The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-01

derstood. She gave another quick
glance at herself in the mirror and
sharp pang. She took the hat from
her head and stood holding it for a
minute while her eyes Travelled over
it with something half regretfuI. half
amused in their expression.
ssI see," she said, at last, slowly.
the hat is too young for me- She
laid it on the shelf and turning to the
mirror pinned on her black turban,
she reflected there now for the first
time. THE new Jane.'' she said to
herself. mo the old Janet why,
it's worse than finding a gray hair
Then she turned and walked res
olutely out of the shop with the air
of a martyr, as if to say ST shall go
softly all my days. and with her now
accepted and formally adopted lady
like hat cooked at the old accustomed
angle, over her right ear.
The old-fashioned formal bouquet.
bound in a lace paper case, is actually
slated for a revival. Nothing could be
| more unlikely, yet the old nosegays had
a certain charm of their own. The
great trouble with them was that many
flowers often entered into their com
position and no flower was allowed to
retain its character but all were mass
ed stiffly together without foliage. A
bouquet of pink roses, say, loosely ar
ranged, with lace paper holder, might
be both quaint and pretty. Without the
cases, the Second Empire nosegays have
been used for about year. A number
of Topeka brides have carries them
From London, says writer in the
| New York Post. comes word that high
necked opera costumes are gaining in
| favor at Covent Garden. 1t has been
! the rule for every woman to appear in
| decollete, and in fact in Continental
opera houses no woman would be admit
/ ted in a high gown. Says the London
correspondent:
What strikes the on1ooker with great
force is the encoura cement given to
| high neck evening bodices. At first
night, week or two ago, many such
bodices might have been counted in the
stalls.
1.-THE early five o'clock operas have,
no doubt, done much to encourage the
adoption of high neck evening blouses,
for which occasions they are supremely
| suitable"
This may be laid to the becomfngness
of the transparent yoke, no doubt, and
and we shall probably see the same
fashion when our own opera season
comes around again.
Shall we also see the artificial flowers
which are so greatly admired for dress
and coiffure garnitures abroad? We
read:
"Flowers-roses in particular-are af-
fected as clusters, wreaths and semi
ring of shaded pink roses laid fiat upon
| the crown of the head, the coiffure also
being quite fiat, without a suggestion of
a topknot, while in front of the wreath
| the hair is pushed we'll forward over
the forehead. This was the coiffure and
| decoration worn by the occupant of a
stall at the opera recently, and near by
were many heads also dressed with
roses. On one was q semi-wreath of
pink and white Banksia roses, resting
| against high coiffure, while another
crimson roses, posed near the center
front of the head.
VERY pretty was the effect of a half
hoop of ivy, the ends united by a back
comb of dark tortoise shell inlaid with
a delicate design in gold and platinum.
And in the stalls also was a head of
wavy chestnut hair dressed with. a
Juliet cap of gold ehainwork set with
pearls. 4r5s
"a simple wreath of forget-me-n
| graced the head of a beautiful girl in
white; and a band of narrow blue rib
bon, passing across the front of the
head, was the sole ornament adopted
by her companion. 10
"a bunch of rnaJive roses, close and
| compact was the chosen headdress Of
a brunette; another coiffure was dec
GRATED with a small rope of pearls
wound in and out of the hair, and a
third had ribbon fillet for its toilette.
| Several heads illustrated the fashion
of wearing flowers in color harm onizing
with the stones adorning the side and
| back combs. For instance, a wreath of
| ivy was worn with tortoise she'll combs
! studded with green stones, and forget
me-nots accompanied combs set with
turquoises.''