance. I was let in little while
ago by my Cousin Lucinda. and do
sincerely hope she'll have a perfectly
miserable welded life. Lucinda prides
herself on being oroginaI. she insisted on
being married in the evening, for no other
reason in the world than that George
best man. whom she sweetly detests,
mas parenthesis legs. and she wasn't go
ing 60 let him hide his warDedness IN a
frock coat When we rounded up at the
house before the church ceremony, Lu-
clnda announced that she had present
Tor each usher and we were to wear
them to the obsequieS. What do you
think they were? Why, Lucinda and her
bridesmaids had fashioned with their
own fair hands eight fob chains, three
hngers wide and half yard or so long,
out of gaudy white and yellow beads, to
match the bridesmaids frocks- she
wouldn't go a step till every man of us
had fastened one. of these Apache
streamers to his watch pocket. We all
pranced I'D the aisle looking like set
OF clothing store dummies with the price
tickets on us. I shall never live down
that scandalous watch fob. Somebody
had told Lucinda that real men would
be going around this winter with fancy
work book marks like that for fObS, and
she was bound to have her way. ushed
once in a crocheted lavender necktie
that the bride made, but that was in the
country and didn't cause me to be de-
spised by people who know me. This
bead fob business has settled me. I
won't be usher again at any wedding
that a woman has anything to do with
The Woman About Town in the
Washington Post.
a~a ar@fV7 F7TTIo in,
ties says Topeka woman recently
returned from New York. ''Tuile
sashes, decolleta draperies, knots and
choux are exceedingly popular for even !
ing and afternoon toilets and especially
for dancing frocks. a net, point
d'esprit or mousseline with accessories |
of tuI1e is charming Don't pay any
attention to the people who say the de- |
lightful fuzzy-wuzzy' is going out On |
the contrary it is bigger and better |
than ever like the circuses. In black |
white or shades to match the frock they |
are worn at the back of the collar be- |
meath the chin, under the ear and in |
the hair. Not all at the same time of /
course, although frequently worn in /
the back and front at once"
A beautiful evening wrap is made of /
the exquisite new velvet which, you /
know is as soft, pliable and graceful as
crepe, in black The body of the coat |
is long and full, double breasted and |
with a wide double box pleat in the /
back. stitched down as far as the /
shoulders. There are three capes, one |
three quarters length, one just below |
the waist and the top one coming well |
down over the shoulders to the elbow. |
Each of these is deliberately embroider- |
ed in a border design of hop blossoms /
and leaves. The coat proper is unlined |
but the capes are lined throughout with |
white chiffon velvet. The buttons are
large enameled affairs in gold and /
white and turquoise.
One becomes rather tired of the capes
especially in the commonest double and /
triple variety which finish most of the
rain coats at the neck and The Mother |
Goose hoods with which some of the I
newest models are finished are pleasing /
novelty. There IS very stunning long /
cloak in a Topeka shop, in mixed
tan suiting. 1t has a double box-pleat |
In the back a Neither Goose hood, brass |
buttons and the neat coat collar faced |
with bright golf green broadcloth.
A stunning visiting girl in town last |
week wore at an entertainment given |
in her honor by her hostess a very love- |
" gown of white crepe combined with |
gold embroidered chiffon The skirt had
a deep pointed yoke of the chiffon and
was laid in small perpendicular tucks
below let out at flOunce depth Wide |
folds trimmed the bottom of the skirt
and were arranged in groups to the
yoke. The bodice had a yoke OF the |
chiffon with long tabs extending there |
from and dropping over the blousing |
lower part. The sleeves had deep cuffs
Of the chiffon below large dropping |
puffs Of the crepe.
An exquisite hand made negligee ex-
hibited here by an out of town girl fur |
nishes a hint for an enga cement pres |
ent. It was of white china silk and |
valenciennes lace and edging. The tiny |
pin tucks extending from the throat to
below the shoulders were entirely hand |
made and reappeared again in the wide
round collar tucked solidly with entire |
deux of the insertion and edged with a
ruff1e of the lace. The elbow sleeves |
were similarly finished with deep shaped
ruff1es. The same girls wardrobe in |
cludes a matinee, something on the
same order in pale blue crepe de chine |
and one in dark blue habutai.
Josephine gowns and cloaks have new |
er really gone out since their return a |
decade or so ago for there are always
women Of independent ideas in dress |
who keep one or two of these pictur- |
esque models in their wardrobes. But
the rank and file of fashionable women, |
those who know only how to initiate or |
at least follow the prevailing mode, |
have not worn short WASTED gowns out |