The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

1SkeS new pay Lean kleScnna, by
c. NJ. s. Mcclellan. chow they all wear
violet perfume and the soul of a man
goes down with a crash"
Among the Christmas present this
year one young woman received a well
come addition to her tea table. This
was in the shape of six small oblong
lacquered trays, just large enough to
hold a teacup and sandwich. with
them came six tiny oblong doylies. The
comfort of having a support for their
teacups will be appreciated by her wish
tors, especially those of them who hap
pen to be men. The little trays fit into
each other and are so small that they
occupy Insignificant space on the tea
table.
THE prettiest frock I saw said the
girl who spent the holidays in the city,
was also the simplest, and the whole
get-up, girl, couture and gown, was the
most thoroughly old fashioned and pic
turesque have seen since the 1880
styles came in. She was very slim and
rather tail and wore her hair parted in
the middle and with those big, low side
puffs, a bun on her neck, a curl on her
shoulder and a red, red rose tucked In
where the curl began. Her gown was
bodice on the surplice order, with Il
deep point in front, but very low in the
neck and with big, short puffs for
sleeves. The skirt was gathered just
as full as it could be about the waist
and there were five ruff1es slightly
graduated in width, the widest at the
bottom extending to just below the
hips. All the ruff1eS were very full and
tended to an indescribably airy. fairy
effect. Instead of a girdle she wore a
sash of the chiffon, drawn down to the
sharp point of the bodice in front and
fastened with a rosette of many loops
and two long, wide ends in the back.
The skirt touched the floor all around,
and the gown had not one Bit of trim
ming"
st shall never be able to understand"
said the one who took things seriously,
''how actresses keep their youth. You
sails every day, learning one part while
acting another, late hours, and inter-
rupted rest. Surely they transgress all
the laws of hygiene and beauty
You are wrong there" said she who
liked to explain. Every law of hygiene
says one should work. have some aim,
while that early to bed and early to
rise theory was knocked in the head
| long ago. Women on the stage have
diversion, interest, change, everything
that is youth giving. Do you know
what is aging. A rut: nothing else
| in the world. It's the drudge that
grows old. Look at these women who
spend their lives on farms or in little
town kitchens; they are old at 40. It's
monotony that kills. Monotony is a
close second to worry in bringing pin
wrinkles. However" she continued
somewhat irrelevantly, you know there
really isn't any old age nowadays.
/ it. Why, my mother wears white wool
gowns, stocks and hats, Just like do
and is as pretty and stylish as if she
were 80. Yet her mother had taken to
| caps at her age. The woman of the day
| is artful. I should say the instruments
to girlishness, this winter, for instance,
were baby waists and blue hats. An
actress who is noted for being gu anu
looking 30 more than that, she can act
! sat in a box at the theater recently
/ She had on a baby waist of point
d'esprit, buttoned simply down the
back and large baby blue hat, worn
! far over the eyes And as one woman
nudged another in the audience and
said, Just look how clever she is about
dressing. She even has perfectly plain
set-in pieces across the shoulders and
down the back of her waist, for it is
there she is losing her figure and be-
coming too fat And by the way, have
you noticed the prevailing New Year
| hat is round in shape, and worn to
shade the eyes? That is just one Of
artful womans ways of looking young
That actress, of perennial youth, though
| doesn't attribute it to hats, diversion or
work, but to Christian Science. If that
! be so, how many devotees therel be to
the new faith
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ion notes from the New York Post:
Immediately after Christmas the shop
windows blossom out with the th1nnest
and daintiest of fabrics, the first offer
ings of spring and summer cottons.
These early patterns are of the choicest,
and very often are exclusive and not to
/ be duplicated later. For that reason
rather higher prices are usually asked
for them If one may judge by the
first cottons shown, the coming year
viii be notable for the number and the
beauty of tub gowns worn. The old IA
vorites OrgandieS, dimitieS, and nOWer-
] ed muslins. are on hand as usual. Or
CANDIES with deep borders are sure 10
attract attention. The old rose designs
are beautiful in these bordered patterns
and there are many new designs. one
in apple blossoms was lovely. The col
ors were green, brown, and white, Just
touched with bright pink, as the real
apple blossoms are An arbutus design
was also charming.
The new ginghams are very attrac-
tive. Besides the ordinary thing, tnefe
are silk ginghanS as line ana as JUS
trous as foulards, although laundering
might somewhat diminish the gloss OF
the surface. There are lace ginghamS,
some of them as sheer as net. These
are not expensive, and will make pretty
morning and house gowns. Ihere is a
new cotton wolfe very like Bingham IN
texture which comes at the low price
of 10 cents a. yard. 1t is to be mad IN
white and nearly all common colors-
The light blue is especially goco- 0cOeSh
sateens are among the attractive cheap
cottons They are 25 and 30 cents a
yard, and are admirable for shirt-walst
suits The variety of color and design
leaves nothing to be desired. Especial
ly good are the plaids and checks
Some of the tartans are as beautlful as
silk. Zephyrs are old standbys, and are
as pretty this year as ever. Checks
seem to be the favorites, and checks
overlaid with embroidered figures or
dots are to be commended for their
good style. A pretty brown cotton is
rarely found. but a beautiful piece in
this color is to be had in these mercer
80 zort1zrs Another lovely niece was