The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-21
SOME GOWN TALK
Pretty Things to Be Seen in
Topeka Stores.
FlOWered Material Is Again
Much in Vogue.
FICHUS AGAIN HERE.
Either White or Black Used
as Found Appropriate.
Something About White POngee
Shirt Waists.

Dorothy Dix on state regulation Of
marriage:
The young man who marries a sickIy
girl makes a fatal mistake. When a
warm hearted and generous young fell
low falls in love with an ethereal look
ing young creature, her delicacy gives
her an added charm. He pictures him
self chivalrously protecting and cher
ishing her, and keeping the wind from
blowing coldly upon her, and thus Win
ming the roses back to her cheeks like
the hero does in a Laura Jean Libbey
novel, and he goes and narries her on
that romantic hypothesis. Do you sup
pose that if he had any conception of
what having an invalid wife means to
a man he would do it2 Not on your
life. If he is a poor man, it means that
he spends his days tOillng to pay drug
bills and doctors bills. Whether he is
rich or poor, it means that he goes
home at night to an i'll kept house, to
darkened rooms, to humOring sick
persons whims, to querulOus COM
plants, and Mysteries, and nerves. There
is no martyr in all the calendar of
saints more deserving of our reverence
and alteration than the husband who
bears patiently with an invalid wife,
but any man who is kept from getting
himself into such a scrape as marrying
a delicate woman ought to erect a mon
ument to the person who saved his life.
If the state once begins to regulate
marriage, though there is no reason
why it should stop at a health quail
ficatiOn. There are other things. There's
the financial side. Wealth isn't neceS-
sary to a happy marriage. but a suffi-
cheney is. You can't love properly on an
empty stomach, and it is just plain,
simple business proposition that people
ought not to be permitted to marry
unless between them they have enough
money, or some settled occupation, by
T4-1
When we talk about marriages we say
that love is enough, whereas the truth
IS that little of us is heart, and the
balance of US is stomach that has to
be fed, and body that has to be clothed.
In reality, we can do without love cas-
Ter than we can do without anything
else, and this being the case, when the
marriage laws are amended good,
strong financial plank ought to be in
serted in them.
There have been some complaints
that the beautiful dyed pcngees, espec-
tally the browns and dark blues, have
not kept their color. 1t is wise TO test
a sample in strong sunlight for several
hours before buying. A good pongee
may be purchased for a dollar a yard,
and there is nothing smarter for a
shirtwaist suit or simple walking
gown.
1t seems certain that the DirectOire
mode has made its appearance, and
will later rule the fashions. The
sleeve, which is usually the first part
of the dress to change, shows an un-
Inistakable leaning towards the Direc-
toire style. The 1890 long, dropping
shoulder has not vanished, but the
line has been percepdbly brOadened.
The bouffant part of the sleeve has
been creeping up from the wrist.
where it was year ago, and is well
on its way to the shoulder. A feature
of the new sleeve is that it is so art
fully joined to the waist with drapings
and trimmings that the armhole is
scarcely noticeable.
Another and a more radical change
in fashion seems imminent. The
bloused waist is to go. The Paris
fashion magazines have been showing
gowns made with waists that are
nearly like the old-time basques. At
all events they are tight-fitting. AMI
show the line of the bust. That such
a decided change Will be brought
blouse win continue popular during
the summer, without a doubt, but the
tendency is plain 1t is well in pro-
viding the summer wardrobe to keep
the trend of fashion in mind.
The heavy Irish crochet lace, as
coarse as the macrame once used for
Iambrequins, is good again this sum
mer on linen and crash suits Ten
ward. two and a half inches wide it
costs $3.50, so it viii be seen that it
is not exa city cheap, but it trims a
linen costume stunninglys
The girl who likes the new short
skirts even for dress-up occasions,
will find an excellent model for white
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