The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-29

den. Inc music Is Dy Liza Lennldnn.
and the text of the song. was from
F'itzgera1d's famous translation of tn.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The
singers were Miss. Gohlke, Miss Sands,
Mr.. Springer and Mr.. Jones. The ac-
compartments were played by Miss
Myrtle Radcliffe.
Margaret Mason's weekly fashion
| letter is from London. and concerns
the styles prevailing in the British
capital
Minerva writes verse in iambics
For light reading Sanscrit she scans,
She knows all about woman's Suffrage,
Eugenic race. betterment plans;
She finds cube root in Il jiffy.
Knows languages living and dead,
Yet dresses in ingenue manner,
She affects little frocEs of f. White hit " muslin.
With ribbons OF tenderest blue;
hg With the guile bb of her
Minerva's a shining example
That many's the their truth I'll spoke in jest
Can tell from the way they are dressed"
With the usual perverse preosative
of her sex lovely woman along with
the emancipation of her mentality has
reverted to the c1inging vine type of
costume.
The chastely simple little frock of
white muslin is the last word in sum-
mer fashions. The whole vocabulary
consists of all the ACCOMMODATING
Establishments of wide brimmed leg
horns, rose wreathed with ribbon ties
and Streamers, true lovers knots of
baby pink or blue, crisp ruffles and
filmy fichus, fluffy parasols and all
the thousand and one fascinating
touches of the sweet young thing.
All of the frOcks and costumes as
they call suits in London, are the
quintessence of this sweetly girlish
mode. Even tiny POKE bonnets are
again in the field with the floppy leg
horn to vie with the more smart and
worldly turban and bowler
Teaing at the Savoy the other after
noon was an adorab1y fluffy bit of
femininity with appealing blue eyes
and blonde treSses curling sweetly in
front of each ear.
She wore frock of old blue and
gold shot taffeta with a full skirt all
of eight inches above her smart blue
heeled American pumps.
The skirt was set in points on
transparent upper OF the same hued
chiffon which came to just below the
hip line. The bodice was a surpIcce
effect of the taffeta with bell shaped
chiffon sleeves The bottom of the
walls with quaint flat quilted rosettes
of the taffeta. A cunning little poke
of purple straw circled with purple
clematis completed this girlish bit of
she was one of the most advanced and
ardent femininsts, the most militant
of Suffra gettes.
The shops are showing the most al
Turing little frocks or white or pastel
tinted organizes. One sweet model in
flesh tint has a full short skirt of two
tiers gathered on a rather high baby
waist and girdled simply with a black
velvet ribbon with four full blown
pink roses finishing the front. The
full waist is sleeveless and cut low
and round in the neck. Over it is
worn bolero effect of lace with tiny
little puff sleeves but a third of the
way to the elbow. This is evidently a
a fore-armer of the threatened abso-
lutely sleeveless frock for summer
afternoon wear.
Pale yellow organdie dresses with
two TERED skirts in two tones of yell
low look like inverted daffodils and
pink one ruff1ed from waist to ankle
has all the beauty of a full blown rose.
Since hats are absolutely taboo
for evening wear at London reStau-
rants and theaters many and divers
are models for adjoining the cOiffeureS.
A chaplet of green leaves on a Titan
haired beauty at the Ritz the other
night was a stunning addition to her
classic Psyche knot and the Grecian
tendency of her white and silver gown.
Yet another red gold head fairly
bristled with a fan like arrangement
of black aigrettes thrust unfurled in
her high French twist.
Bodied heads are but rarely
glimpsed but the jewelled band worn
low on the brow a la Irene Castle and
PaVlowa is faVOrite and artistic form
of hirSute adOrnment.
And yet another war fashion is on
the face of things. They have even
taken the veil and military wells now
offer allegiance to Mars by sporting
regimenta1 insignia - flags, badges
etc, woven in their airy mesh. Even
the red cross is represented-not in
color of course-but with the cross
motif woven in black threads
In place of last seasons omnipresent
single artificial flower or nosegay
many women are now wearing a tiny
silken flag at throat or girdle-
Miss Juliet Hughes entertained a
few friends at a supper party Friday
night at her home in Potwin. After
supper there were music and cards.
The guests were: Miss Ruth Hawkes.,
Miss Helen Hawkes., Miss Ruth Smith,
Miss Inez Horner, Miss Gladys Scott,
Miss Rome Rain, Miss Rhea Robert
son, Miss Thelma Huston. Miss Marion
Guendolyn Kramer, Miss Doris Rosser,
Miss Ann Weightman. Miss Minnie
Stewart, Miss Merle Fowler, Mr.. Chris
TOPPER Thomas, Mr.. Harry Bone Mr..
house, Mr.. Edwin Nellis, Mr.. Donald
Lindell, Mr. Warren Coolidge, Mr..
Merle Alton, Mr.. George Beal, Mr..
Roswell Cofran. Mr. Byron Boone and
MI melvin ftulieuSe
i !, J.
The June meeting of the Kansas
Authors club will be held next
Wednesday evening at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. George P. More house.
216 West Eighth street. 1t will be
the closing session of the season, there
being the summer vacation till next
October
Several members from outside To-
peka will attend and take part in the
exercises. Among them are Willard
WattleS, of Law ence; Margaret Per-