Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-11-16

Due NlIu NelNeEg plOOu OFeT lt ds thick as that on peach. The skirt had 8 deep Dewey founce, with a piped cord of striped dark blue and whiS Peking velvet at the joining. The waist is in form of an open blouse, with a deep revers collar of the velvet, with a narrow knife plating of lavender rib bon along the edge. Inside the waist was a vest of lace and white silk null closely tucked At the lower part there are bias folds across in surplice fashion.
 One of the new taffeta silks was used to develop another gown. The skirt was entirely plain, being of plaid, and the waist simple French bodice. This taffeta plaid has lines of dull green over a bright tan. This tan is shot with silvery white and through 1t all are ir- regular and vague splashes of shaded greens It is as curious as it is stylish. The finishing touch was 6 coquettish little flchu of white silk null edged with quilled lace, and dainty Marie Antoinette hat with many velvet pim- pernels punched around the crown and under the brim in the back. This special costume was designed for swell after noon functions where hat is allowable.
 This is silk week in the stores and the stuffs of this tissue brought together are many and beautiful. There is an entirely new idea in what they call "swan cloth silk. Y" This has the ground in soft and downy surface, yet firm and rustling. Over 1t is thrown by a new swivel weave a design of small flowers in natural colors in such high relief as to resemble raised embroidery. The ground is always of pale tint like silver gray, sage green or & faint pink, blue or ivory. It goes without saying that these silks are for evening only.
 There are several lines of light col ored silks with heavy black satin stripes in lengthwise designs. some of the stripes being of a uniform width and distance apart and others having the lines of graduated widths. When this design Is black on pink or pale blue, 1t is particularly fine. There are a very few and choicely guarded hsirline stripes in light colors. These are really the next springs patterns, but the best houses have @ habit of obtaining few advance pieces of each desirable novelty and showing them to & favored few Some of the new taffetas for winter fes- tive occasions have stripes looking ex sctly like ribbon tackled on. All stripes are perpendicular, the horizontal ones proving drug on the market There are numbers of perfectly plain taffetas in black and colors. This silk Is too useful to give up lightly, as 1t fills places that no other silk can exactly. It is light, firm, lustrous and durable, and 1t does not take on that objection able shine which is the drawback to all the heavier silks. There is striped tai feta, the stripe being satin weave in the same color and shade. with pin dots between; also of the satin. Black rad zimir is another rich new silk with 8 roughish surface with small woven dots and figures. There is quite 6 showing of black damask in very rich qualities. and also Peking stripes think that covers the novelties in silks. I may add that silk is unusually cheap and the 6CC- As ID AAROo14DAO VI NN&% which is the better in quality or finish or in design, American or foreign, 90 we should insist upon our home production.
 should mention that velvet is to be worn in so many ways that I cannot mention half. Velutina for full street suits has been produced in Paris and VI enna and received the stamp of popu lArity there Italways was liked in Eng land It makes really handsomer be- cause more solid suits than anything but the most costly qualities of silk vel vet
 h new woolens we have soft French serge drap de russe, a wooily stuff, warm and wintry; drap de soie, drap merveilleux, with @ soft bloom over the surface, and a new satin molletonne. This has the smooth satin finish and the warmth of cider down. It is for dressing jackets, morning gowns and knicker bocksrs. These last are made in quanti ties showing we'll for the common sense of our women. OLIVE HARPER