The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
Stories About inexpensive Suits
Are Almost Mythical.
AN OUT OFTOWN BRIDE
Beautiful Dresses Being Made
for st. marys Girl.
She Will Be Married to Army
Officer Soon.

The men. poor deluded creatures be-
lieve in it. and rave over the Sim
plicity'' of a white muslin which prob
ably cost sixty or seventy-f1ve dollars,
but the women know there's nothing
in it. Tub suits sound economical
but the daughters of the plutocracy
to whom money is no object and who
are above the sordid considerations
can order a 500 japanese linen. a $50
butchers linen. a $40 crash gown
trimmed with Russian cross stitch
and a $125 pongee with adjustable
bands of Persian embroidery without
batting an eye.
Of course there are not many such
tub suits as these in Topeka, but even
here a white linen well made and
trimmed with handsome lace or Har-
danger embroidery can scarcely cost
less than $50. Such one IS among
the Sunday clothes of its possessOr
usually and probably doesn't actually
go to the tub. in spite of its unpreten-
tious name. before the second sum-
mer. Simpler shirt waist SUITS LOT
morning wear may be gotten UP very
inexpensively and are, by the girls
who make their own summer clothes,
and most of the well dressed girls in
Topeka do. But even then think how
much one must have in order to be
always sDotless, and the CHIEF charm
Of summer frocks is their daintiness.
And Just let your imagination dwell
a moment upon the laundry bills!
Saw four frocks a week at from
sixty cents to a dollar each for laun-
dering! Did you say anything about
economy and dressing on nothing in
the good old summer timeE
And now they have a new fad
also one of the ''simDle" kind Lin
gerie hats! Well. if you haven't one
you must see about it right away
You may pay as much as you like for
one. There are beauties in pongee,
white and tan. machine stitched ana
exuuisitely finished: duck and linen
with fine Milan and chip brim edges
and crowns: milKmaid hats of fine
linen with adjustable flower Wreatns
to go with different toilets; p1que hats
with priceless aigrettes; hats OF spilt
bamboo light as a feather that Will
sco71r clean in two seconds; hats OF
lace over wash chiffon frames: Dlue
and pink wash gauze hats ana sun
hornets of every material ana pattern
Directoire bonnets, coal scuttly IN
shane tvfnesz understhe chin, of lawn,
chanabre or batiste. machine stltcheo'
stff1v starched: frilled hats OF null
others of wash silk trimmed with
bands Of velvet which are FeIliI 49, T.-
nets and rnilkmaid hats are worn Tor
smart occasions, for carriage, VlslIlhs
and afternoon tea on the lawn, ~, u
golf, rowing, yachting ana tlS M 1 -
with 2 frill at the back, cordeo anu
stiffened and starched Just as a niue
girls bonnet would be ana JUST -
vour grandmother's was hair CEN
fury ago
u,t,a saason's modes, 1880 skirts,
blouse bodfces. deep girdles and enor-
nous puff sleeves, were charIlllLIsiy
exemplified in a trousseau s MY
finished by a Topeka mousse - =
late in June to a Fort LeaVenworth
army officer The bridal gown Is one
of the lovelIest ever made IN Iopek5'
II is of white boiling cloth emprolo-
arad over white taffeta with an inter
lining of chiffon. The skirt is a long
DIain circular model, slightly gain
cred at the waist. and the unoerShlI =
of silk and chiffon with their VoIuInl-
nous foot ruff1es give it the chic DOT
TOM fare which is the cachet OF the
successful gown The bodice blouses
all around over foIded grule 81 u
white peau de sole. and has run
hte9 chow sleeves. Of white chiffon.
The bride is a young girl only just
out of the convent, ana OF a preCty,
girlish, graceful type, to whom inns ms
will be worn with it Will be most De-
another handsome gown in the
rousseau is a reception tolIet OF
champagne crepe 0C al - W. Ne--
feta. The skirt has a deep shirred
woke and is finished at the bottom
with two groups Of tucks, each com com
posed of three one-1nch tucks ana one
three-inch tuck below. The draped
bodice has a deep shoulder cape en-
bellished with some exquisite WnlLe
lace and edged with ruchings OF chlI-
fon. There is a deep folded girdle OF
champagne peau de sole and touch
of turquoise blue in rosetteS Where
the cape collar ends IN front.
A dainty printed wash blonde in a
pink poppy pattern mblned with val
insertion and edging and Nile green
satin bebe ribbon, is one OF the most
effective If the simplest gown in the
rousseau. The gathered skirt has
several groups of shirring between the
belt and the knees with occasional
inserts of the val insertion bordered
with the ruched green ribbon and
edged with the val lace gathered on.
At the bottom is a wide graduated
founce finished with group of inch
tucks The bodice has yoke OF in
sertion lace and ribbon to match the
skirt trimming, and the same motif is
employed in the finish of the deep
shaped girdle which falls over the
blouse to the girdle of green peau
de sole The big puff sleeves have
cuffs to match the yoke The drop
skirt is of white swiss with pleated
f1ounce edged with narrow lace
A silk shirt waist suit and a tailor
iuetue tAfSS-OlSNS sui We s--1S AA-e-e-
for the same bride here The former
is of blue and white in a small check
with tiny dot in a darker blue
trimmed with bands of plain blue
taffeta stitched in white with many
small white buttons. The skirt has a
pleated front panel and wide gradu-
ated box-pleated f1ounce put on in
Van Dyke points. The bodice is a
blouse with a wide cape collar and a
girdle The tailor-made is an elab-
crate visiting and church toilet of a
champagne and brown novelty mix
ture combined with brown taffeta and
some beautiful lace which repeats the
tones of champagne and brown. The
skirt has q number of wide box-plaits
with tucked panel between. The
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