The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-10
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What's your favorite topic of con-
versation? The neighbors? Don't deny
it. By this it is not meant that you
are knocker, and that no reputation
is safe when you are around but ism
it fact that conversations lack spice
unless the people you know are discuss
ed? Don't you love to talk about the
newest engagement and decide wheth-
er she loves him better than he loves
her, wonder how that woman ever
came to marry that man; discuss who
is the prettieSt girl in town and who
wears the most stunning clothes? Isn't
it interesting to revive stories OF old
love affairs and reflect upon how COM
pletely everybody has gotten over it?
Say what you please, the most interest
ing companions are those who have
fund of small talk and harmless gos-
sip. Not malicious SANDER but inter-
eSting anecdotes about people, and in
innate information about all their af-
fairs.
OF course if you happen to be with
some one you can trust and discover
that you share a dislike for somebody
else you won't deny that you enjoy
getting out your hammer. What is a
stronger bond of camaraderie than mu-
tual prejudices and antipathies? Talk
about a liking for the same things be-
| ing the tie that binds! Portland cement
isn't in it with similar dislikes.
| OF course it is useless to hope that the
average woman will ever display any
marked originality or independence
from fashions mandates in the matter
of dress. If full skirts are in vogue
every woman will wear them regardless
of her height or. size. If narrow cling
/ ing effects are popular the woman who
/ is excessively thin and the woman VINO
is excessively fat will both dare them.
And indeed, to the common inartistlc
eye which knows nothing of what is
| beautiful but only what is usual-what
| is rdone"-she looks better than If she
disregarded the modes ana chose
peculfarities,
So there is really some excuse for wo-
men who adopt fashions which are I'M
becoming to them Simply because evo
eryone else wears them and they dare
not dress differently from the rest OF
the world but there is positively no
| explanation of the fact that color,
| simply because it is the mode Will be
taken up by every woman in the world
Fashions are never so arbitrary or SO
rigid in the matter of color as IN
other things. Although one hue may De
worn more than any other, it is never
so universally seen as to make other
| colors look odd and a woman may
choose from a, wide selection those
tones which suit her without being set
down as a freak as she would in case
she wore a long dangling veil, or a
bow in her hair, or Cuban heels, or
| hying ringletS or a trained skirt When
nobody else did.
mi here We have a rage for brown
and every woman in town is wearing It
regardless of it's effect upon her mar,
| ewes and complexion. Brown is by no
| means a universally becoming color. VI
course there are many shades of 1T ana
some one may be worn by most people
but there are many better colors tor
| others. AS a general rule one may saIe-
Nv match ones hair or eyes to be be-
| comiugIy gowned but there are SHADES
| of brown hair and eyes which no tex
/ ture will match and in such cases
| contrast is better
/ haDpiIy if her skin and hair are brown
and she has plenty of color but usually
blue is safer with blue or gray eyes,
Red hair and some shades OF pro WI
usually harmonic successfully put
| there are tones of red hair wh10h war
with every brown under the SUM-
In selecting brown hat or gown 1t
! should be chosen with reference to the
| hair and any shade that deadens its
/ color or luSter should be avoided 1ted-
dish browns are for women whose nalr
| IS that color but the shade should be
iit+Ia less bright or dark than the hair,
J not an exact match. Golden browns are
for the golden brown locks but shouio
always be more subdued than the hair
The clear pure browns showing not d
hint of red or gold but inclin1ng 10
| olive or castor are best for those brown
Hooks of a peculiar aShen shade IN Ger
/ tain lights, as rare as they are Deautl-
full.
A good complexion is very important
always but especially to the woman
| who wears brown. A clear, pale creamy
| skin sglows with life and beauty in con-
| trast with the right shade of brown ana
| a combination of red cheeks with warm
brown hair and dark brown eyes is in
| perfect harmony with a brown suit
The shoemakers have been early at
| their winters work. Shop windows
are full of the most admirably cut
models, says the New York Evening
| Post, and fall catalogues are ready
for issue. Nothing more English than
| certain styles of these advanced sea-
son shoes could possibly be imagined.
/ And while women are being very
| English in their heavy, thick-soled
"boots" the English are being very
French and dainty in correspondfngly
lightweight footwear. With the usual
| Inconsistency of fashion French wom-
! en- are said to be wearing cross be-
tween the American and English, a
shoe neither very light nor very heavy
| The American evening shoe of the
present day is more decidedly high
heeled than any slipper shown in the
French shops.