The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-28


applied in tunic design. Elton coat
also embroidered is fashioned with an
| under blouse of white embroideries
and lace, and the neck and sleeves are
| finished with the silver braid and
| appliQues.
The Shubert Mandolin club, assisted
| concert at the Potwin Presbyterian
| church Wednesday night.
The Ladies' Music club will have an
evening meeting Wednesday with Miss
Helen Hogeboom. Mrs Ernest B.
guest of honor and will contribute to
the programme.
Andre Tardieu, the famous foreign edi-
tor of the Paris Temps, writing of his
observations in society during his re
cent visit to the United States. has
this to chronicle about Gotham's smart
set:
THE recruiting of this sacred bat
TALON is a curious study. Those who
belonged to it quarter of a century
ago still speak patronizingly of the
newcomers.
1T is said that strategy to secure
position in it often lasts for years. The
embassies are the first point of attack.
Then. from that base of operations, the
s'eiAOilo LIE SOilluSItO 1HSI, even When
Washington is vanquished, New York
may still hold out.
Il was astonished to find invitations
to meet Miss Mary Garden to meet
Miss Cavalieri.' After such a dinner
one actress had herself painted in the
lightest of costumes, and her picture
was exhibited in a store on Fifth ave.
nue.. This, however was considered
bad taste on the part of the actress.
American society is exclusive. This
Is because of their system of political
equality AS citizens, the Americans
are equal, but they make social distinc-
tons, even to the extent of snobbery
Members of one club speak with con-
descension of the members of another
If you should dine for three weeks with
| one set you would always meet the
| same people.
| THE fashionable world in America
as elsewhere. is artificial and conven-
| tional. Americans are the most hos
pitable people in the world. American
hospitality is not content with external
politeness; 1t seeks to make the guest
feel at home.
The Americans give one the impress
sion of being very young people, who,
| though sure of their own superiority.
| are good deal concerned about the
opinion of Europe.
THE longer one lives in the United
| states the more evident it is that there
is no such thing as the American type,
especially in regard to the women, The
american woman is a European pro-
duct-that is. in the novels and plays
In puritan, intellectual Boston, more
than anywhere else. the women have
that cohesion of family which charac-
| terizes the French. They have a GER
tain independence, but not entire lib
erty of movement. They talk less.
| They are not so devoted to fashion as
are the women of New York and WASH
Il OF t,0sx~ &I-s
| tellectual. They can talk to you about
politics, the relation of church to state.
or raul Bourgeois latest novel. They
speak French admirably, which Is a
Kind of certificate of distinction. Yet
FWlthal they are not blue-stockings.
| was amazed to find in America SO
| many eligible women who prefer not
10 marry. Among the many reasons
| they give for this, think the strongest
one is that the life of a young woman
Is very agreeable. She can do every
| thing a young French woman can do,
ana great deal more. Another reason
Is that the equality of the sexes Is more
marked in America than it is else
| where.
In Washington 1 was astonished to
observe that young women often live
particularly surprised to see SO many
automobiles for girls,
Inc olfference between French fiirts
ana American flirts is the difference
between hothouse plant and a tree in
the open air. Flirting in Washington
is regularly established and respect
ed institution. Life there is a life of
leisure. In Washington in winter and
IN Newport in summer-what can one
40 out nirr? Flirting sometimes leads
TO an engagement. though an engage
riage. ~ mar
IT is an astonishing custom fo, par-
snts TO leave balls early. allowing their
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