The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
SCORES OF PRETTY MODELS
Boys and Girls Did Their Part
to Make Affair a Success.
4 Dangerous Night for FL
nances of Friend Husband.

What high imaginings
Hath made this carol thine
Birds of the golden wing were there
last night Where? At the fashion
show and formal spring opening or
the big store of the Pelletier firm, TO
be sure. Gold wired cages of canaries
were placed in banks of flowers ana
they sang high above the flute IN the
orchestra which inspired them to song
The birds were brought from New
York for the occasion, and number
of those shipped, died on the journey,
but the survivors did their full snare
in making the evening at PelleCer
an occasion to be remembered as one
of brilliancy and beauty
The lower floor was richly decor
a+ed in spring flowers. In the center
Of the room was a raised bank or aza-
las in a variety of colors- overlook
ing the array of lovely Tabrics on Inc
\ counters were bowers OF bloSSohlS-
On the stairways and upper Ioors
were great vases of roses, pink or red
or yellow. The decoration or apple
blossoms alone entailed the cutting
1 of hundreds of boughs- Tnere were
/ fifty thousand of the blossoms anu
/ twenty thousand of the leaves at
4 tached to the boughs by hand, enc by
! one on the fourth floor, hot house
roses were given away as faVors, ana
( the number presented to the caliers
was upwards Of five thousand
/ Before the opening Of the doors at
/ the north and east entrances. the side
walk was lined with people waiting
/ to get inside. The visitors used the
/ lower floor as a promenade Frlenos
met and chatted, and then passed 10
the upper floors The Saiespeople'
dressed in fashionable spring clothes,
mingled with the callers and talked or
the styles, answering affably and m
| teIligentIy the million questions that
styIe loving women know how to ask
On the Second Floor.
| ON the second floor, the styles for
\ the little people were displayed by the
children of some of the First Families
The show was divided by partltlon-
/ ON one side a half dozen little boys
ronped on a long. raised PLATFORM
| They wore the practical, servleeable,
vet attractive, wash suits that are used
to cIothe the well dressed little boys
Of the dav. No more Little Lord Faunt-
( leroy. stuffy, ''girdle'' velvets and
wide white collars The garments are
linen or heavy cotton, boyish, easily
kept in order.
| The bows wore half socks, sandals or
1 slippers, and some toys were given
/ them for their own amusement, while
/ they acted as models for their spring
! attire. Aside from the fact that they
were bIissfully unconscious of making
any formal display, and that their
/ new shoes caused them to fall down
were perfect models. The boys who
served were Dwight Norton, Billy
Montgomery, Parker Morton, John
Felix, Gibbs Makepeace and Bennett
Bubb.
Girls in Their Element.
! over on the other side of the parti-
+ ton, the crowd was so dense, one
rFasa TTezT~
circle There the little girls were
gyrating up and down their raised
/ rostrum and you can be sure THEY
know what was what in a fashion
show They walked sedately and de-
mureIy to and fro, carrying their lit
/ tie baskets of flowers, turning just
so and giving their audience a view of
every angle of the costume they
graced-
Little Mildred FIoersch. pretty yell
/ Iow-haired tot. wore the blue clothes
I TO perfection Her dignity was about
the most impressive thing of the whole
evening Jane Griggs. the small
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
/ Criggs. mounted the platform. but like
Lots wife, she looked back. and her
/ kin folks in the crowd began to fear
she. too. had turned To salt She
seemed not to be sensible of the grav-
| ity of her responsibility. Then the or
| chestra began some music she knew.
| and off she danced down the row, get
ting some cheers from the crowd
Mary Jane and Peggy Strawn. the two
( little daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Henri
/ Strawn, sang for the audience. Mary
Jane. seLate and proper. Wore white
frock edged with yellow. and rollick-
ing little Peggy was dressed in a ittll
. pink frock. adorned with the old time
shocking, and offering two pockets
into which the chubby fists were
thrust.
! The other little girls who displayed
the spring finery for the httlest Sc,
were: Helen Burger, Martha Kiene,
/ Florence McKeever and Harriet Perry.
The authorities chose about the pref
test babies they could find for the
office Of model
The promenade floor that was used
for the little girls was carpeted in
green, and the background was hung
in green. Martha Kiene, Helen Bun
ger and Florence McKeever were the
little tennis girls. They wore the new
Elizabeth Miles dresses a oue-piece
middle that is much featured this sea
son. and tennis shoes Harriet Perry
displayed the little tailored styles
Mildred FIoersch was the sunbonnei
girl. With one of her suits she wore a
cunning bonnet and carried a water
ing pot Jane Griggs Mary Jane
Srrawn and Peggy Strawn were flow
er girls carrying baskets of flowers
and wearing white, fluffy dresses
Jane Griggs danced a rag and MARY
Jane StraWn gave a dance also The
shoes worn were white sandals. SONS
two-strap black sandals and various
fancy fashions of the season Mart Id
Kiene. Helen Bunger and Florence
Mekeever displayed some pretty pop
lin dresses Maurine Gunther wore q
little MORE blue coat with hat u
match All the dresses for the children
were hand made.