The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-02
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- Women.

Herald F1Zzette says:
Few things are prettier for a young
girl than dotted muslin. Many of the
skirts are trimmed with a number OF
flounces, each one edged with lace. An
exceptionally pretty model is shirred in
the yoke about the hips to the depth
of four inches in the front, slanting up
to about two in the back. From this
falls a rufffe, which Is slightly fuller in
the back than in the front. At the hem
is q band of lace. Beneath this are two
more ruff1es. which increase in fullness
as they reach the bottom. The bodice is
slightly fulled and blouses considerably
over the waist line.
There is a pointed yoke of lace, and
the sleeves, which are quite full, are
gathered in a deep lace cuff below the
elbow. With this is worn a girdle high
in the back and narrow in the front, OF
white taffeta silk A dainty model OF
light blue crepe de chine has the skirt
laid in inch wide box plaits, which are
stitched down as far as the line or the
knee, where they are allowed to hare 10
furnish fullnesS to the bottom OF the
skirt. The bodice is laid in the same
box plaits, as are also the sleeves to the
point Of the elbows. The dress is collar
less and finished about the neck with
shallow yoke or collar of Irish crochet.
Irish crochet cuffs embellish the sleeves.
Street costumes worn by GIRLS are cut
on the same lines as those worn by their
mothers. The blouging Elton jacket,
completed by a girdle-like belt, is much
In evidence. Black broadcloth is much
affected by very young women this sea-
son, but it is usually enlivened by lines
or pipings Of color. Red and blue seem
to be the favorite shades for this pur-
pose. Entire white cloth costumes are
also favorites. A pretty white cloth suit
has a skirt laid in plaits. The bodice
takes the form of a plated bolero, the
plaits held under the belt in the back
but loose in the front. There is a
round collar making revers down the
front of lace.
Above this is choker and tiny
round yoke of turquoise blue velvet and
the big plated sleeves are gathered into
a. cuff Of velvet. To take the place OF
the plated polero there is a new Plait-
ed pelerine. The plaitS start at a point
in the waist line in the back and the
plants that form the big sleeves con-
tinue in the same line. Under the arms
is a blouse, and the plaits in front are
gathered into a blouse The coat that
blouses over the belt all about is the
fashionable model, and it is more gen
orally becoming than would at first be
supposed.
The attitude of some mothers toward
co-educational schools was aptly ex-
pressed by a woman I met not long ago,
says the Woman About Town in the
Washington Post.
Il am heartily in favor of co-educa-
tfon,' said she Il think nothing i'm
proves boys so much as assOciating
with girls in school, I want my boys
to go to school with girls-other peo-
pies girls. I send my daughters to
girls school"
With the coming of cold weather the
vogue of the chiffon veil is resumed.
The newest thing is the scarf veil of
chiffon, matching. or at any rate
blending, with the color of the gown.
The veil is forty-six inches long, and
is hemmed at the ends, or tucked or
trimmed with lace to suit the wearer's
taste. To one end of the chiffon is
attached a fine wire ring, the chiffon
being shirred firmly to the wire. The
veil is then cut to a distance through
the center, making the chiffon a veil or
a scarf to tie over the hat. 1t can be
worn in several ways The wire ring
is placed on top Of the hat covering
the trimming. The veil covers the face,
and the lang ends are passed around
the head, crossed in the back and tied
in front. Turning it around so that
the split side is forward, cross the ends
under the chip, and tie in the back.
svhis give a quaint effect Of a hood
once an essential part of a womans
COSTUME. A gauze or dotted net veil
covers the face.
draped over hats and tied at the side.
These are foFty-six inches long, and
only as wide as the ordinary tulle or
net face veil. Dotted net wells of the
very pretty. There is no disputing the
becomingness of these ample wells.
The most expensive collar and cuff
sets are found at the French linen
shops. Here one may pay as high as
SIS for a set. The linen is of gossamer
fineness, and the embroidery is a work
of art. The worst of it is that they
are so perishable No ordinary laun-
dress ought to be allowed to handle
hest VaV send them
to a professional "scourer," although
the name has an unpromising sound
for a delicate fabric.
Powered organizes are modish and
they are very becoming. An effective
model of white organdie besprinkled
with punches of moss rose buds tied
with blue ribbons has skirt trimmed
with three deep ruffies which are sat
on a yoke Of Valenciennes lace. The
bodice is cut low and is finished about
the neck with three-inch ruffle of
the muslin edged with lace. The
sleeves, which end at the elbow. are
trimmed with ruffies which are consid-
ably deeper in the back than they
are in the front.
With this gown is worn a sash Of
light blue watered silk 1t fastens in
the back with two long ends and two
rosettes. Fetching also is a dainty
gown of white organdie plaided off
with fnch-wide Valenciennes insertion.
The skirt IS very full and without
trimming save a ruff1e that falls from
the line of the knee This in turn is
trimmed with three rows or rather
frills: of lace at the hem The blouse
is without trimming and the neck is
finished with a wide band of the lace
The sleeves are very full and gathered
into a band Of lace at the wrist.
All very young women are affecting
large black hats, and large hats are
always exceedingly becoming to youth