The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

Dame Fashion is changing her plans
but they are no abrupt changes thai
Will materially alter the layout of the
coming gowns. Rather are they
changes that bring out the prettiest OF
the prevailing fashions. while Others
that were not so pretty are obliterated
In the fashion world there are contin-
ually appearing new things or old styles
worked up in new ways. and among
those there are many that catch the
eye at once by their beauty
Lovely lace stoles, for instance, are
fastened around the neck of little silk
bolero coats. with the lace ends hang
ing well down in front, and beautiful
silk rosette adjoining the neck
Beautiful squares of ecru lace. show
ing a heraldic design, are appliqued up
on the right sleeve of the handSomeSt
cloth gowns
Great swirling patterns in braid are
appliqued to the front box plait of the
new linen shirt waists
Braided designs in wash silk braid
are seen upon the cuffs of linen gowns
end upon the cuffs of silk dresses as
yell, for braid is very fashionable.
Deep lace cuffs are stiffened with wire
and slipped on over the cuffs OF Sslk
shirt waists and overcoat cuffs and the
cuffs of wash dresses.
Girdles are made of silk which is stiff
fened and cut to point in the middle
of the front. This girdle is hand en-
broidered, and shows the loveliest of
green flowers to match the green trim
mings of hat and gown.
Brown, which has held its own so well
all summer is to be a still more popu-
lar shade for winter, and both seal
brown and navy blue will lead in fash
ions march.
The dot, always so fashionable. is
coming in and where there was one
dotted gown before. there will now be
a Dozen The dot, to be fashionable,
must look as though done by hand. for
it is the hand embroidered dot which
makes the gown chic.
The most fashionable gown of the
season is & black taffeta, with large
black, raised silk dot The collar is
made of velvet, as are the cuffs, and
there are pipings of turquoise blue
satin to finish both.
Pipings are more than ever the
style, and. to pipe a gown with blue
and white, is a pretty sure way to
secure its general style. The little
line of white gives it neatness and
finish, while the blue gives it the re-
quired note of color.
Here is an important thing to remem-
Der. also: Let there be some embroidery
or lace application upon the afternoon
shirt waists.
The girl who wants to be very stylish
will put in her spare time making
wheels of lace and wheels of silk Let
the wheels be about the size of a sill !
Yer dollar, and, in the middle Of each. |
have in the center another little wheel 1
of lace, and for evening it is the thing l
to place the tiniest button rose in the /
middle of the lace wheel.
There is a new style of neck finish
which is very much liked. 1t looks very |
such But, instead of being cut square !
in sailor fashion, it Is cut in two long /
deep points in front that come down al
most to the belt line. These points are I
edged with Valeneiennes lace which
goes all the way around the collar.
There are long deep points upon the
shoulders that come down over the
sleeve quite to the elbow. The back is
finished in point This is charming
carried out in piece lace. +
A little touch of black appears upon
all fall gowns It is absolutely neces-
sary for the style of the gown. Tiny l.
black velvet buttons are very becoming
to any dress.
In the stock line the stock can be
white with band of black. or a touch
OF black embroidery. to set it off.
Deep black silk cuffs with wide white
lingerie frills are about the smartest
things in the cuff line and they give the
touch of black and white so necessary
to any gown no matter what it's color
IF anything just makes me dead
tired" said the bachelor girl, giving a
vicious slam to the book she had been
reading. ''it is when these women who
have been cared for and coddled all
their lives by devoted fathers, brothers
snd husbands. get up and air their
views on the working woman, the in
dependent woman or whatever they L
choose to call her. If they don't crit use i
her they do What she reSentS even
more. pity her. What in the name Of |;
sense do they know about he,
anyway, when they aren't able to see
two steps beyJad their own comfort
able domici1es. Naturally the woman
who works for living is too much oc-
cupied with that problem to sass back,
so these domestic autocrats have it all
their own wa--
Now, in this story I've just been
reading-a recent and really clever
piece of writing" she went on, 1.-The au-
thor queries as to how far the office
and sympathy of employer
and woman assistant is fair to the wo-
man at nome, adding The free woman
errant goes out, equipped for the days
contest with all her best points accen- ;
tuated. The woman domestic may
have been up all night with a sick or ,
restless child in addition to other I'M
Rvoidable burdens that serve to try her
Can she be at her best, trim, manicured
and as faultless in hair and gown when
her husband leaves for his office as the ,
woman he finds there? Is not this very
contrast a challenger
''Therei would any woman who had ever ,
n6on Se business rscniz me or had It thrust
scriptton? If my best points are accen-
tuated by shaving in a dingy office all
day, by being too tired to sleep at night. |
doing my odd sewing and mendfng at