The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-16

A lovely gray demitoilet is of creamy
lace in angling pattern over an
underskirt of accordion plated gray
chiffon wolfe finished with a wide band
of gray peau de sole on the skirt and
suggestion of silver trimming on the
neck and sleeves of the bodice.
While on the subject of the gray
gown, my lady may make herself a
most attractive little house frock of
gray cashmere, which is a revived win
ter material very much used. The full,
shirred skirt will have as a waist a
baby affair all shirrings and smockings.
With a waistband of silver gray panne
and a lace bertha, a charming toilet
viii be evolved with little trouble or
expense.
I must describe a young girls frock
I have seen in pale gray oriental sat
in, than which nothing is more graceful
or supple. This froek was laid in fat
plaits and fell in full folds over a
shaped underskirt of chiffon. The
bodice was bertha trimmed and girdled
with silver sash. Chiffon made the
full winglike sleeves, with an under
sleeve of lace. This was a lovely though
inexpensive frock which would do duty
for evening occasions or small dinners
at home.
| skirts of silk, and when one has a care
fully selected and harmonious ward
robe the same silk drop does duty with
a number of gowns. With a fluffy net
and ribbon trimmed light silk skirt and
a simpler black affair for day wear, one
can get along very comfortably and
neatly.
For early spring wear the tailors are
bringing out shepherd plaids in velvet
and making them up in a simple fash
ion. At a great ateIier they have COM
pleted a stunning myrtle green and
white checked gown trimmed with dull
green silk and chenille passementerie.
A little toreador toque of green chiffon
velours with knot of parma violets at
the side is the natty hat to be worn
with this checked costume.
Although there is nothing aggres-
sively new this year in fashions, yet it
is a season of novelties. The velvets
which have been described ad nauseam
are occupying the minds of the cou-
turieres to the exclusion of almost ev-
cry other fabric. They are exquisite
enough for an evening gown and equal
ly suitable for a skating Dress Deco
rated with just a little gold or silver
gailoon, they serve the last named pur-
pose to perfection.
There is a whisper over here that
these GALLONS are being spoiled by be-
coming cheaper, but in the hands of ar
artist their effect is chic in the ex-
IRENE.
Another novelty material used for din
ner gowns is poplinette. Delicate and
fiimy as this new fabric appears, it has
great wearing properties. Then there
is the silver silk which is made up un-
der silver lace into glorious evening
gowns, and if one is sufficiently fortu
nate to have an ancestor who owned
and preserved an antique set of silvei
jewelry she is indeed fortunate.
Most of the seasons trimmings ar,
expensive and quite impossible to copy
but padded lace is an exception. A de
sign, preferably roses, on piece of lac
is first padded and then worked in nat
ural colors in silk.
Buttons are also works of art upol
which the home artist may expend he
skill. A queer animal worked in EN-
broidery silk and appliqued on crap
gives an effect which is oriental an
: charming.
Before the dress talk ends let me sa
r that our French cousins are wearin
' mitts with their evening toilets, and
t quaint, pretty fashion it is-permissi
= BILE at dinner, but not the correct thin
$ for dancing parties.
CATHERINE TALBOT.