The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-01

just as they are. 1t is refreshing.
harmless, like the soft drinks of the
million. We must think out some new
| word to describe the compound
! 81 see. Something that will please
the respectable element something
THAT will go with lemonade and with
orangeade?"
manager. Think of anything ?"
"Oh. I don't know. What do you
say to 'Georgeade?'
Nowadays garters are very generally
ousted from favor by the more hygenic
SuSpendeFs, but many superstitionS
about them still survive. Here are a
| few:
! The marriage of a bride who wears
any but white carriers on her wedding
day will have an UNHAPPY ending.
| The girl who wears heF carriers pc
| low the knee will early lose her beauty.
| To put on the left garter before the
right On dressing in the morning Will
bring bad luck all day.
Gold garter buckles are lucky and
silver ones the reverse.
The luckiest colors for carriers are
white blue and black. The wearer OF
yellow carriers will lose a friend within
a year.
| If a garter breaks in church the wear
er's marriage will be happy, but if the
accident happens at dance it is a sign
that the wearer's sweetheart is raitn-
!
Picturesqueness remains a feature OF
dress hats, most of which suggest the
effects familiar in the canvases of old
masters. The crown is a mooted point
lust now. Few fiat hats are seen. The
| crowns vary from the most conserVa-
tive three-inch to the most radical six
inch height. Many of the crowns taper,
growing smaller or larger toward the
| top according to the caprice of the
maker. The Tam o'Shanter is ION deck
| in some of the smar6eSt models. one OF
the expedientS for producing mover
effect is the use of fur for the crown
and velvet or silk for the brim. Such
| hats take on the same trimmings as
velvet hats, flowers and feathers pelnS
the first favorites. When fur is used
on the brim it is as a narrow band Dor
dering the upper edge. Fur is ALSO intro
duced as a twist through the center OF
wide haring rucheS, which remain pop
uIar as trimmings. When this is the
case, the fur is often manipulated INTO
loops and irregular rosetts or DOW
shapes at the base of the feathers or
seen employed for such uses are err
mine. Persian lamb, white MORE astra-
khan and natural beaver and mink
Not without regret is the fashion of
going gloveless to be observed me
| thin edge of this sartorial wedge ives
inserted some time since at the the
aires, and now the mode has oeen
| pushed further, and one finds women
who at one time would never have
ventured out of doors ungloved now
appearing in public. places both by
night and day with bare hands. 1t
has been urged that gloves and rings
do not agree. Better, it is argued. to
show well kept, manicured fingers
sparkling with gems THAN to encase
them in gloves. which must necessarily
make them appear much larger, since
| it is an open secret that gloves at least
one size larger must be worn by wom-
en- who wear rings. as compared with
those who do not. Again, it is plead
ed that in hot weather women suffer
much discomfort from gloves, whereas
man is freed from it. But all such
| arguments are weak. The glove is one
of the daintiest adjuncts of a woman's
| toilet. It possesses romantic assoc1a-
| lions, it is always characteristic CT
its wearer, it has an undoubted air
of refineme nt about it, and, moreover,
| it is Clearly and hygienic. To say that
without it a woman does not look I'm
| ished, that she appears less dainty
| and less dignified. is perhaps a trihe
exaggara ted but at least it is fact
that inattentjon to such trifies as gloves
marks deterioration in a woman. Any
| thing that has this effect is to be stern
ly discouraged. And for this reason
the fashion of discarding gloves when
ever possible is not one which can be
viewed with OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES La
dies Pictorial.
Now is the time to buy lavender for
the linen closets and wardrobes. Old
I fashioned housewives mix the flowers
with salt in the proportion of half
pound of lavender to an ounce of salt
They also add, just before tying up
the bags, a few dried rose geranium
| leaves, cloves and caraway seeds. The
salt keeps the mixture moist and its
fragrance pervasiVe.
Lavender vinegar, such as the bellies
of powder and patches days used in
their baths, is as refreshing today as
it was then. To make it, bring a quart
of vinegar to a boil. Put a piece of
camphor gum as big a walnut into
a tablespoonful of spirits of wine and
when it is dissolved mix with it tea
cupful each of lavender flowers and
dried rose petals and twelve cloves
Add the mixture to the boiling vim
egar and stand it at once IN a cool
place. A small quantity of it will be
sufficient for the bath.
If green peppers, which are plenti-
full and cheap at this season be
wrapped separately in several thick
nesses of paper and put away in a
dark, cool place, they will keep per-
fectly for months. Stuffed green pep
pers at Christmas time are a luxury.
1t is no new idea but a very good
one to saturate pieces of plotting pa
per with perfumery and scatter
through bureau drawers. The results
are even better than where sachet bags
are used.