Arizona republican., 1903-09-11
THE NEW BALLOON SLE :vEs.
They Stand Out Firmly at the Elbow
 and Do Not Droop at the Wrist.

Whenever the returned couriers of fashion are gathered together and fash ion gossip runs around few facts are inevitably brought to the front. The continued vogue O: 1890 modes, the re- vival of the severely tailored street frock. the success of the soft taffetas and of the zibelines. the popularity of the red blues, running all through the dahlia. fuchsia, violet and mauve shad- ings, the increasing liking for high crowned hats-these are facts upon which all the authorities seem agreed, but each observer has made his own collection of details and is pondering developments of them, and each one has brought home not only the models he considered most desira ble, but a supply of the stuffs. trimmings. etc., that most appealed to his fancy for use in reproduction of those models.
 The continuance of the 1850 ideas inn plies host of minor conclusions. The long shoulder must be obtained at all costs, and the fad will doubtless run into eXtravagant caricature. The ten dency is not go much to obtain the re- quired line by cape collars after the fashion most in evidence this summer
 
 ting of shoulder and sleeve.
 Yokes of all shapes. but invaria bly, coming down well over the top of the sleeve. are popular, and when a yoke is not applied, the bodice shoulder it. self is cut in one with the sleeve top or cap, and the upper half of the arm hole is entirely lost to view. To attain successful results by this method is not easy, and the "pelerine yoke "or shoulder is more likely to be attra ctivc in fashion cuts than upon wearer, but the dressmakers will soon learn the trick and doubtless atone for few early failures by a multitude of later triumphs.
 From underneath this extended shoul- der piece. the modish sleeve emerges in considerable fullness and swalIs into a pronounced puff or balloon about th2 elbow. or above. Also it is written that this fullness must not be allowed to droop and cling to the arm as it has done heretofore, but must stand out crisp and full above the long, close fit ting cuffs on the elbow turnback cuff and frills. In some cases the finest of wire-milliners' wire--is used to insure the desired result.
 
 tlnctlve and novel feature of the new frocks, and it takes unto it~elf many eccentricities. but laways there is the swelling outline in the neighborhood of tho elbow and the fullness above the elbow :so the silhousette differs radi- cally from that of last season.
 In soft materials, and even in cloth and heavy stuffs. the balloon sleeve reaching just below the elbow, where it finishes with a straight or turnback cuff and deep frills of lingerie or lace. is favored model: and these same lingerie frills are used upon many sleeves which reach to the wrist, the friils falling far over the hand. Full faring frills. single. double or triple may form the upper part of a sleeve from beneath which emerges a close fitting undersleeve in lace or thin ma terial. Then there are innumerable sleeve models cut with the approved fullness at the elbow and above, but tapering into a close lower arm or clo:e fitting deer cuff.-New York Sun.