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flights of birds of exquisite coloring. A
pearly light is radiated through the tea
room by means Of cherry Japanese silk
curtains draped over a silver tissue,
which combination produces a pecul-
iarly beautiful effect. The ideal tea
room should boast a large low win
dow, which will serve as a charming
BACKGROUND for a couch, a concession to
western habits the occupants of the
apartment will enjoy over this large
window is placed a grillwork of bamboo
in japanese design. Between the glass
and the grill is huted cherry colored
silk, while on the wicker couch velvet
pillows of cherry toning into a dull
shade of red are artistically arranged.
In front Of one end of the couch. on
low teakwood tabouret, is placed a pot
of artificial cherry blossoms A two
leaved screen painted with these motif
flowers on white silk set in a narrow
ebony frame stands at the head of the
couch, and a japanese goatskin lies in
front of the seat A light that fails to
do duty except to beautify the room
comes from a rich. red silk lantern
hung from shelf.
In ceremonious Japan knots play an
important part in the etiquette. There
are certain prescribed ways of tying up
presents when sending them for special
occasions, and even the strings around
a tea caddy or sword bag have their
particular kink. A deadly insult may
be conveyed in twisted pieces Of cord or
silk, so it behooves the stranger within
the gates to post himself.
During the thirty years peace armor
was made of a series of elaborate knots
and worn as an ornament for parade
and not as a panoply of war. This an
cient armor is to be found mostly in
old baroniaI castles and in the temples,
where also are kept the finest examples
of japanese art. Luck has indeed come
to the collector who is fortunate enough
to be able to obtain a piece of this suit
of mail
A favorite decorative scheme of the
japanese is to drape fancifully tied
knots having tassels on the ends around
lacquered cabinets, and small tables are
threaded in and out with heavy cord
knotted on the shelves and tops of the
tables. Examples of this knot work
are the objects of the curio hunters
search Just at present. A suggestion
of the decorative art of the mikado 5
realm in a western home is delightful
but a room filled with tawdry fans. Ian
terms, shoes and swords is an abomina-
ton and a direct insult to these artistic
people
A well known authority on interior
decoration says, TT is as much of a
marvel for a woman without training
to create a good interior as for an am
ateur in music to compose a fine OPP
era The very abundance Of beautiful
things often makes the appropriate OBJ
ject matter for serious consideration
EDITH LAWRENCE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27

red. The wearer was a stunning look
ing woman, with her small head wear
ing its crown of glossy BLACK hair sim
ply arranged high on top, not waved,
but full, and falling forward on the
brow. Around her neck she wore one
of the new pieces of bijouterie, a cut
jet dog collar. Madame was certainly
a remarkably well turned out person
and had that self possession and
aplomb which spoke of a public career,
probably upon the stage.
There is something about the legend
half price which stirs up all the innate
acquisitiyeness of lovely woman. Es-
pecially does this popularity come to
the fore during the January sales of
lingerie. In the beauty and daintiness
of these garments the French have no
rivals. BE the woman rich or poor, the
words bargains in white goods" have
a potent charm, and one may see any
day in the smart shops women strug-
Cling with their sisters for the posses
sion of marked down" corset covers.
chemises or robes de mutt. Good hunt
ing grounds for the sportswoman are
the January sales. and to the strong are
the bargains. while the boldest gets
the brush.
There are all sorts of suitable and
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The enterprising jewelor in these
days designs his goods to suit times
and seasons. and the early spring her
aids an output of sporting jewelry in
the shops. They are dainty little fan
ciful ornaments too, and women great
Iy affect them for their riding stocks or
lace ties. This year pheasant pins are
much in vogue for both sexes, also the
inevitable motor car of gold set with
diamonds In some instances the
wheels of the car revolve. and the mo-
tor is an exact imitation in miniature.
Needless to say that neither as brooch
es nor pins are they particularly mex
pensive. CrOquet mallets are a good
deal to the fore, and golf sticks with
pearl balls attached have had a long
run of popularity; so have hockey
sticks, hunting crops and so on ad in
finitum.
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Where is the American heiress who
can boast a trousseau of 800 costumes
in which every stitch has a poetic and
symbolic significance? A wardrobe of
this kind is the possession OF Nine.
Wong, the wife of the vice commits
sioner from China to the ST. Louis
worlds fair.
These wonderful dresses were I'M
packed the other day at the Wong res
idence in St. Louis. No two Of the
gowns are alike, and many of them are
woven in an entire piece The exqui-
site workmanship on the robes is be-
yond- the power of description. All are
embroidered in so delicate a fashion
that an artists brush could not have
delineated them more perfectly.
Each flower and emblem worked on
the gown of a Chinese woman of rank
signifies some beautiful sentiment. A
robe embroidered with plum blossoms
speaks of the poetry of life. The phe-
nix, with it's outstretched wings, de-
notes welded happiness. To the IN
initiated eye this wealth of broidery is
the perfection of the artists skill but
to the Chinese husband each sprig and
blossom, bird and butterfly, carries its
own message of love.
The upper garment or jacket of a
Chinese lady is called a kwai. The
sleeves of the jacket come well over
the knuckles to denote rank. Some OF
Nine. Wong's kwais are worthy of spe-
cial description.
A beautiful one is of robins egg blue
heavily embroidered with chrysanthe-
NUNS and lotus lilies in delicate shad-
ings of pink and yellow With the kwai
are worn skirts of great beauty.
The Wongs are popular in St. Louis
society, and at social functions this
little Celestial lady in one of her pic
turesque and wonderful gowns is Of
ten the hit of the evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27
A Vegetarian
Menu
ENTIL sOUP-wash a pint Of len

m EMIL SOUP.=Wash a pint of len
ills and soak in cold water for
four hours. Melt some butter in
a stewpan and in it fry an onion and
some sliced celery. Add a cut up to-
mato and the Ientils and simmer till
soft enough to pass through sieve
Return to the pan. add two tablespoon
fuIs of stock. stir over the fire for I'VE
minutes and serve very hot with fried
croutOns.
Points of Asparagus With Egg
Beat six eggs, pass through a sieve and
place in a saucepan with a little butter
and a gill of cream. Put the saucepan
over boiling water and stir till the eggs
thicken; then add a wineglassfui OF
marsaIa and about two dozen asparagus
tips. Pour over fried bread and gar
nish with starred trufies.
Celery JeIIy.-Stew a head Of celery,
cut into small pieces, in quart Of wa
ter with leek, a carrot and a sprig of
parsley. When the celery is quite soft
strain through a sieve and add suff1-
Gent gelatin melted in cold water to
set. Pour into a f1uted mold. Decorate
with lettuce leaves and French dress
ing, and sprinkle some broken wall
nuts among the leaves
Bananas and Rice.=Ffu a border
mold with rice cooked in milk favored
with vanilla and containing a little gel
atm Steam till set. turn out and let
it get cold. Make a sauce of the strain
ed juice of an orange and half lemon
in half pint Of water sweetened with
sugar and suficient arrowroot to slight
" thicken when boiled. Drop IN four
sliced bananas. simmer for three min
utes. Cool on ice and pour inside the
ring just before serving Garnish with
whipped cream and angelica rings.
Czarina Pate.-Make some tiny pat
ties of delicate puff pastry and scoop a
little hole in the top Of each Make a
mixture consisting of three tablespoon
fuls of rich bechamel sauce containing
a little cream. two tabIespoonfuls OF
sherry and the beaten yolk Of an egg.
stir over boiling water, fill in the CEN
ter of the little patties, add a dust OF
coraline pepper and serve very hot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27
z is only natural ID expect a people

7 is only natural to expect a people
who live on such ambrosial fare as
lotus blossoms, who rise at dawn
to do homage to the morning glory
who steal out at the wee sma'
hour of and stand on temple bridges
in the center of sacred lake to see the
lotus buds snap open in all their glo-
rious beauty, to express in their mate
rial belongings their intense love of ma
ture. Such a people are the Japanese,
who are fighting the Russians so brave
~. 1t is interesting to know that these
oriental islanders, who seem to have a
special faculty for using the sixth sense
in culling the best ideas from other ma
tons and adapting them to eastern
conditions have in their land a disciple
Of William Morris, that great modern
exponent of interior decorative art. A
veritable garden spot of Tokyo is Memo
Park, the estate of Kakasu Okakura, an
authority on the fine arts who is called
the Morris of Japan"
In this park are forty houses, occu-
pied by a group of artists, who form a
school called by it's founder, Mr.. Okla
kura, the hall of arts. These students
are working out beautiful new express
sions- of art in furniture, fabrics and
ceramics. Their chief aims are in wood
strength with plain, artistic outlines;
in textiles and pottery a soft brilliance
with an undertone of color.
In our own homes what travesties are
often seen of so called japanese fur
nishings! These artistic little people
have given us a wealth of art objects
which we heedlessly tumble into a
meaningless mass and elegantly speak
of the result as an oriental or a Jap
anese" room. AS a matter OF fact, the
real Japanese home is conspicuously
lacking in interior decoration, and in
construction is the simplest thing in
the world. 1t is usually all on one floor,
and the less pretentious houses are
merely a roof supported by four posts,
the number of bedrooms depending
upon the needs of the family The
rooms are divided by two rows of pa
per shutters in grooves. The inner ones
when pushed back give the interior a
kind of vestibule train effect. There
are no passages in these houses, and
when a door IS wanted all that is nee
essary is to slide back the nearest panel.
What joy to the hygienic housewife a
japanese bedroom must be, with its
EASILY cleaned, adjustable walls that
may be exposed to the light and air by
slipping them along a groove, mating
which is replenished when the slightest
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The vogue of gold and silver shows
little sign of decreasing. Gold braid
appears on numbers of new hats. A
fat cockade is used frequently, and
thick gold cord may be seen trimming
a tricorne hat. This cord is arranged
in large knot at the end. with large
tassels hung over the brim on to the
hair, sometimes behind. sometimes over
one ear. The dull gold and silver gal
loon is very pretty as a binding to a
felt hat, and it is used in tiny nat bows
as well, perhaps holding up an osprey.
White silk military braid with a gold
edge looks well. and gold buttons, large
and small. are seen everywhere.
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bit soiled and a bed which is put in a
closet during the dayi
Several tea tables a foot high and a
charcoal stove-the only concession to
the damp, cold winter weather-con-
stitute the furnishings of this sleeping
apartment. Every house has its cor
ner sacred to the emperor, and it is
here that the art treasures are display
ed. over the raised dafs. which is often
covered with a handsome rug or bit of
artistic fabric, is the kakanoma, or sa-
cred picture. A set of vases and a Jap
anese dwarf tree are the other orna-
ments.
In the Japanese arrangement of flow
ers there is a significance which is al
ways observed. For example, at a we'd
ding red and white blossoms are used
as decorations, the red flower being
masculine in floral gender and the
white feminine. The japanese en-
broideries, especially the work done on
kimonos and tea cloths, are particular
ly lovely with their flights of birds,
cherry blossom designs and dragon
patterns. If one desires to be very ORR
entail in serving tea one must purchase
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east is brought into the more prosaic
serving of the cup that cheers. Dainty
cushions for this function are Of heavy
black satin appliqued with cloth and
silk to represent the faces of almond
eyed maid,eas.
While thes vogue of Japanese decora-
ton. which the war in the east has in
tensifed. is still hanging over US some
ambitious hostess will be inspired to
not only serve tea in Jap fashion, but in
a room rich in the trappings of the
orient.
Such a room would be ideal done in
the following manner: The walls should
be hung with a plain, soft gray paper,
and about three feet from the ceiling
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fective, as I had never thought brown
a suitable color for evening wear. The
skirt was gathered around the waist
and finished with full ruches of tulle
above the hem. The baby bodice had
around it a full ruf1e of brown tulle
and fitted waistband of brown panne.
The only touch of color was single
large pink rose pinned at the side of
the corsage. The wearer had much to
do with the success of the gown, for
she was tall, slender and young, with
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die; indeed, the farce of the
needle is the fashionable play
over here. Dainty little pieces of en-
broidery and rolled up enigmas are to
be found in the hands of our elegantes
when they are seen at home. Like the
women of the middle ages, who worked
standards for their lords these Pari-
sian trifiers are supposed to be at work
upon waistcoats for their husbands,
brothers or friends. But, let me whis-
per in your ear, the pieces of enlbroid-
cry are almost all finished at a shop
near the Madeleine where they make
speciality of helping out needlework
posers. Some one has said that the
woman who really knows how to en-
broider is as extinct as politeness. Let
us hope there is a mistake in each in
stance.
The life of a fashion chronicler dur
ing these transition days of modes is
not a pleasant one. A pessimistic per-
son not long since remarked that con-
versation generally consisted of three
big D's-digestiOn, dOmestics and dress.
Small talk it would be literally if we
depended right now upon authoritative
dress statements. We are told that the
modes of the future will be perfectly
charming. Sleeves viii not be abnor-
mally large, but becomingly full and
the same prediction is made concerning
skirts, but the ''Toby's or not Toby's,''
as Mrs. Darlington says, of fashion are
delightfully."- vague. Killed walking
skirts and shorter coats are among the
advanced spring predictions. There is
a lovely chiffon chalIie which promises
all sorts of good things in the way of
1880 creations.
Anent the Victorian 1880 skirts, in
heavier materials they are to have
sloped seam running up the center
front to bring about the requisite
shapeliness. The immediate effect of
this Improvement is amazing for, with
no detriment to the old world appear
ance of fullness, there is the desirable
addition of form, together with the
smart silhouette which is recognized as
the contamination of grace.
To come back to challie, this mate
rial in light effects rivals pompadour
silk in beauty at about a third the
price. Every spring fabric seems to be
chiffoned and veloured, if one may use
the terms, almost out of recognition
not excepting the mohairs, which make
up into the prettiest kind of shirt
waist gowns. Voiles and eoliennes,
both plain and fancy, are going to lead
in the inexpensive materials, and many
of the former have insertions inter-
woven for trimming purposes. Fabrics
with lace effects are assured US, and,
with the old time hair stripes in dimi-
ties. have given place to designs of large
dots. The novelty of the new dimities
centers in these dots, which are not
solid, but worked out in colors like an
Indian shawl The new soft taffetas
have a magnetic charm in color and
form.
Immense quantities of lace will be
used on both day and evening gowns,
and one of the eccentricities of fashion
fads is to trim cloth with the lighter
kinds &C lace. preferably vaIen ciennes
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furnace for boiling water. teapot, cups
of some rare old Hizen and a tea can
lister. Woven rush mats on which to
set the tea outfit are indispensable ac-
cessories of the function. There must
also be a metal utensil for heating the
tea over the fire before it is put in the
water.
The tea must be powdered. It is put
into a bowl, and hot water is poured on
it from a miniature wooden dipper.
The mixture is stirred with a wisp of
split bamboo until it foams. If sea
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spring colors, sharing popularity with
ecru. Some shades of brown have
particular cachet when worn by a wo-
man whose hair and eye coloring tone
in with that of her frock. In taffeta
the brown frock is very smart when
trimmed with bands of velvet ribbon
and a touch of old world tinted lace at
throat and wrists. A taffeta dress in
la modes latest color-eeru-has bands
of mordore velvet as a relieving note.
This velvet on the waist is used bre-
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When the symptoms of worry begin
to manifest themselves. says the Fam
lily Doctor, loosen your garments COM
pletely and lie down in the most restfuA
position you can assume Now close
your eyes for a few minutes and rails
ing your arms, let them fall and lie
loosely and naturally above your head
Lie thus for a minute or two and then
begin to take deep, long breaths, aa
deeply as possible. Keep this UP for
I'VE minutes.
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telle fashion and finishes at the bust
line with tasseled ornaments of ecru
chenille The chemisette, collar and
sleeve rufflesf are made of cream col
ored lace.
At a fashionable restaurant the other
evening 1 was fascinated by gown of
dead leaf brown crepe de chine and
equally astonfshed to find this dress eff
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dainty materials to be made up into
handsome underwear. The elegante
viii probably select wash chiffon, silk
batiste, chiffon and mousseline which
comes for this purpose, but the most
satisfactory material for dainty lin
gerie is a fine quality Of nainsook trim
med with entredeux and incrustations
of valenciennes lace drawn into posi-
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silky, fair hair and milk and rose
complexion.
Another gown I admired at the Ritz,
but from quite different point of view,
was of duh black taffeta. At intervals
around the skirt and low bodice were
appliques of white lace. This lace ap-
peared to be half covered with an elab-
crate embroidery of Mephistophelian
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mer.
A very dainty fashion of treating lace
of an openwork pattern is to insert I'M
der round motifs raised 1owerlike de-
signs of panne velvet. On a gown of
gray Grape adorned with honiton lace
the bodice bertha had applications of
rose panne under the lace rose designs.
With a wrinkled ceinture of panne and
a suspicion of the same velvet at neck
and wrists. the effect Of this gown was
charming.
The doom of the lingerie ruff1e has
been spoken. Though the edict may be
defied a few months longer, it will be
replaced later by froufrous of self col
ored chiffon or old lace.
Although brown is a warm shade for
hot weather, it promises to be, as it has
been this winter, one of the fashionable
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there should be picture molding of
teakwood or ebony. In the frieze thus
formed are painted cherry blossoms,
which lend a fiowery suggestion which
is truly Japanese and charming The
hanging at the doorways is OF French
gray upholstery silk embroidered in
realistic cherry blossoms. Panels on
the wall are lightly framed in ebony
and painted with cherry blossoms and
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It is claimed that with white flour
and bran sifted together lace collars
can be easily cleaned. Rub the mix
ture into the soiled parts and beat out
with stick.
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Braised meat is stewed in a closely
covered pan with bacon. herbs or
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and chantilly. and the thin goods with
the heavy Irvine and cluny. Dyed lace
exactly matching the frock. which has
been such a success here this winter,
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made from a series of shaped cordings.
The high waistband is handsomer wheE
made of velours and fastened with
three large buttons. A cravat of the
waist material has its ends trimmed
with oriental embroidery.
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fashion among the smart Pari-
sian mondaines to ply the nee
die; indeed, the farce of the
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A NEW HOTEL.

A NEW HOTEL.
New Hotel Olivette opened at Mt Olive.
Rate $500 day. Strictly modern. The
best place to stop when in Mt. Olive.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
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