The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-18
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. Women.

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This fad for home dressmaking
grows apace-whateve that may mean
Rarely this summer do you meet girl
in Topeka at least, who hasn't made all
or a share Of her shirt waist and "tuO
suits. A local tailoring school has
counted among its pupils half of the
society girls and women in town during
the spring and summer. The com
plant is often made that the girls III
this country can't cook but it is not fair
70 saw that they cann't sew. Some
mean man has said that the tact theS
can sew is less an evidence OF theI N
dustry than of their vanity-that 1hey
learn to sew in order to have more new
gowns. Whether that is their real mouNe
or not it is true that the most attrac-
tfvelv gowned summer girls are those
who make their own clothes. Inc cLteA
charm of the cotton frOck is its slmplc-
ity and simplicity is term uhhhV~,i
to the average fashionable gown Duliu-
err A carte blanche order Tor a plailll
frock that can go to the tup 49,
week If necessary" is usuaily H.
preted to mean yards and yards OF laO s'
quantities of stirring, tucking anu lIoa u
fling, elaborate bodice, Ella pordle si00'
and elaborate skirt. -,. .,
THE reason 1 am learning to sew,
said young matrOn who mas a me- ,et d,
allowance and is noted LOT htA D~-
eowning. lis because can not per 49,
nv rnodiste to make me anything SIM
ME am always planning pam
frock for home dinners or morning W. We
or informal afternoon visits 10 my -
note friends but when it comes nome
a. a. TOO fna for any ordinary purpose.
The result is that 1 have always loO ~
overdressed. Yes, I am quite IN low
with this simple little SWISS II cos'
me only SIS counting material, my n.y., -" 7
nv
bad down town while l was making IT,
ard I declare that 1 like 1t better lu nan
some things madame has made LOT liz
at a cost of $50 or $50" .o,,+
1T learned to sew at the conNSne
where / was educated" said one or heI
friends land where it was considered
,,ita as important a branch OF euuCa-
ION as music or the languages L mar n
most Of my summer gowns ana an 'n as
cbifdran's clothes. I wouldn't thlhk VI
s.."+t,,ar their things to a dressmaker'
,,niess I could find one who made spe-
cialtv of the things that little
wear Because childrens
while not difficult to make II yo'
w, M ~ .narticular' They mus
= certain air or they are nor
do,vdv. And the certain ar y
a professional dressmaKer uoes"
able to get. ,s ,,,o1,, bo,y 10
se,,. and understand something az
c,t+inr and fitting. if only to be 60
10 direct her gOwnbuilder, sara d W
woman of the party. lhe - -
istes WIN make hopeless bolCils9
t5r,es and again will utterly ran -
Itch your idea; but if you KhoE
something about sewing you eau S0s -.
Illustrate it. l have notlceu M -, 80
women who make their own tuD liI ,s
NOT only look better in them t hs.n
- ,,onoon do. but the elaborate
toilets made for them ny proIess,l ~ ~ a.,
have a distinguished air wnlch w
same rnodiste will fail to give ner olneL
T,roductions A seamstress VINO s eMe
~ The dav gives some women better
results than the Chicago or New oi
houses turn out for their neigh ors'
1t would surprise the uninltiated 10
\ know how inexpensively many SlIls
Irese They always look well ana
seem TO have any amount OF clothes LOT
all occasions, but they make tneH a.
home either alone or with the ana Oh d
seamstress. choose Inexpensive ma se
rails watch the bargain sales Tor
'.snaps." and succeed in looking well
dressed on very little Undoubtedly
there are many young girls IN Iopeka
whose clothes cost rot more than $40
a month The average summer girl
has many gowns in her wardrobe Whlch
did not cost s.. of course there Is no
limit to the amount of money one may
spend If one has it. but it is mistake
to suppose that girl who makes her
own clothes can not dress well on p
very limited allowance. especially j.
summer
The summer afternoon card ~
thimble party has become back -i'i-
Der in Topeka. In their stead the f 's
entertain in a way that requires
rreparation and less trouble, and Is So
more enjoyable. This is the 'napphs Is
party" the latest fad of summer host
esses A mapping party is necessarily
small and select, with invitations Inn
tied to half a dozen, but an infinite
number of such entertainments can be
given without taxing ones nerves and
strength in the least. At the end of
the summer one has kept up friendly
relations with the rest of ones friends
who have been doomed by reason of
poverty or on any other account to stay
fn town all summer and at the same
time has stored up sleep and energy for
the winter season.
o sing a song of the mapping bee"
As the summer days browse by;
In kimonas is bliss
When the weather's like this
And the mercury's high as the sky.
Ellen Terry has a French maid who
has reduced trunk packing to a scie\ te.
She puts three times the quantity of