The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-20


4 v n severe tailored serge or mo-
hair suit. One may now spend $40 OF
so for a jabot, SO beautifully fine are
these little affairs and 50 handsome is
the lace used to trina them. The only
dificulty Is that the style is often SO
elaborate that the bit of neckwear must
be sent to a dry cleaners to be reno
waited, for the average lauTrdress couIo
scarcely cope with it's intricacies OF
plating, fiuhing and trimming.
Two French tabots, examples OF con-
vent work, are illustrated. These oeau-
tifuI bits of neccwsar are intended Tor
wear with the new spring coats OF mo-
hair which open low with long reVeTs
or a shawl collar finishing the fronts
Irish lace is used to trim both Jaoots'
and in one Is a motif Of hand emorold-
cry.
In selecting a jabot of this sort II is
wise TO choose one made in such man
ner that the stock or collar may be
easily ripped away from the jabot and
as easily attached again, for. provided
the collar portion is 1aundered fire.
quenffy, such jabet may be worn sew
eral times without being sent to the
cleaners.
Another new bit of neekwear is the
hchu, which answers a slightly differ
emit purpose, being worn with dressy
rather than tailored costumes The
fichu may be adjusted hAgh or low and
is always graceful whether fastened
high at the throat or crossed In surpiice
fashion low on the bust. The hchu
pictured is made of sheer lawn, hand
scalloped and embroidered and edged
with a lace frill.
The sailor collar of tucked lawn and
lace is also new and modish. These
collars opening IN a deep on the
throat are now more fashionable than
the round Dutch collar of Irish crochet
which has had so long reign.
No complaint can be made In regard
to the new collars, for in their choice
one is permitted all the latitude in the
world. All types of collars are per-
MISSILE, each woman being free to Sc
lect the style that Is most becoming to
her. High collars and low ones are
equally fashionable, and, SO far as ma
terfals are concerned. everything from
stiff linen to the softest lace Is allow
able. The low, round collars have and
are likely to retain a clientele of their
own, since not only the woman with
the pretty neck, but the one who as
pires to the charms Of an Annie Laurie,
Affects this fashion. Many OF the scrag-
gy, unsightly necis displayed when
evening dress is put on are due to the
evil effects Of the high, stiff neckbands
which women have so long worn at the
mandate of conventional fashion. The
neck improves in appearance when the
high collars are discarded.
The Dutch collar makes a pretty nm
ish for a soft afternoon frock and in
the fashionable Venise, Milan and
Flanders laces are extremely rich and
taking. Linen and lace combined are
used in the construction of some
charming round collars, Irish crochet
making an appropriate and durable
border.
And now the sailor collar comes back
to US after being long relegated to the
nursery. A glorifed and graceful af-
fair II is, too, not cut on hard and fast
sailor lines. but conventtonah1ed to
suit individual requirements and ap-
pearing in a great variety of artistic
forms. There are lace sailors and SAIL
ors of lawn and lace with the ends
crossed over the breast in fichu style;