The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23

Miss Belle Evarts. Miss Elizabeth
Gregory and Miss AIDA Harper, rib
bon girls, and Margaret Officer, ring
bearer. Mr.. Babcock's best man will
be Mr.. Glenn Van Dorp, and he has
chosen for ushers Mr.. Charles Ritsch-
ards, Mr.. Rollo White, Mr.. Owen Gal
breath and Mr.. George Sperry of Kan
sas City.
/ Mrs ]. Elliott Foltz of Hutchinson
gave an informal afternoon party to-
day for Miss Van Dorp, at the home
of her mother, Mrs. L. U. Harrison, on
| West Sixth avenue.
! Mrs. owen Galbreath and Miss Belle
| Evarts gave a card party Wednesday
| evening at Mrs. Galbreath's home on
Lincoln street, for Miss Van Dorp. The
other guests were: Mrs. Foltz of
Hutchinson. Mrs. Ritschards. Mrs.
/ Perry Daniels, Mrs. Rollo White, Miss
Louise McNeal, Miss Pearl Snyder,
Miss Mary Sharp, Miss AIDA Harper,
Miss Elizabeth Gregory, Miss Jane
| Carnahan, Miss Helen Walker, Miss
Ruby Givens, Miss Pearl Givens. Miss
Mary Henry, Miss leila Spears. Miss
! Eva Spears, Miss Florence Blum, Miss
| Pearl Beam, Mrs. Harry Bennett, Mrs.
Fred Van Dorp, Mrs. William Gray,
Miss Matte Holyoke, Miss Nell Crit
tenden, and Miss Lutte Harrison. The
| house was decorated in hearts; the
| ices were cut into heart shapes, and
the card game was hearts
Mr.. Babcock will arrive Sunday.
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''The Harem skirt has been brought
| into disrepute and subjected to ridi-
cuIe because some ill-bred women
have worn on the streets only such
garments of that style as are suitable
for the drawing room" This is the
opinion of Madame Saverie of the
Wooltex company, who lectured at
the Grand Wednesday afternoon on
spring and summer fashions. The
Harem walking skirt, as shown on
one of Madame Savarie's models, is
nothing but divided skirt with
panals on the front and back buttoned
to within a few inches of the bottom
of the skirt. 1t is not a garment that
any one could criticize as being i'm
modest, and it has all the advantages
of a narrow skirt without the handi
cap of hampering the movements of
the wearer. The soft Turkish trousers
with their slashed overskirts, are for
the drawing room, and not for street,
land no we'll bred woman wishes to be
conspicuous on the street, however
much she expresses her individuality
in dress in her own home or the
homes of her friends"
Madame S. Avarie is travelling with
two good looking models who wore the
gowns, cloaks, and hats that she used
to illustrate her lecture. Some or the
garments were from Paris; others We're
American made clothes duplicating thS
Paris creations. When the first MODEL
entered wearing a lace and satin
gown; three women on the front row
jumped up to get a look at the hang
of the skirt around the bottom, out
someone back of them m1stook tnelr
object and whispered to her ne1ghbor,
81 thought they were going up a1ter
it" Most of the women in the house
wished in their hearts they might go
up after it: for the tenth article OF
the Mosaic Decologue is broken IN dlv-
ers and sundry ways. Lace drapery is
to be in vogue again after the FASHION
for ebroideries has begun to die out.
The softest silks are to be worn lol
evening gowns. and petticoats are no
longer tolerated, but in their place
kr1ickerbockers of soft materials Will
be used A handsome gown OF OLD
blue embroidered in small gold bugies,
and an evening dress of white SATIN
draped in pale rose chiffon and nnisheo
with a. wide band around the bottom
of the skirt in deep rose color were
exquisite in material and design. An
evening wrap, to be worn at the thea.
ter or for a piazza shawl. was made OF
of it, and edged with mara
bou. 1t could be draped about the
shoulders, thrown over the head, ana
stilI enough of it was left over to
reach the hem of the gown.
Coats for motoring and for Country
clnb wear were shown, and in many
cases their individuality would be
marked by an extreme side fastening
nv irregular lengths, or an odd way
of betting, or in the shape and KIM
of buttons used.
The Jackets are short, usually, but
should vary in length according to the
figure Of the wearer. In America,
Madame said, 1.-The women are deter
mined to have what they conceive TO
be the newest fashion, regardless OF
style. In France the women study ef-
fects. and attend to the detail OF the
design afterwards. A stout woman III
France would not wear the shortest
Jackets, but she would wear the
length that gave the best lines. For
the same reason women should dress
to please men; for they consider er-
fects in lines and coloring without
perhaps knowing how they were op-
tanned. But a man is pleased with
exact number of inches from the
shoulder to the hem" Many of the
short jackets were trimmed IN con-
trasting colors on the shoulders, ana
that was for the purpose OF maintain
ing the correct ''balance" of the lines, |
when the hips are larger; or when the
are too broad, to present the
correct proportions, a trimming around
the bottom Of the Jacket may be used. |
An especially smart jacket of light
color was trimmed in small
rows of gun metal buttons.
America is the place to buy tailor |
ed clothes. Good looking ready made |
clothes can hardly be secured in Paris, |
except at exorbitant prices. 1t is no |
longer necessary in this country to |
go to the large cities to see the new |
est styles; for your western merchants |
have them, and they show them to |
you. In Paris one is not shown the |
handsome new garments, unless one is |
a regular buyer, or signs a contract to |
purchase. That is one reason why there |
are so many more well dressed women |
in America than in European coun- |
tries
1t was noticeable that the skirts of |
the French street suits were longer |