The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

neld with a second big bow or it is done
in very long apparently loose coil. 1t
\ is never done high or left to hang loose,
or even the braid unconfined, at least
not after a girl is past II.
! But even the youngest girls nowadays
have their hair exquisitely groomed;
this fad for doing the hair so plain
makes the perfect care of it very i'm
portant indeed.
Right in the middle of a season
when summer finery was never more
| that fashionable Europe is at the
races in tight fitting tailor coats, sim
gle breasted, with rather wide skirts
and of three-quarter length 1t re-
minds one of the Yankee deacon al
the dance. Those dignifed new coats
are in pale gray and blue shades and
are worn with the Louis XIV hats that
are so much in the lead.
The high crowned hat was newt
able with the deep pointed corsage
that has arrived"
1t complies the silhouette according
to French taste. This hat is prefer
ably trimmed with roses or paradise
plumes A toilet of the genus tailor
seen at a Paris race track was of
lavender chiffon broadclOth. The coat
was of the order described The hat,
of blue straw, was trimmed with
ostrich feathers and a handsome
brim. Speaking of hats, colored feath-
ers are being used on black hats
which is out of the usual, somewhat
To define the style of this years
coat would be as hard as PoloniuS
found it to describe the contour of the
cloud which. in the same breath. was
like a camel.,' like a weasel" and
very like a whale"
The fashionable coat is short?
Very much abbreviated, to be sure,
reaching only to the middle of the
back. when it is a bolero which meets
high girdle.
1t is of medium length
Quite so in a host of the suit jack
cts and separate linen and pongee
wraps. which curve anywhere from
the waise line to deep hip length
1t is long?
To the bottom of the skirt, of
course. when it is not shorter for the
carriage, the casino, the race track or
travelling.
Carriage and evening coats offer
field for the expression of the present
ornate fashions. They are inset with
lace. lavishIy embroidered and pro-
fusely trimmed with concentrations
made of the foundation materials me
voluminous coat of mauve taneta Is a
type of the whimsical shapes that cool
afternoons bring out at summer
places. The coat is box-platted from
neck to hem all around, but the pialts
are held in bounds nearly TO the DOT
ornamental design finish the neck
and front and trim the sleeves Inc
sleeves are wide bells, coming only to
the elbow, where they fall over the
full rnousseline de sole underSleeve
When it comes to suit Jackets there
are no bounds to the whimsicalities
one finds. The little basque is more
and more in evidence and often takes
on pert ways like that or an orange
colored taffeta bodice
The useful covert coat has been re-
placed by the more SeasonaDIe one IN
tussore. A smart coat OF TINS oroer Is
beige color with turn-back cuffs and
turnover collar of light green MORE
These coats hang straight from a
shaped enpiecement. The seams are
strapped and tailor finished There Is
a double row of gilt buttons down the
The waistcoat of the day is cut very
low and crosses just below the bust
1t is made of embroidered cloth, col
the costume etc. Fall will see it out
in velvets and satins. if warnings ma
Little Louis XVI coats made of
with the embroidered and lace trim
med linen gowns which are the
height of elegance at present
Leather is again bidding for favor
as a trimming, but there is little like
lihood that it will ever have an es-
tablshed and wide vogue. A strange
combination of leather and wolfe was
seen lately in a dark blue gown. The
skirt had two f1ounces. both worked
in an a Jour design, which revealed |
A band of perforated leather under it |
These bands of leather extended five |
inches below each frIII. The same |
decoration was repeated on the bodice
and sleeves.
A gown of soft silver gray crepe de |
chine has side and bodice trimmings
Of white leather. The deep girdle is |
made up of interlaced leather strips. |
Orange leather trims a white |
linen froek-
And among the fads there is the |
patch. Do you know how to make a |
patch and how to put it on, and how
to wear it2 1t is the thing to cut it
put in fancy shape and wear it next
to one's best feature. If you have "A
1imple by all means put the patch
next to it. IF your chin be cleft
hen let the patch adorIi your chin to |
show its pretty curve. If your fore
head be wide and smooth, if your
cheek be round. if you have a pretty |
eye. try to bring out its beauty with |
I patch.
Nor is the patch a tiny one. Tt is \
Tut out of black courtplaster. And |
L is planted in just the right spot /
t is diamond-shaped or it is circular. |