The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-05

forget to show creations in clothes
which, she softly purrs. are suitable
for bridge parties They may posi-
bly, be caIled-'The Tricky Trump
or THE dazzling of a Glance too
long'i-or "The deft Impress of a
Finger NALL" One never knOwsi
Any amount of fashion papers find
their way into the average British
household, containing rabid nonsense
such as the following
'tThere were wonderful stories afiOat
about Miss BIS dresses. Rumor has II
that a dressmaker came over specially
from New York to requisition the ser
vices of the most important artiSteS
IN Paris, and gold lace and hand en-
broidery were used with no frugal
hand: yet, despite this and the warm
welcome accorded to her by an Eng
lish audience Miss B. does not seem
to have made up her mind to stay with
US long, for it is said the end of June
will see the end of her season. We
have sketched her in her pink chiffon
wrap, which is made in the Empire
shape covered with chiffon and deco
rated with punches of chiffon flowers
and green leaves held with bows Of
pink satin-a most dainty affair full
of delicate detail and pre-eminently
becoming.
DESPITE thfs,',-is rich indeed. De
spite the fact that gold lace and hand
embroidery were used with no
frugal hand" Miss 3. is determined to
leave "the gay. the gay and glittering
scene' and deprive US of her pink
chiffon wrap in the Empire SHAPED" A
positively disastrous conclusion! Nay,
but harken to the maudlin murmurs
of the crazed worshippers of Mumbo-
Jumbo Fashion
DO you yearn for a gray muslin
dress? Half my smart girl acquaint-
ances are buying gray muslins as
though their lives depended on it.
fell in love with one of them that was
in bouillone gathers all around the skirt
to within eight inches of the hem, while
the yoke had similar but smaller bouil-
ZONES run through we'll below the Shout
der line, with a wide chine ribbon knot
ted low in front. Beneath this encir-
cling ribbon the bodice pOuched
in blouse fashion over chine waist rib
bon to match. with long pendant ends
one side. The sleeves were a distinct
novelty. being set in number of small
puffs below one big one. a chine rib
bon being knotted around the arm be-
tween each puff.
DO you syearn' for a gray muslin
dress?" Oh We godsi One is reminded
of a comic passage in the "Artemus
Ward papers where it is related how a
lady Of the Free Love" persuasion
flushed at the American humorist, bran
dishing a cotton umbrella and crying
out sDost thou not yearn for meg" to
which adjuration Artemus replied.
while he lodged" the umbrella: Not
a yearn.''
'I should like" says one of the poor
/ inlbeeile dress devotees, 1.-The skirt
finished off with a wadded hem, or per
haps a few folds Of satin; but otherwise
it should be let severely plain. These
satin. brocade. or velvet dresses should
stand or fall by their own merits, and
never be overelabo2ated."
/ True! And is it "a wadded hem or
a naddeds room that should finish Off
these people who spread the madness Of
/ clothes far and wide till it becomes a
I positively dangerous and immoral infec-
tion2 One wondersi For there is no
more nnischievous wickedness in soci-
ETY. today than the famboyant, exuber-
/ ant wilfuI extravaganza Of women's
dress. It has far exceeded the natural
and pretty vanity Of permissible charm,
good taste and elegance; it has become
a riotous waste. an ugly disease Of
moral principle ending at last in the
1 disgrace and death OF many a woman s
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