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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29

A secret worth knowing is how to tint
laces, chiffons silk or crocheted but
tons. feathers, slippers, gloves, etc, to a
gown shade. The materials required
are oil paints in tubes and benzine.
The benzine is placed in a porcelain
bowl, and the paint is dissolved in it.
The work has to be done quickly and,
of course, in a fireless room. Mix the
paint to the required shade in a saucer,
comparing it with the goods till the
right color. When the exact tint is
reached mix with the benzine and dip
the lace or whatever is to be dyed
quickly before the paint falls to the
bottom. Do not let the goods touch
the bottom, as there might be a spot Of
paint there. A hairpin comes in handily
to hold the edge of the goods. Shake
out quickly and pin up to dry. 1t is
well to make a few experiments before
risking costly material, but the process
is really not at all formidable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29

square embroidered collar and extends
across the entire front except in the
center, where it forms a wide box plat
trimmed with buttons. The sleeves are
large puTs with the shoulder portion
tucked several inches, from whence it
hangs out in graceful fullness and is
finally gathered at the elbow into a
rufTie.
I must mention some Of the stunning
hats which add attractfveness even to
the most attractive baby face. One
dainty little CONNECTION is of tuscan
straw so flexible that it can be ar
ranged on a frame and bent into a be-
coming shape. For want of a better
name it might be called a double bon
net. A frin of chiffon frames the face
and the brims are curled over in a
pretty dip directly in front. There is
absolutely nothing on the outside of
the bonnet except a handsome feather,
which curls over the side brim in fas-
cinating fashion. Wide soft silk strings
tie in a big bow under the little wear
er's chin.
Charming, indeed, is a chapeau made
of white horsehair so fine that it ad-
nits of being shirred on a frame a lit
tie on the tricorne plan. On one edge
of the straw is sewed narrow butter
colored valenciennes lace considerably
fulied, and the other edge is shirred on
the frame. The entire hat is formed of
rows of lace trimmed straw. Toward
the face the lace alone is shirred on in
rows. The top of the hat is carelessly
| adorned with blue forgetmenots and
tiny pink roses.
For the last few years it has been
the custom to put children under six
years of age in socks summer and win
! ter, but the idea that this is q. French
fashion is a. mistaken one. Children on
| the continent do wear socks even up to
the age of ten or twelve, but only in
summer. and they never wear sandals
without stockings.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
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Character Reading.

Character reading from the features
is a very fascinating study, and the
eyes are perhaps the most interesting
subject of all.
Large clear blue eyes denote a ready
and great capacity, also sensibility of
character but their owner is dincult
to manage. jealous, inquisitive and fond
of enjoyment.
Deep seated eyes receive impressions
accurately, definitely and deeply.
Round eyed persons live much in the
senses, but are not great thinkers, al
though they see much. Narrow eyed
people see less, but think more and feel
with greater intensity.
Now as to color. The hazel eyed wo-
man never tells too much or too little.
never descends to scandal, prefers her
husbands comfort to her own and is
shrewd intellectual and loving.
Great thinkers have gray eyes, for
gray is the color of talent and shrewd-
ness. but these generally indicate a
better head than heart.
Green eyes betoken courage, pride and
energy.
Black eyes show peppery DISPOSE
ton and may be sometimes, though not
always, treacherous.
Men have light eyes oftener than wo-
men, but the percentage of brown and
hazel eyes, neither pure light nor genu-
inc dark, is very nearly the same in
both sexes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29
GATEAU.-1Iix quar-
M ter of a pound of grated par
mesan cheese. two ounces of

II n ACARONI GATEAU.-AIix quar-
N ter of a pound of grated par
mesan cheese, two ounces of
boiled macaroni cut into short lengths,
two ounces of butter, two whole eggs,
pepper and salt to taste. Turn this
mixture into a buttered mold and steam
it for ten minutes. Then turn out and
serve with tomato or cheese sauce.
Creme de Macaroni.-Boil, drain and
cut UP some macaronf; then add to it
rich white sauce and two spoonfuls of
grated cheese. Add a quarter of an
ounce of gelatin previously dissolved
in milk Cfor half a pint of white sauce).
Pour this mixture into a mold and
leave till set. Turn out and serve gar
nished with little heaps of caviares
Season with salt, pepper and tiny
dash of nutmeg.
Timbales de Macaroni.-Line a mold
carefully with some freshly boiled
macaroni. busting it well as you fit it
into place with pepper, salt and fresh
ly grated parmesan cheese. Fill up the
mold with some thick lobster or shrimp
sauce into which has been stirred some
broken up boiled macarOni and cover
the bottom with more macaronf Steam
or bake it for forty-f1ve to sixty min
utes. according to size. The great Sc
cret of this dish is to get the filling Of
the right consistency
Macaron: aux Anchois.-Cook three
quarters Of pound of macaroni. Chop
fine small onion and little parsley
with five or six well washed and boned
anchovies and fry them all in butter for
a few minutes Drain off the partly
cooked macaroni and place it in a stew
pan with the anchovy, etc, and about
one gill of light white wine, two gflls OF
stock and a good dust of white pepper
and simmer over a slow fire for twenty
minutes; nOisten it if necessary with
a little more stock in the process. Ar
range on a very hot dish sprinkIing il
freely with grated parmesan cheese.
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fetal cherry blossom petals or a white
ice may be served with a tablespoonful
of maraschino poured over it. A tiny
sprig of paper cherry blossoms with
the stem wrapped with pink baby rib
bon should be stuck in the side of the
ice
The Japanese tea party I am sug-
costing is for the entertainment of a
dozen or more intimate girl friends or
young matrons who in this age of
girls" may not think the following
games beneath their dignity, but rather
consider it Jolly good sport"
Beg or borrow any japanese curiosi-
ties you can-dolls, fans, picture books,
prints, worries, wood carvings, no mat
ter what so long as they are quaint and
Japanese-and place them about the
room where they will show to the best
advantage. These curiosities will fur
nish subjects of conversation and con-
tribute much to the general success of
the affair. In these globe trOtting days
some of the guests will have visited
Japan, and many an interesting story
apropos of the curios viii be forth
coming.
Now as to the games themselves.
Here are two which are favorites of the
young people in the oriental island en-
pire: The first is called tie DANA, or, to
be literal, bag ball. All that is required
for this game is a number of bright col
ored bags made of silk or cotton Grape
and filled with dried beans. The game
consists in trying to toss up as many
of these bags as possible without drop
ping one. japanese girls juggle very
cleverly with the bag balls, often keep
ing as many as six or seven going at
once with no idea of missing a catch.
This game may seem extremely child
ish but it is really astonishing what
amusement may be obtained from it.
The other game is played with a long
silk scarf furnished with a running
loop. Each end of the scarf is held by
a player in such a manner that the loop
is midway between the players and al
most touching the floor. On one side
of the loop sits a third player, while on
the other is placed some small object,
such as cup or a bean bag or even a
thimbIe The aim of the player in the
middle is to thrust her hand through
the loop, grasp the prize and bring it
safely back before the players who hold
the scarf at either end can draw the
loop tight and keep her hand prison
er. Each guest should be allowed to
trv her luck two or three times, and the
game is made more interesting if the
prize is a souvenir which the successful
PLAYER is allowed to keep
GRACE GRISCOM.
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Be careful how you criticise the eff
forts of the children. The clipped wing
never grows again. Make it a matter
of conscience never to mislead the
child, for he is a traveller newly ar
rived from a strange country. Allow
him as his world widens to have opin-
ions Of his own: let him be a personal
ity, not a mere echo. Have faith in
God for your sons and daughters. Ac-
cording to your faith so will it be unto
you. Make your home the center OF at
traction to your children; let them feel
drawn to you and it, like the needle to
the pole. Respect the secrets of your
children, but do not worry them to
confide in you.
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colored ribbon is run and tied in smart
bows with long ends at each side of the
yoke. The sleeves are short puffs fin
ished with beading.
In more practical gowns for older
girls nothing is better than a coat and
skirt suit of pale gray plaided tweed.
The jacket is a double breasted sack
affair trimmed with white cloth collar
and cuffs outlined with fancy braid.
The skirt is Killed Scotch fashion, and
between the double box plaits are short
pointed tabs of the plaid over similar
effect in white cloth. This style Of
gown is particularly good for girls be-
tween the ages of eight and twelve.
Very useful and pretty for the sea-
shore is a dress of nuns yelling of the
new vivid shade which has been ex-
plotted as automobile red" The skirt
has a plain panel effect in front and is
then tucked and stitched all around
four inches from the waist line. About
the bottom of the skirt is a straight
ruff1e of yelling. The bodice is built on
the shirt waist plan, but the tucked
fullness begins at the edge of a deep,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29

In order to become slender let the
maiden inclined to embonpoint follow
this advice, and her form should be-
come as willowy as she could wish:
Rise early and take a cold bath, rub
bling vigorously afterward with a coarse
towel or flesh brush Take a cupful of
water before breakfast. Take one
small cup of tea at breakfast, some dry
toast, boiled fish or a small outlet and
a baked apple or little fruit. At din
ner. which should be at midday take
whitef1sh or meat, dry toast or stale
bread, vegetables or fruit, either fresh
or stewed; for supper toast salad
fruit and six ounces of wine or water.
Hot water with lemon juice in it is also
good for supper. When you have fol-
lowed all these rules and find yourself
fairylike in proportion, then you may
begin to contemplate smart clothes such
as only the slender can wear.
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pongee made with deep cape com
posed for the most part of q tucked
china silk rufde trimmed with van
dyked points Of lace and headed with
embroidered square motifs trimmed
with lace applied as a band. Another
RUNE of the same kind trims the skirt
The coat fastens with a long drop bow
of satin ribbon tied in fascinating little
loops.
a most attractive little. frock for a
child under six is made in empire fash
ion of the finest white nainsook- The
dress hangs straight back and front
from a square yoke of embroidery at
tached to the skirt with d band of deep
embroidery beading, through which a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29

JAPANESE cherry blossom tea
~ party is a lovely and appro-
"a pirate May function In the
Land of the Rising Sun April
is the great cherry blossom month,
when wonderful festivals are held in
honor of this blossoming fruit, and very
soon in our own country the orchards
VIII be in fun bearing, so that the deco
rations for the tea will be an easy and
Inexpensive feature. When the natural
cherry blossoms are not within ones
reach artificial branches may be bought
in the shops at small cost. Where
Grape paper is sold cut blossoms ready
TO be attached to branches or to wires
may be purchased, and it is a matter
Of few minutes to adjust them. The
Japanese tea" must be carried out
with as much atmosphere of the mika-
dos realm as is consistent with occi-
dental comfort
Now let me make few suggestions
as to how this affair may be arranged
merely an outline to be supplemented
by whatever knowledge one may have
of Japanese customs and manners.
Have the room in which the tea is
to be held cleared of all furniture for
there must be no chairs or tables in an
eastern reception apartment The rugs
may remain on the pOiSneQ nOOr, or If
the room happens to be covered with
mating so much the better. Place
brightly colored cushions on the floor
for seats. To be perfectly correct the
company should kneel upon the cush-
ions, but it is here advisable to make a
concession to comfort. Let your guests
sit on the cushions or they may become
FESTIVE. Around the walls place Japa-
nese embroidered screens. which may
be hired from an art furniture shop. or
If you cannot obtain these construct for
yourself some shOgi. or Japanese paper
walls This latter arrangement is more
truly Jap in effect. The shogf is made
by covering ordinary screens or light
framework with plain white paper and
painting them with horizontal and per
pendicular lines to represent panes of
glass, each about a foot square. At the
top Of the screen birds and figures may
be roughly put in as frieze. Decorate
the room with flags of the Rising Sun.
They are the simplest flags in the world
to make, consisting as they do of a
scarlet disk sewed on the center of a
white ground.
There should be plenty Of towering
plants and shrubs and as many branch
es OF cherry blossoms as look well
placed in tail vases. If vases are not at
hand any utensil Of tall, slim outline
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dainty new prints, which have the ad-
vantage of being proof against the de-
struction of the washtub, are made UP
into long. wasted frocks. The waist is
not absurdly long, and the short skirt
is adorned with two or three plain ruff
hes. The gathered bodice is mounted
on d yoke of the print. over which are
put strips of muslin Joined together
with cat stitches and edged with a frill
of Irish lace or a large collar made of
English embroidery. It is in these col
lars, which may be modified ad libi-
tum. that the extravaganza of the cos
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rect recipe for the delicious little Japa-
nese rice cakes, but a very good for
rnula is that of rice -four mixed with
honey. Cream the rice -four and butter
together as for the ordinary tea cake
and add as many eggs as the quantity
of batter is likely TO require. Use the
honey instead of milk in mixing They
should be dropped from a spoon on but
tered paper and cooked until they are
crisp brown Genuine rice cakes may
be bought at oriental shops
Any fruit sherbet is nice to serve IN
stiff pasteboard cups covered with artl-
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ment. and the Russian style is most APP
proved, but very pretty guimpe dresses
are made in pique. the round necks I'm
ished with circular ruff1e buttonholed
in white cotton. The guimpe itself
may be of lawn or lace, with under
sleeves to lengthen the pique puffed at
fairs, which end at the elbow with a
scalloped ruff1e.
For a boy of three or four a swagger
little suit of pique is carried out some
what on the Russian blouse order, but
with little of the 'pouched effect which
distinguishes this style. Running from
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in the Avenue des Champs
Elysees or in the Jardin des
Tuferies these spring mornings is very
much surprised to see these beautiful
spots filled with a most attractive lot of
merry. romping children. These places
are not only fine promenades. but are
also charming Fairgrounds where the
Partisan children of the haut mode
are permitted to join one another and
enjoy themselves under the eyes Of
their nurses and governesses. They are
also a splendid vantage ground for the
chronicler of juvenile fashion
There is an impression in the minds
Of most people that French children
are always overdressed. Nothing, how
ever, is further from the truth. At
parties and other functions they are
dressed up, but not more so than other
children on similar occasions The real
secret of che smart appearance of the
French tots is to be found in the exqui
site usefulness Of their clothes.
Like her mother, the little French girl
has an Unborn love of pretty lingerie,
but the luxury of her underwear is lin
tied strictly to the quality Of the mate
rial and the beauty of the hand stitch
ing. No lace trims the dainty gar
ments unless it be very narrow valen-
ciennes edging a little friu on which
three tiny tucks have been run by hand.
Any embroidery that may find a place
on the lingerie is worked directly on
the nainsook or longcloth, either in
buttonhoIe stitched little scalIops or in
some more elaborate design
Among the groups OF happy children
coats and jackets were not in favor.
and demiseason dresses were the order
of the day. Plaids of all varieties and
dence. The plaid frocks had little
trimming save a yoke and cuffs of har-
mOnizing dark velvet and a velvet pip
ing between the bodice and skirt The
short, full jupe was made bias, with a
seam down the center. The mohair
dresses depended for beauty upon their
shocked Jokes and deep cuffs. One
pretty little blue mOhair had pointed
yoke shocked in a lighter shade. The
waist fullness was brought down into
a belt of white suede stitched in geo
metrical figures in light blue silk. The
skirt was shocked three inches at the
waist line. The bottom was finished
with hem. and the full bishop sleeves
were smoked from wrist to elbow.
Girls clothes are always an echo of
their mothers, and as madame will
trim her dainty summer gowns with val
lace the small mademoiselle viii follow
suit. and her elaborate frocks viii be
made beautiful with this dentelle It
is on the berthas which adorn these
frocks that the val viii disport itself
most. Indeed, insertions of this lace
edged with a narrow lace ruf1e often
makes an entire bertha The deep cuffs
are made in the same way. Another
lace bertha is fitted and cut out on the
lower edge in shallow crescents, with
val lace insertion radiating from the
top to the points. The lower edge is
finished with a lace ruf1e. Between the
rows of insertion appear tiny ruf1es of
lace.
The smart French child this summer
win wear wash dresses made of print,
which has been for d long time relegat-
ed 70 servants morning wear. These
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palate. Content yourself with the usu-
al afternoon tea dainties and a few
japanese CONNECTIONS to carry out the
oriental idea such as rice cakes, can
died ginger, cherry blossom sherbet and
saki as well as tea made a la Japo-
naise.
The dainties should be served on lit
tie trays, separate ones for each guets.
There should be japanese blue and
white dishes and handleless teacups,
which may be found at any oriental
shop; also japanese serviettes-
Sald is a japanese drink which is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29
A New silver Neck chain.

The new silver neck chain ornament
ed with brilliants, each section being
composed of ten small stones placed
at alternate intervals and marked with
a large pearl, is very popular. These
are called chaines de chapelet, or rosary
chains This kind of bijou is very pop
ular, and it is certainly very uncommon.
The Louis XVI. ring, scalloped round
the edges, is much worn. The diamond
rings of this description have usually
silver settings, and this old fashioned
custom has now been renewed.
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visitors in true eastern style say to
them upon arrival, ''Konichi- wa" ("How
do you dO'), and upon departure, "Sa-
yonara" ("Goodby'O. Be sure, too, to
drink a tiny cup of tea with each Wis
itor. lifting the cup as people do when
drinking a toast.
Speaking of refreshments, it is hardly
wise to attempt real Japanese dishes.
In the first place. they are difficult to
get and seldom appeal to the western
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tune occurs. They are sometimes of
real lace, though plain nainsook with a
little edging of torchon would answer
the purpose. Plain leather belts are
Worn with the printed cotton frocks.
Pique is in high favor for the one
piece Norfolk suits for small boys and
girls. OF course this heavy fabric ad-
mits of only the plainest kind of treat
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used upon special occasions and is
made of rice water sweetened and
heightened in flavor by alcohol in
small or large quantities, according to
the degree of strength desired. 1t is
also made in different colors with fruit
juices For the cherry blossom tea
weak sake colored with strawberry
juice would carry out the pink scheme
perfectly.
1t is almost impossible to find a cor
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A Japanese Cherry Blossom Tea Party
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Will do if covered with pink Grape pa
per.
The hostess and her receiving party
Will, of course, wear Japanese dress,
and if a kmono has to be made a most
presentable one can be constructed
from some of the 'Japanesy'' designs to
be found in the new spring grapes and
cOttOns, or plain blue or pale gray will
look we'll The "giban." or underscarf,
which is folded fchu fashion over the
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a deep, round collar trimmed with an
embroidered ruf1e are narrow panel
pieces of all over embroidery that ex-
tend several inches on the skirt beyond
the belt. The belt is cut out at inter
walls to accommodate the wide box
plaits which form the apology for a
skirt. Knickerbockers of pique are
worn under the dress.
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Tea owes its favor to a certain fine
volatile oil which is present only in very
minute quantities The fact that it is
so volatile renders it most necessary to
keep tea in an air tight eaddy-
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lined with white silk and altogether
was a nice little coat to slip on over
thin dresses before the days have
grown really warm. The hat was a
large mushroom shape of light straw
trimmed with a rosette bow and gath
erings of soft white silk and a simple
wreath of pink tipped daisies.
Very elaborate is a long coat of white
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Paris Fashions For the Little Folks


One little tot playing about the
Champs Elysees wore cunning three
quarter coat of the box style made of
pale blue pastel cloth trimmed with
white braid and velvet facings. 1t was
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Very lovely for evening wear are the
delicate shades of rose boas, the curl
of the ostrich feathers giving a won
derfully foamy effect that is eminently
becoming.
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In the summer lay tallow candles
among furs, and no moths will go near
them, it is said