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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
4
A fragment from a periodical discusses praise of men and subdued tones in today’s interiors. It comments on fashion, interior decoration, furniture styles, color schemes, and potential Christmas gifts like pillows and framed pictures.
A gray marquise hat with gray materials, velvet and tabe line, features accordion plaited taffeta trim and four spotted quills under the brim. It urges women to cultivate bright conversation, sympathy, and personal talents, noting many subtle skills can comfort and empower in daily life. It also mentions mellowing colors, old English scenes, brass-engraved frames, and a smart gun metal gray chiffon tailor made with velvet embroidery and a layered skirt.
An elegant white lace coat described as rococo in style. It features an accordion plaited yellow taffeta foundation and silk applied over a fine lace background with bold lace motifs. A chiffon tie threads through the neck, hanging in long ends from two chiffon bows.
A long profile of Anna Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan detailing her Colorado hunting trip and outdoor exploits. She traveled with friends, used her father's car, cooked with kitchen staff aboard, and boasted endurance in roughing it. The piece notes her age, engagement to Captain Fitzgerald, and a separate plan to study at Wellesley. It also introduces Kane Tung, a 17 year old Chinese student at Wellesley traveling to advance reform for China through lectures.
A feature notes a versatile French sailor hat in panne velvet lace or chiffon, highlighted by a long white ostrich feather for chic New York style. The piece underscores fashion utility across costumes and seasons.
Fortunate women possess handsome Chinese embroidery pieces to craft a mandarin jacket like the illustrated example. The foundation uses bright gold material with borders and spotted motifs drawn from the coat of a mandarin, offering a refined traditional look.
A vivid account blends fashion and exploration with Miss Morgan’s mink hat and a Rocky Mountain camp led by Anna Morgan. It notes Lady Constance Mackenzie’s swimming feats, and profiles Chinese reformer Kang Tung Bar, urging education and women’s suffrage, while touching on Sino British links and a broader modernizing effort.
Mary Gould Lytle argues fencing builds health, grace, and carriage for women, praising Sarah Bernhardt, Mrs. Langtry, and Marie Tempest as outstanding fencers. She notes New York as a hub, details attire, and calls fencing the sport of kings with potential for American champions.
The article advises light complexions favor white gowns while cautioning white garments for the fuller figure. It recommends black for darker eye and hair types and suggests subdued blues, heliotrope, olive green, mauve, and darker greens around the neck and shoulders to diminish the perceived size.
In northwest Mexico the wooing is led by women at feasts. A girl decides on a husband by dancing before him and drawing him back. She sits near him, pulls his blanket, and sings softly until he throws pebbles back as a betrothal sign.
A fragmentary exchange shows a speaker asking if they would have acted like Napoleon Bonaparte, followed by a jumbled remark about bed time and a coin or gramling term. The unreadable OCR yields limited clear facts suitable for a brief item.
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