The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-10

Boyd. Mr.. John Sargent, jr.. Mr.. J. p
Wahle, Mr.. H. H. -Welty. Mr.. E. D
Schoenberger. Mr.. M. E. Mikesell, Mr.
w. L. MCGUIRE. Mr.. J. J. Henderson,
Mr.. L. c.. Harbaugh, Mr.. George c.
Wheeler. DIR. c. B. Van Horn. Mr.. E.
r. Corbin. Mr.. w. J. Rickenbacher.
Mr.. Jonathan Riser, Mr.. S. J. Rice.
Mr.. J. c. WOlcott and Mr.. A. M.
Thoroman.
Mrs. Albert T. Reid was hostess at a
meeting of the Matinee club this at
ternoon. The program prepared for the
meeting consisted OF SaintSaens num-
bers, which were assigned as follows:
Rhapsodie Mis- Mildred Morton
Aria, Etienne Marcel .-................
.......... Mrs. Warrick Updegraff
Carlton, OPP. Y, No. 2.................
Miss Mary MacLennan
Final, OPP. u, No. e..
................ Miss Mary MacLennan
Serenade ............ Miss Gladys Cav
o, Love. Thy Help. Mrs. Albert T. Reid
Aria from Samson and Delilah. ....
...... Mrs. Ralph Skinner
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A Chicago woman, Mrs. John c. Hess
lef. who writes and lectures on dress.
gives the following advice to women
regarding styles. In. choosing gown,
a woman should match it with her hair
but the trimming should be the color of
the eyes.
Clothes should be made to fit the
woman, and not the woman to lit the
Clothes" she said. THE styles OF
America, as well as the other coun-
tries. are designed in Paris. They are.
am told, designed for the actresses.
later being sent to the United States
Present day dress would be all
right If it were not carried to ex-
tremes The average woman OF this
country is we'll dressed.
I'm the evolution of styles women's
dress a year or SO ago reached an inn
modesty such as it had not had in
hundred years." she said. so reveal
ing Of the form. and so lowering!
Such tight dresses are extreme. We
should leave something to the imag-
ination.
I'VE women in our desire to keep
up with fashion have been exploited
by those who make the styles. 1t is
their policy to change the fashion so
that a garment worn one year Will be
out Of date the year after. Last year.
for instance, women's coats were
tight. This year they are loose.
Many Of the styles are injurious:
such as the tight skirt. the dotted and
much figured veil. and the high-heeled
shoes, which rob women of activity.
ITO dress successfully we must study
our charms and defects, and dress to
enhance the one and to conceal the
other. Such defects even as round
shoulders and large hips can be con-
cealed by properly made gowns"
Mrs Hessler said that the Venus de
Milo had been pronounced the ideal
female figure, and that she had been
judged by experts to be the figure OF
woman 30 years old, feet inches in
height, a waist Of q inches and 160
pounds weight.
Mrs George o. Boone is giving q
series Of studio teas at her home In
Clay street, and having an Interesting
exhibit of her work in china decorat-
ing. There are in the collection q
prizes at the fairs, and a particularly
handsome one is a tea set In blue and
| gold. There is q marmalade jar In
an original design decorated with
gold. and a large vase In enamels.
punch bowl that has received prizes
at number of exhibits. was one OF
the elaborate pieces in the collection.
On the walls above the tables were
drawings Of the designs that were
used in decorating the china
On one Of the walls was q painting
in conventional lines. OF the 'oldest
tree in Topeka" This tree il an elm
that stands in the parking at the
Boone home, and il marked with q
DTaSS plate II Is the tree tual mi d
j Margaret Hill McCarter mentions in
/ her book, THE Price of the Prairie. .
The rooms open to the guests were
decorated with red and white flow
ers. Mrs. Boone was assisted by some
| of her pupils and few other friends
T
At meeting of the Ladies' Music
club Wednesday afternoon at the home
| of Mrs Frank r. MacLennan, the fol-
lowing program was given: All the
] numbers were by Mcdowell, and the