The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

New York, Jan. EFF you still
have a little money left after Christ
mas and New Years don't worry, you
won't have it after the January white
sales.
In nautical tactics they speak OF
trimming the sails but in shopping
tactics it is the sales that trim you
Fortunately, however, as you note the
set of washable satin chemise IN the
privacy of your boudoir mirror you
have the consolation of knowing that
they trim you in more ways than one.
January white sales have become
a : esta blished a custom in all the pest
I shops as well as furniture sales IN
4 August 1 don't quite see how they
/ have the face to call them white safes
/ of some of the newest lingerie mas
4 certainly caused a blushing pinkness
E to nrevail and the alleged white sale
. is no longer pure white or pure OF
f white.
I But Even Black Nighties Are Light.
+ lThings are even beginning to look
Z a sbit black for the white sale. WHAT
+ with all the present craze for black
Z Chantilly lingerie, nobody would ever
4 be afraid to go to bed in the dark
Il If it was in one of the exquisite new
4 black Chantilly nighties. Ihey are
4 almost as light as they are darh any
I way, if not more so.
4 A streak of yellow appears often on
T the purest silk combinations ana
I 1liauve. cerise and Copenhagen disrupt
/ the pink perfection of many COM
Z binatiOn and chemlSe.
For those that have pink silk yearn-
ings and only pink cotton earnings the
pink batiste lingerie this season Is
really lovely. l saw bird of a PAIR OF
+ pink wash crepe paJamas dotted all
over with blue birds and PINK crepe
( nightie covered with blue and white
butterflies that was decidedly fly lit
tie garment.
The white sales not only offer cover
\ ing for your back but for your bed
and board as well.
The linen sheets hemstitched, en-
II broidered, monogrammed and inset
II with laces are marked down suffl-
/ GENTLY to tempt the highest of tight
wads, and as for the table linen, well
no one can resist 1t.
Either your table linen must be
chastely and elegantly plain or it must
Il be profusely and lavishly ornate. You
can see that at the very first glimpse
/ at the white sales.
War Laces From Belgium Abundant
The war time Penelopes in Belgium
n and France are busy turning out gos-
samer laces and embroideries while
their war lords are away. The results
are table cloths, doilies, lunch cloths,
napkins and luncheon sets that are
fairy-like in their fragile beauties.
over colored cloths of cleaning satin
these lace and embroidery works of
art show to advantage at luncheons
and dinners. carrying out a set color
F scheme. Just to carry the dolling up
of the festal board a step further CEN
terpieces of gold or silver gauze heav-
I lily embroidered in gold or silver
threads are brand new conceit.
For more conservative and dignified
taste the plain damask cloths bordered
in a broad satin stripe and mono
grammed in two places with a square
Monogram with plain satin stripe Dor
dered monogrammed napkins to
match can not be improved upon. OF
course an elaborate lace and embroid-
cry piece is used in the center.
Smashing Prices on Crash Appeal.
A very original and artistic house
4 wife l know dresses her dining table
Il up for breakfasts, home dinners and
II informal luncheons in natural colored
II crash cloths hemstitched and marked
4 in Chinesey monograms of blue with
4 napkins done the same. With these
H distinctive cloths she uses service OF
n the blue and white Chinese Canton
h chissa.
Naturally she has them made to or
n der. or makes them herself and the
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