The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04

said the newly-engaged girl. ~and
never could see how she could be so in
consIderate- 1t IS one of my earliest req
elections but the pity I felt for the
poor husband has haunted me for
years I went with my mother. when !
was Little bit Of a tot TO nay q visit
to 4 friend of hers q delicate aristo-
cratic looking. semi-iuvaIid I remem-
Der that her husband was big and dark
and rather coarse and the contrast be-
tween them struck me At the time. The
lady began telling MY mother about
birthday present her husband had Civ
en- her ard that IS the only part OF the
conversation I reEueEu Der. You know /
detest surprises she said. Ny organ
ism can't stand them. and even il they
are what most people would call pleas
ant their abFuDtness makes them very
disa gresaole 10 me IMAGINE then my
sensations TO wake u on the morning
Of my birthday ana see those horrible
objects staring ne IN the face Robert
had had them carried into ny room
while I was asleep and they were lean
ing against the wall Just opposite my
bed 50 that they were the rrsL things
my eyes fell upon when I opened them
He came IN 10 witness my rapturous
ioy in his gift and found me shrieEius
and shiverlng IN nervous chill with
my head under the bedclothes- For
Heavens sake, Robert. L pleaded, take
them away and never let me see them
again He hung them in his own room
and I shut my eyes whenever 60 past
for fear the door should be open and ]
should happen TO see them BUT II you
think you can stand it after this solemn
warning, I wish you would 90 II tnere
and Just take look at them and tell
me III you wonder I was i'll for a week
after the shock
We'll what was it2" asked the ST.
very haired matrou curIously-
1T was pretty bad" admitted the
newly engaged girl Two crayon por-
traits-the enlarged kind you know
OF her little son and daughter. Lhey
were beautiful children and you know
how hIdeous those portraits are
didn't see anything wrong with them
because the heavy magnificent frames
IMPRESSED me but mother gaspec- she
went back and told the invalid that
she didn't blame her for not wanting
them in her room And must say that
I don't either. now But eouIdn help
feeling sorry for the husband whose
sincere wish to please her had been so
i'll appreciated
A Topeka womau's letter from a New
York friend informs her that for the
seasons tub gown nothing viii be
more popular than chamorsay gIng1arIls
in any of the delicious shades OF blue
in which this charming cotton fabric
is manufactured There is really Moth
ing so cool. clean and fresh as the blue
q
clear strong dark blue, the delicate
faded old blue or the serene gray blue
These are TO BE- combined with any q
the many kinds CT heavy window cur
tain lace" as the New York woman ex-
pressed IT, which are driving all other
trimmings to the background this sea-
son
And speaking Of lace. there is really
no limit to the purposes TO which It
may be used OF the amount used the
lace robe for formal functions the lace
waists with plain cloth skirts or skirts
Of combined cloth and lace the lace
coats, or the wide, round collars which
trim them, skirt and bodice Jokes.
Corselers. boler1s- undersleeVes and
oversleeves. bands and cuffs are some
Of the ways in which this exquisite gar
niturs may be employed according 70
The taste and the resources Of the
wearer. A Kansas avenue shop has
been showing some beautiful new pat
terms, many Of which win appear in the
Easter parade Among the most p0pu-
lar are the new CIunys which come In
wide edgings ard Insertions and are
used to emheIlish the light WoOls- the
summer silks and chalIes and which
VIII later be used extensively on the
linen summer frock-
But frock is too simple q term for
the creations which have been evolved
from the unprstentious hneR tub
gowns Of seasons past Nothing IN NY
Ladyfs wardrobe this approaching sum
Uer Of 1908 VIII surpass in elaborate
I her modiste's best efforts viii be bent