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


sive silks and wooden fabrics ana you
imagine the pretty state OF Dame FASH
ions plans for the autumn season.
. After due cognizance OF some OF the
early fall models now adjoining mascu-
line brows, however, shortage In tnat
i direction seems. perhaps. to be more
welcomed than deplored-
| With what there Is OF the fashions
running to the military, however. ana
since militarism and royalty are so
, closely allied it would be inconsistent
| indeed il the royal lines didn't have
bit of influence on sartorial lines.
/ Hence our old friend the princess gown
is in our midst again.
| But what q changed princess, indeed!
1 OF yore this model was fitted glove
tight to a stiffy corseted hourglass ng-
| ure. The up-to-date princess has put
! four seams and is worn, II not aDso-
lutely without corsets. at least with out
q semblance of stays.
An ankle-length flesh-colOred satin
four-seam princess with no sleeves and
the new sQuare-cut decollete Is charm-
ingly worn under a loose mantle emect
of black chantilly hanging down the
back from each shoulder strap, where
! it is caught with a cleaning Jet orna-
ment.. It is a perfect dancing frock
| Another running afternoon gown on
/ these lines is Of softest black ch1nOn
| velvet with a band OF skunk around tne
bottom of the skirt outlining the rather
| high round throat and finishing the
long, tight, set-in sleeves. In startling
relief against the unbroken lines OF the
| plain back black velvet background IS
three-inch-wide girdle OF dull. goio
| galloon, incrusted with alleged rainbow
! tinted Jewels. An artistic enect truly
and well fit for princess in fairy tale
| Little bands of fur around the throat,
caught on one side with a single mower
above an expanse of nude chest and are
f: bound to make a hit, not only with the
1 fair sex but with the throat Specialist
| and just plain. ordinary family prac-
! titiOner MARGARET MASON.
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| A series of lantern slide pictures.
illustrating the life of Christ. will be
shown Sunday evenings at 1880 O'Clock
at Grace cathedral, for the next SIX
months. beginning tomorrow night
Dean ]. p. Deb. Kaye will make an
address with each set Of pictures, tell
ing something of the artists, explain
ing the meaning of the pictures. etc.
The set of pictures that Dean Kaye
owns and will show at the Sunday
evening services are exceptionally
good and represent the best work In
religious art in the world. Some or
the pictures are old and others are py
modern painters.
The pictures to be shown Sunday
night will be a set of Hoffman's pic
lures. illustrating all Of the life OF
Christ Special music will be given by
Miss Beulah Wentworth, violinist;
Miss Marguerite Gohlke. soprano. and
Miss EkstrOm, cOntraltO.
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The U and 1 club will have a meet
ing Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in
the parlors of the National hotel. 1t
is to be a business session of import
ance. and all the members are urged
to attend.
The Nineteen Hundred and Now
club had a meeting Thursday night to
decide on a course of study for the
season. They chose the works OF Rob
who has directed the work of the club
the past six years, since its organiza-
ton, will be its instructor this year.
A Kansas woman from the short
grass section came to Topeka with
her husband, who was a pubic ON
Ger. During her stay In Topeka she
was invited to an afternoon tea given
| by one of the fashionable women of
the city, whose husband was horning
into politics. The Invitations read.
three to six o'clock" A few min
utes after three, the assisting women
having just arrived. a guest came hur-
rying up almost out Of breath. She
hastily removed her wrap and de-
scended to meet her hostess whom she
had never seen before. She apollo
gized for being late and was duly
pardoned. Along close to six O'clock,
when the rooms we're beginning to
look empty, one of the receiving
women noticed the stranger. looking
ready to drop with WEAKNESS. but in
her face the herOS determination to
do her whole duty. The assisting
woman entered into conversation with
her, but she seemed too tired to talk.
Presently the six o'clock whistle broke
| in on the good-byes Of few tardy
callers who were hurrying away. A
look of relieved tension lighted the
face of the stranger, and In less than
a minute she had donned her wrap
and was gone. A pretty fair illustra-
ton of the martyrdom a Kansas
woman will endure once she makes up
her mind to it.
The Helianthus club announce the
following dates for the dances at which
they will be hosts this season at KEEL
lam hall: October %, November %.
December 81, January %, and February
4.
| Mrs. w. A. Bolinger was hostess at
an informal afternoon for the women
of the Good Government club Friday
at her home. 926 Tyler street. A short
program was provided for the enter
tainment, including some readings by
Miss CeOra Lanham, vocal solos by
] Mrs. Charles JOslin and Mrs. Harry
| Tillinghast.
| Mrs. j. D. Mcfarland, the president
of the club. spoke to the guests on
the subject of the work the club is
undertaking for the benefit of the Red
Cross association. She emphasized the
invitation for all women, whether club
members or not, to join in the work
| Of making hospital gowns that will be
carried on at various houses in To-
peka Tuesday of next week. 1t has
I been suggested that the hostesses at