The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-08
For the .
. Women.

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! With the approach of Halloween in
! tending hostesses look out for appro-
pirate favors. Among the novelties to
be obtained this year IS a lead set COM
! prising pieces of the metal in fanciful
shapes which rattle when shaken. The
| secret Of the jangle is that little
metal favor is hidden in each piece Of
| lead. When the lead is melted the ia
vor is released. The set provides for a
company of men and women and
long handled ladle in which to melt the
metal goes with it.
Then there are the pumpkin favors;
pumpkin men and Women-the men
with little cucumber legs and arms, the
/ women clad in grotesque Dutch style;
pumpkin bonbon boxes with odd faces
burned in the sides and pumpkin Ian
terms with grinning mouths and staring
! eyes-Tniniatur Jack-o' lanterns. An
other bonbon box is in the form of an
ear of Indian corn and another is a
black cat with removable head and
] capacious body.
/ The witch with power to charm, -
who always rides abroad on Halloween
clad in a red gown and big apron and
90 a broomstick, fiery steed or
white swan is one favor which would
J commend to any one or if you prefer
from head to cloven foot and ready
equipped with horns and trident.
Willie Dearborn is the nom de plume
under which Mrs. Call, formerly Miss
Jessie LIewellyn of Topeka writes the
gossip of Chicago society for the Inter-
+ Ocean. Here is one of ..Willie'S' anec-
dotes told apropos of the approaching
visit OF Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Wander
bilt to Chicago where they are to be
the principal exhibit at the horse
show:
Once upon time, years ago. when I
almost had money. another fellow and
myself were being driven along the
ocean drive at Newport in one of these
pale canopied wagons that might seem
to belong to you We're it not for their
numerous duplicates We We're feeling
Plea sed. The driver had seemed to re-
spect us we ha1 idled 5-run IN the
pier end found ourselves nov TOO lpurh
more slick in appearance than the own
ers Of The ,-s-<en 'bled yachts. fI1Ning
lUnched al the Casino. we had had the
self-respect not to let the waiter make
together we We're congratulating our
selves in our poverty that we could
philosophically scott at the very rich.
It's as bad as heaven 1 remarked,
pretending to be depressed with the
absence of activity.
What do you expect?" my friend
asked in his large @Serary way. ''of
men and women who have never
known the discipline of purpose or the
10Y of work? What" It was
larger and more eloquent what but
it was cut short by our drivers sud
denly slowing up at the approach of
two persons in a very high two wheel
ed cart.
What began my friend louder,
and this time desperately, 20 drown the
voice of the driver, sor the fellow. AL
most touching the two in the cart with
his whip cried out to Us as he half
turned in his seat:
Say. if you gents wants to see the
Vanderbilts, there's Reggie now, and
thar's the gal he's goin' to marry
Now, 1 wonder if Reggi and the gal
he was ''goin' to marry liked it
wonder if the horses at the horse show.
all groomed and shining and prancIng
with the taste of fresh oats, as they
are-I wonder if they like it. L wonder
if Reggie and 1.-The gal" he has mar
ried will like it when they come to Chi
cago for the November horse show. No
use talking, the common people will
look at the very rich when the very
rich sit in boxes at the horse show.
there they are. 1 say, why not require
the common people to wear binders at
the horse show?
The last week in September now wit
nesses the most important of the early
fall openings, says writer In the New
York Evening Post. Twenty-third
street. Broadway, and Sixth avenue are
full of strangers, mostly dressmakers
and nilliners from the west and south.
Many shops display cards, special
styles for the trade" and the windows
and counters show the extremes of
fashion. Some of the remarks one
overhears in front of shop windows are
worth consideration. In a Broadway
window wereTdisplayed several shirt
waist suits of bright clan plaids, beau
tifuI as to fabric and perfect as to
workmanship. Two western buyers
surveyed them, one admiringly, the
other critically.
Beware of pIaids,' said the critical
one. Personally I have no faith in
them. These suits are beautiful, and
this shop is one of the most reliable,
in the matter of style, in New York.
But I notice that very little plaid ma
terial has been imported. and it is plain
to me that the demand for plaids is
limited
Beware of all startling novelties, is a
good rule. Although this is said to be
a season of brilliant color effects, it is
notable that in finer materials, and
especially in the many rich robe gowns
shown. pastel tints and delicate colors
predominant. Even the spangled robes,
and there are as many of them this
year as last, are pale in tone.
The Directoire influence is marked;
but no slavish imitation OF the old fash