The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
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Orange blossoms for brides are back
in fashion again and the fall brides will
carry shower bouquets of them and
wear them in their hair. OF course
orange blossoms have never really gone
out-there have always been brides just
sweet and old-faShioned enough to like
them and insist upon wearing them but
of course they aren't snowy. they're just
sweet and of late years the bridal bou-
quets and couture flowers have oftener
been lilies, or orchids or roses or some
more effective blossoms.
An interesting Swiss custom in con-
nection with the bridal bouquet requires
the mistress of ceremonies who may be
the brides mother or godmother or
whatever one of ner older friends she
may designate for the duty to throw
the wreath or bouquet into an open fire
while the bridal party stands about and
watches it burn. If it burns quickly
the newly married pair will have great
prosperity but if it requires a long time
to turn into ashes it is an omen of ill
luck.
There are a few stunning new wraps
in the shops although not nearly all the
fall and winter Things which the New
York buyers found in the east have
reached town yet. The burnt orange
call them burnt onion and
such names as that but they are really
nothing but variations of burnt orange
are terribly in Enthusiastically be-
cause, although new and stunning they
are so very pronounced and so trying
to most compilations that they seem
quite impracticable for ordinary use.
nobody would associate that
term with the wraps in question. They
are plainly for carriage wear and would
be woefully out of place on a street car.
There are two of orange broadcloth
lined throughout with taffeta in the
same shade and in the three-quarter
dolman styles that are SO popular this
Pa n hnFafn design
in the same tone almost
covering it.
More disable though not SO striking is
a white broadcloth cloak in the same
style with a suspicion of turquoise blue
broadcloth on collar and cuffs. But the
handsomeSt ready made wrap seen in
Topeka in many a day is that one
shown at Kansas avenue shop of pale
creamy tan broadcloth with high roll
ing collar and deep cuffs of sable mar
broadcloth with squirrel. 1t is
severely plain, long, VoluminouS, exceed
ngly we'll cut and well made. The price
would stagger some, of course, but it is
really not high in consideration of the
garments many good qualities.
Just as American leaders of fashion
we're beginning to swathe their heads in
veil upon veil as a reaction against the
oareheaded fad which having been
adopted by the country boarder and
he seaside "tripper'' had become quite
90 common for them to follow English
society was adopting the transatlantic
custom of the good old summer time
md discarding its headgear. An Eng
iSh magazine comments on this phe-
lomenon. At the seaside resorts, it
;eems, the number of bare heads last
summer was very noticeable. Previous
v the practice of going about hatless
vas confined almost exclusively to the
superior class, 1.-The lower, middle and
working classes seeming to regard head |
rear of eccentric character as an essen |
ial part of holiday attire. But it is re- |
narkable," it goes on to say, how |
many young men of the varsity stamp |
md their sisters are to be seen just now |
Win bareheads. A correspondent writes |
hat at one favorite resort even the |
natrons do all their shopping without |
lats and the girls have adopted a style |
# couture for the morning which en- |
b1es them to defy wind and give their |
air the benefit of good blow"
But the practice Of going hatlesS |