Arizona republican., 1900-09-20
Anna Held's
 Night Robe

To Miss Anna Held belongs the dis tinction of bringing to America the fin est rousseau of lingerie in the world.
 She purchased for $760 the trousseau which won the first prize, gold medal, a the Paris exposition-the most ex- quisitely embroidered fine linen which the best looms of the world and the most expert needle women of Europe could produce.
 The lingerie Is the poetry of gowning, the fine essence of the toilet. and wom- en, who Is ever dainty, joys in Its ev- cry exquisite detail.
 It is the finest underwear In the world. The most beautiful. the most expensive, the most elaborate. the most artistic.
 There is no doubt of this at all. for it was voted at the exposition univer- selle national. The judges chose 1t from among a bewildering, snowy ar ray, and awarded to it the gold medal for the most beautiful. artistic. elabor- ate and expensive articles of feminine underwear at the exposition.
 The finest chemise In the world cost $50. It is almost literally a trife, light as air. So soft and fine is the batiste of which 1t is composed that it can be crushed easily into the palm of the hand and be held and almost lost there.
 The batiste is the sheerest manufac- tured. The finest of looms and most expert of workmen fashioned 1t into its original form of four yards of the fabric. The garment Is cut medium decolette. and the fullness front and back is formed by eighty tiny length wise tucks. It is finished by a broad hem, headed by a group of eight wider tucks.
 About the neck. front and back. Is a TOW of inverted squares or diamond shaped figures of white silk illusion. decoup or set in, and securely fastened to the gown by overcasting of white silk. The upper edges are strengthened by embroidery of hemstitched design and less than quarter of an inch wide.
 The sleeves-but there are no sleeves On either side of the front and back. at the shoulders. is large silk eyelet White satin ribons are run through the eyelets and tied together. in a large bow upon the shoulders. Where the old fashioned sleeve is expected appears instead a full ruffle of the inch and g half wide Valenciennes.
 The chief d'oeuVre upon the chemise Is the coupe design of a spray of rose CT either side of the cluster of eighty tucks in front. The design is conven- tioDal and the workmanship f1awless. The owners monogram is delicately embroidered on the left side between the clustered tucks and the spray of roses.
 The nightgowl, beggaring descrip- tion, would also beggar a well filled purse. It cost shade more than $200- to be exact. s2O6.5O The chemfse re- uuired the work of eight women for a month. The robe du nut required the labor of dozen women six weeks. The work was taken home and done stitch by stitch by patient hands, for there is not stitch in this finest nightgown in the world that bears the stigma of the machine"
 The rounded yoke is tucked length wise and into it is set the design of rose sprays in illusion and worked with white silk. The high standing collar is also tucked lengthwise, and the design decoupe illusione extends about the peck. The collar is finished with q graduated ruffle, low at the throat aId high behind, which is finished with g