The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07


~ term them. AS a matter of
fact freakish things often are pic
turesque when worn on the right in
dividual in the right way. Worn
by the wrong individual in any way,
alas! they are only bizarre and I'M
fortunate in effect.
Aren't the styles awful" you are
sure to exclaim. when emerging from
the peaceful Businesses of the noun
tains you return to town and look
for the first time upon the array of
green, yellow and crimson gowns
tricked out with garish gold lace and
fringe; upon the tall, narrow hats
with feathers wrapped round exactly
as though ready for packing; and
the bIouses made of gay silks and
satins with every inch OF the tortured
surface elaborated with gold en-
bEofdery. beads or lace incrustations.
But after a bit, when you have be-
come duly imbued with the idea that
all this magnifcence is truly Oriental
and exactly what they are wearing
in Paris, and when familiarity with
the gay hues has made them less Of
fensive to your startled taste, you
begin to wonder how you ever got
through last winter in doleful grays,
taupes and catawba-not to speak of
black; and in the end you pass by any
trimming that has lot a CLINT Of gold
or a dash of silver in it as too dull
and staidly middle aged for you.
Sumptuous Fabrics Make Stunning
Evening Wraps.
One type of costume. there Is,
which is well suited to the superb
fabrics and trimmings of the season.
That garment is the evening wrap,
or mantle, which may be as splendid
and as picturesque as one pleases
without approaching the danger line
of garishness. Never were wraps so
interesting or SO gorgeous as they
are now; and one may pay as much
for a brocaded, gold laced opera coat
as for mantle of fur. If one desires.
The prices by the yard of the sump-
tuous brocades, velvets and embroid-
cred chifons which are offered in
the shops for such wraps are enough
to strike terror to the heart of the
woman who has her dressmaking done
at home. And when one adds costly
gold lace, fringe and cord ornaments
to the material at twenty dollars the
yard. such a wrap might easily
amount to more than the home dress
makered woman expends for costumes
for a whole twelvemOnth.
But the new Oriental wraps are
wonderfully lovely and the voIuminous
der skirted evening frocks with their
little three cornered trains that
creep out under the hem of the wrap.
These trains are usually edged with
a band of dark fur. and there is also
a line of the fur on the short sleeves.
A gown of this sort is Doucet
model of black chiffon embroidered
all over its surface with gorgeous,
splashing gold roses, which almost
covered the chiffon ground. The long
lines of the gown were unbroken, save
by a narrow gold cord girdle and
a three inch band of skunk fur which
edged sleeves and train. Across the
bust was a band of gold bead en-
broidery studded with turquoises. and
from this loops of small gold beads
Sell to the hip under the arms.
so match this splendid gown there
was a wrap of black satin lined with
gold colored silk and trimmed straight
down the back with a broad panel of
wonderful gold lace. Three capelets
of the black satin over the shoulders
were edged with narrow gold fringe.
The wrap closed at one side with a
gold ornament set with turquoises.