The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-08

TE GLIMPSE or TWO into Fashionable
workroOms at the present moment
y would make the looker-on imagine
shas the tine of weddings aud of roses
aas arrived long ere the calendar an
nouneed ITS due return.
The couturleres are all OF them busy
with frocks of the sheerest and fimiest
description. Organizes. batlstes. lingerie
gowns and blouses. lace robes and tuIIe
dancing frocks. spangled dinner gowns
and velvet reception costumes pile the
tables. and the smart tailor-made in each
md every one OF its many fascinating
forms occupies a niche all to Itself.
Every thing Is rush and hurry and bus
tie. Outside the winds are blowing: the
newspapers record snowstorms that block
the trains and break down telegraph and
telephone wires But inside the dress
makers rooms the workers nre busy upon
the most summary looking of sartorial
possessions. upon gowns and hats that
suggest the warmest of sunshine end
summer time.
They are the orders that we're placed
the week before Christmas for Palm
Reach and all of the other Southern re-
Sorts is the explanation OF the busy pro
prietor. and that explains TO n dot the
seeming discrepancy between the clothes
on view and the weather clerks predie-
lions for many moons to come.
In Europe. where the seasons are sew
eral weeks IN advance Of ours. where
winter sets in earlier and spring arrives
IN due course. the Parision houses have
been busy since The end Of October with
preparations for the Riviera season.
Every house Of any importance an
nounces on its stationery "suceursaIe
Nice" or Monte Carlo. or Cannes. or else
where along that beautiful stretch Of
country that slopes from steep hills TO
the Mediterranean shore. places where
the snow-capped mountains glisLen IN a
sunshine that makes one shed furs at
midday. only to resume them thankfully
after shutdown.
Early November sees the hegira from
London and Paris. and to spend Christ
mas in the South Of France or in North
ern Italy is nowadays quite The thing.
Here. however. the season Is later. and
what with so many social distractions
scheduled for observance. 1t is rarely
that the season along cur American RI
viera, rs the east coast OF Florida is
known. opens much before Lent. In
valids and others there are. TO he sure,
who dit southwards the moment that the
first snow 7ies. but the grundes dimes who
rule the social roost have important en-
gagemeuts that viii keep them 10 their
Northern homes until the quietude of
Lent permits q slackening Of the pace
and q departure from town for needed
relaxation and rest.
Not that the pace is slsckened TO any
very perceptible degree. The social game
Is played inst as eagerly. Just rs strrnu-
ousiy at Palm Reach. at St Augustine
at Asheville and az Aiken as It Is IN
New York or Washington or any of our
large cities.
Dress and appearance are OF even
greater importance when among strangers
thnp they are at home. by their
clothes shall ye know them has come
to be the present-day rendering of the
old-time proverb, and n clever knowledge
OF the possibilities aud prophecies Of
dress has landed many woman In the
eOcis! holy Of boies. when her blue
blood. Der wit. her wealth. her long
pedigree would have nvuied her naught
81 the crambte for place aud favor
The one point to be observed IN Sc
sectinE costumes for Southern wear is
a full know ledge OF the environment 10
which they are to be worn. Whether
they are TO be displayed IN the hinge
salons OF the Ponce de Leon at St An
CUISINE. or 10 deck the cosy parlors and
pazzas Of the Battery Park at Asheytie.
makes all the difference IN the world
This IS the keynote OF the Parisienne's
success 10 dress. She understands her
niieu. she IS intimately acquainted With
tha places Ia which certain gowns are
10 re worn. and the costume is planned
rom the start with a view to wearing il