The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07

men possess in a marked degree. Com
pare group of the older clubmen, for
example and a number of their femi-
nine contemporaries. Younger women
viii still find the old beaus attractive,
it would be manifestly impossible for
young men to pay anything but re-
Spectful attention to the old ladies. how
ever agreeable they may be Its not
the old men alone who score by being
well dressed and well grOOned" re-
joined the listener. u had a Verita bic
shock the other day on seeing a man
whom [ used to know very we'll who
about ten years ago married and went
to live somewhere in the suburbs. When
/ knew him he was a brilliant young
lawyer OF great promise. and very good
looking Now he is careless in his dress,
and has entirely lost his air of distinc-
ton and there is no reason for it. He
has simply let himself 60 through indif-
Terence. [ hear he has a charming wife,
and he is getting on well in his profess
sion, but he has lost more than his good
looks in neglecting his person. He looks
IS if he had given UP youth and ambi-
ton. New Orleans Picayune.
A notable feature of all luncheon ana
reception gowns this winter has beer
the elbow sleeve with its inevitable
draperies and the absence of gloves.
Many women carry with such toilef
but q diminutiVe CONNECTION especially
designed for the swagger in door after
noon costume With it comes a tippet
Of ermine such as our great grandmoth-
ers wore and this is generally thrown
over one shoulder or crossed in the
back.
A very handsome model in winter
travelling clOaks is made of a deep shade
of brakes neck blue pilot cloth. The
wrap is full length, is Newmarket shape
a the back, and with loose fronts. The
Garrick shoulder cape has its three
edges finished with an inch-wide band
of sealskin- The wrap is lined with
sable-brown satin. A Pingat carriage
cloak is of Havana-brown cloth Joined
to a deep Empire yoke of the finest
white cloth richly overlaid with gold
passementerfe. This neCk-portiOn is part
of a long, nearly tight undertook,
through which the arms pass These
white cloth fronts are striped alternate
ly their entire length with gold and
brown braid. The sides of the over
cloak and the collar are edged with a
tiny roll of sable, which makes q fine
harmony with the rich sable brown the
white, and the gold
Among spring dress fabrics there VIII
appear some new tartans in very pretty
color mixture like old rose. sage grey
and cream white. sumach red, olive
green, and golden brown; mauve. amber.
and damask red etc. There will also be
displayed handsomely striped plaids
besides many floral and conventional
patterns in delicate art colOrs. These.
on sample cards, appear thus far to Oh
tain over the elegant st3f-colOred fine
woods that to so many are preferable.
and more refined than their gayer con-
trasts- It is said that these stripes and
plaids. on new spring gowns, will be-
I arranged so as to diversity the usual
effect of line going all in one direction.
the fabric on some of the bodices being
cut so that in the case of stripes these
all converge at certain seams, and to
produce this result the side seams arc
/ taken on no IF the linInz-
of the gown be cut exactly on the
straight and the outside bias, there VIII
be no fear of undue stretching, though
the two materials be cut in exactly OPP
posite ways.
All the prophecies concerning the con-
tinuaton Of the vogue of the lily-shaped
dress skirts seem now quite likely to
Tnaterlalize among forthcoming spring
( styles. The flare below the knees will be
produced IN various attTa CtlNe ways
Grace is still evidently to be the key.
note in matters of dress, while all the
sort. beautiful woods and downy camePs~
halr and zibeline fabrics of the new sea-
son viii contribute their share to the
ciinging. seui-classic scheme of the day.
This is the era of the short dinner
Never were dinners better or more
costly. but it is nevertheless important
that the dinner should not last more
than certain time even if it be given
in ones home and is intended as the
main incident of the evening. not mere
~ as prelude to the theater or opera,
says the New York sun.
A decade ago the quality of dinner
was determined almost entirely by its
length. If it continued long enough it
was a success. And to drag it out there
We're various expedients without the
/ least gastronomic value. There were
various hors d'oeuvres before the oys-
tiers; then there appeared at intervals
1 between the fish. roast and game 11n-
! eiassified timbales, pates and entrees.