The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24

AS matter of fact no woman unless
she be greatly understood, has a natu-
raj waist measure as small as eighteen
inches, but when you see some of the
| big, strapping, athletic creatures of
the present going about in a year or
two with their waists drawn in to
! that size you may believe, if you want
! to, that the effect is secured by "a
clever cut of the bodice
But there are those who say Iacing
will never come back into fashion
| that the woman of today is too sensi-
| Bile, too independent, too thoroughly
emancipated from her old vanity and
folly to take up such ridiculous, Vn-
comfortable. unhygienic and inartistio
mode. Well, here's hopingl But you
know the same thing was thought
about the common sense shoes few
mothers daughter tripping through
the seasons on the Frenchiest of
French heels from two to three inches
high. When the short skirts first came
in seven or eight years ago, for rainy
day and pedestrian wear it was said
long skirts would never again be seen
on the streets-that women had learn
ed the comfort of short ones and
would not give them up. Yet in less
than three years trains were worn
everywhere and for all occasions,
even business women adopting them
whenever possible and those who did
stick to the pedestrian skirt chose a
length that only just escaped the
ground when one was standing still
but touched all around when one
walked and was little better than the
sweeping trained affairs. Of course
the short skirts have returned again
because lovely woman must have a
change and this time it is a sensible
one that her tickle fancy has brought
about, but to offset it and prove that
she is no strong minded, unwomanly.
unattarctive dress reformer she goes
mincing about on very high heels and
threatens, to- begin drawing in her
corset into the bargainS~~
Verify, dress reform for women is an
iridescent dream and sometimes it
seems as if for the great mass of
them, common sense were too.
Men are apt to judge girls as they
do cigars-by the wrapper.
When a man feels sporty he doesn't
want a domestic brand of cigar or
girl.
Most men don't care to- relight a CT
gar after it's gone out; same with
their girls.
Some men prefer the last inch of
cigar, others think the beginning has
the better flavor; same with a fiirta-
ton.
Every man has his own way of
striking a match. knocking off the
his teeth. Some smoke a cigar so the
ash won't fall off. That sort hasn't
any trouble with girls. Another Will
keep tapping his cigar with his little
finger and shaking ash off. That's the
man to worry a girl to death. Some
will use four or five matches to a ci-
gar Others will light I'D at the very
first match. The cigar of one man
smokes evenly, that of another VIII
burn all ragged.
The man who smokes his cigar till
the stub burns his mustache is pretty
sure to end up some time by paying
l. h. end Of
cigar; others use a cutter. Other men
break the end between their teeth and
afterward pinch it between their
thumb and finger. That's man to
beware. So is he who uses a cutter
and doesn't look at the cigar as he
ships it. He who sucks a cigar before
cutting the end isn't proposing man.
1t will take a very smart girl to marry
him. The man who cuts his cigar
with his penkntfe, moistens the loosen
ed wrapper and smooths it with his
forefinger is the sort who can be de-
pended upon to begin filtration withrr
out any ballzs, and end it prettily.
The man who holds his cigar at
right angles to his nose when he
smokes can't f1irt. doesn't want to
Iearf and isn't worth teaching. Be
ware the man who want a dry
smoke" The man who wants a long
smoke is a lazy f1irter. If mans
cigar points up as he smokes he's like
" exacting and ardent; If down, he's
hard to get hold on and terrible to
get rid of. He who carriers his extra
cigars loose in his waistcoat pocket is
5eldmo a fearless hugger. The man
who can keep his cigar going while he
makes love either knows his business
awfully well or isn't in love- The man
who inhales his smoke will take all he
can get and more than she ought to
give. Don't trust the man who blows
rings: he's sure to make a noise when
ne kisses. The man who must have a
cigar after dinner fiirts best by day
light If. when man kisses you, you
,ar1 tell on which side he usually holds
his cigar, you do not, really love him,
DR. he smokes terrible cigars-Clara
Bell, in Cincinnati Enquirer.