The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06


lions. To begin with the silhouettes
of the smartest dressed women showed
no tendency toward the bizarre. Skirts
were wide at the hem but not exag-
gerated and fitted to the hips but not
with CONSPICUOUS Snugness Sleeves
were quite moderate. Elbow sleeves
were seen in little Jackets and dressy
coats, and were met by long gloves.
More top puffs than actual leg % NUT
ton shapes appeared, but in all cases
the puffs were one with the sleeves
in fact or effect, and not applied as in
old days.
A great many plated skirts were
seen on silk and wool tailOrmades. On
small. trim figures they are cut two
and three inches from the floor. But
the stout woman, the tall woman and
the woman with big or ungainly feet
! let's her skirt down to within an inch
and a half or even an inch of the
! pavement. Short skirts are a coming
rather than a passing fashion. In
Paris, ultra fashionables are wearing
them half way to their boot tops for
walking. With the natty polo turban
and spats to match the skirt, trinity
built girls were never better suited
by a style.
The fashions of the spring are all
made for. young folk, and not a
thought has seemingly been bestowed
on their elders. It is only another in
| ducement for the modern woman to
d y
| refuse to grow old. The summer is
coming when burrows of care will be
wiped out and dull eyes frightened by
vacation out of door sports. One
needs them this year if ever, If one
is to live up to ones giddy hat.
The polo is passing. It was one of
the ephemeral styles that goes up
like the rocket and down like it's stick. =
The smartest hats that Easter
| brought out were moderately sized af-
fairs turned very high at the back and
banked there with ribbons, feathers or
/ flowers and tiptilted toward the front.
/ The choicest were made of the old
new fashioned NeapOlitan, hOrsehair
or "crin" braid. So large a number
of such hats were of flower color that
a view of the avenue from an upper
window when the throng on Sunday
was densest reminded one Of an ami
mated garden. Fashionable colors
were never more beautiful. Every hue
seems to be in style, but the leaders of
them all are faded or dead tones.
Very stunning effects IN color combi-
nations are effected with the picot-
edged ribbons, which have returned
with a flourish of trumpets.
The willow porch and summer cot
tage furniture is unusually attractive
this year. Not only are the designs
1 pleasing, but the colors are excellent
and in the greatest variety. Sealing
j
this season. A set of these red chairs
with a round table to match would be
charming for tea on the lawn. Huge
red lawn umbrellas are also to be had.
No other color makes such a good APP
| pearance out of doors. The combina-
ton of bright red the green of the
grass and the varying tones of the
shrubbery and f1owerbeds is most de-
I lightful. Porch furniture in general
/ that is, where the establishment does
not boast of an army of servants
should be of waterproof material
/ Bamboo is excellent Porch swings of
this wood are rapidly superseding the
old fashioned hammock, which always
had to be taken in when showers
came. The swings are rather expen-
sive, but they can be made at home for
very little provided some member Of
1 the household is handy with tools.
Waterproof cushions and rugs are
among porch conveniences.
No porch is quite complete without
settle table These are to be had in
implanted pine in the house furnishing
departments of the large shops There
they are called ironing tables. Stained,
or, better still, painted the preferred
] color, they will be found both useful