The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-10
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Lady Solomon OF the WOman'S Page,
of the day. First there is the hair.
strokes with the brush, or thoroughly
massaged for fifteen minutes or combed
gently and allowed to air for half an
hour. The face must be bathed in very
hot water with a certain kind of Pure
Soap. yfnsed forty-seven times, sprayed
with an astringent wash cold creamed
and massaged for half an hour. The
hands and feet must be manicured and
pedicured and there must be half an
hours physical culture before you are
ready for your hot bath followed by a
| cold spray. And II you omit any OF
these details or fail to meet any trial
or discomfort OF the day with q brave
smile 1t is no wonder you have dou-
Bile chin and crows feet and that your
husband doesn't love you.
And o, by the way!" she turned to
call back as they separated at Eighth
and Kansas avenue, don't fail to bold
a good thought and whenever troubles
and Vexations arise repeat softly to
yourself, Tranquility serenity! Joy
and happiness peace and restH Per
sisted in, this habit will do away with
the necessity OF rouge, love potons,
marriage brokers or shirt waist extend
ers."
Women wear their hats for more &C.
casions indoors this season than ever
before. Indeed the tendency Of late
years has seemed to be more and more
TO elaboration OF headgear indoors and
less and less formality in this respect,
at least in the summer time, when hats
may be dispensed with, outside. OF
course no one wears her hat in a thea
ter, unless she be the occupant of a
box. this good and sensible custom
seeming to be firmly established at
least. but, and it may be another APP
plication of the law of compensation,
at all other times and places the hat is
almost de rigeur as a part of the toilet
OF the well dressed women. Hat ETH
quette" has changed considerably in
the past few years since hats began to
be worn where they were never seen
before.
OF course hats are always worn at
formal luneheons and also now by wo-
men who are pouring at teas and re-
ceptions. 1t is perfectly good to be
bareheaded but it is a little newer" to
wear a hat (and women like to be in
the know about those new fads). Hats
for such occasions, as when pouring or
at punch bowl must be most elabor-
ate; that is the sole excuse for their
presence.
Even at the most informal occasions
in the evenings at the houses of friends
women keep on their hats now. AT
chatting dish suppers and all similar af-
fairs, indeed everything except house
dinner Cat restaurant dinner hats are
of course. worn as always) smart wo-
men wear their hats.
Studying the other day the pictured
faces in the show cases of q fashion
able photographer struck me that the
young girls looked inSolent, writes Mrs.
Ellen Osborn, the New York authority
on fashions for women Different as
were the portraits, exurebance of life
spoke from every one of them. With
their full, curving lips, their round
cheeks and their direct. compelling
gaze, these Fifth avenue young women
made an awesorne phalanx. When
analysed the effect 1t seemed to come
fho ~ n
hair, partly from luxury Of dress and
party from the effrontery of the Glib
son pose.
One or two of these girls were de-
butantes of the present season If we
no longer have buds, perhaps it is be-
cause we no longer want them. Each
daughter of the Four Hundred steps
into society at Is or 10 as richly array
ed as fully equipped as her mother.
Demure and unassuming girlhood is out
OF fashion Perhaps Gibson was not
needed to kill it. The young debutante
energies from the school room a society
queen.
The debutante wears white. So much
remains of the old simplicity, and not
much more. The debutante's bodice is
still cut high in the neck, but among
materials not even velvet is barred. Of
diaphanous fabrics lace for the moment
has the most pronounced vogue, per-
haps because it presents the greatest
possibilities in the way of price. A
white lace dress may cost $1,000. and
s sss look as simple as one got up Tor
Above all things that the world admires
in a woman is manner; that perfect poise,
that gentle dignity, that air which makes
you feel her presence the moment she en-
tiers room, listens when she speaks and
follow her with your eyes as she walks
down the street Above all things that
man admires in woman is manners; the
pretty little courtesies, the perfect breed
ing, the dainty etiquette that are SO rarely
The modern girl, however, has confused
both of these with mannerisms. OF the
mistakes bold and naughty stares for polse,
cock of the chin for dignity and a pro
She could stare her own grandmother out
of cOuntenance, yet she has not potse
grace and eclat. She has all the nerve
in the world, but her nerves give way at
the slightest hint of trouble or excitement.
is me charm winch those women have pos
sessed who have ruled the world through
kings and who have been the powers be-
hind the greatest throne. 1t is not smear
ed on like veneer. To cultivate manner
woman must first feel her own dignity
and have perfect confidence in herself. At
ter that she must forget herself and re-
member everybody else Manner, like
please everybody, to consider everybody
and to charm everybody. The woman who
YOU right out loud when she is offered a
seat in a street car, and to say it with a
DOW ana smile winch make the man
who has offered it glad to stand for her
sake. The woman who has manner is SO
absorbed in her desire to be charming
that she forgets to be awkward. She is
DESTROYS of pleasing you that she for
gets to do affected little things which she
thinks may impress you. She is con-
scious of everybody else that she can not
be self-conscious.
Mind your manners" They are the
pretty little graceS that make a woman
charming in spite of homely face and
dowdy gowns. OF course, this is a free
country and the up-to-date girl has a
right to be bold and bizarre and pert and
impairment If she wishes; but so has the
Chinese lady a right to blacken her teeth.
That doesn't prove that it is attractive.
nod Will serve for bow and you may
tread all over the public's toes; but such