Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-13

O adopt some characteristic feature in their costumes, sometimes only pecu | liar note in the ornamentation of the gown or the blouse, or some striking note of color. This year, the Parisian women seem to have dyed every bit of sheer linen they could lay hands on, and to have dipped all of their laces, mulls and eyelet embroideries, with the result that the blouse as the Parisian woman wears it is colored garment matching its own especial skirt and coat. Notwithstanding ali of the promises made for the return of this garment and the joyful reception in America of the white blouse for the tailored suit, Paris dips her own in dye pots to bring her costume into the semblance of one-piece frock She even colors her buttons of linen and lace with dye.
 That the colored linens are taking the lead this season instead of the white, cannot be denied. The reason is not hard to find, for the colors that | ful and are brought out to the best advantage in heavy linens. In addi' tion to that there is an unusually wide range of weaves among the flax tex tiles this year.
 Some of these linens initiate pongee to perfection, though without the gloss they might be mistaken for hand woven linen, which in the machine work of today is not far from equal to the old time hand-loom materials. The machine woven materials in silks and linens, with uneven threads, wslch remind one of hand-loom stuffs, have lost to a great extent, the crude ap- pearance which they used to have in former years.
 The new linens, initiating pongee, come in a complete range of the sea son s fashionable colors and are enl- inently suited for tailormades. Many such suits are being made with plaits in the skirts, some are pleated all around, but more have pleats let into the front and sides, and the front pleats are repeated in the bodice to enhance the length of line.
 A good many short coats arc making their appearance this season, but the majority are still quite long and cut at all angles. In linen tailor-mades the ones with snawlpoints at sides ana back, dropping well below the hips, are among the most graceful shapes. There is a very stunning new style for linen suits of the simple class which is cropping out now and then, and which on girlish figure is charming. It is the baby frock with the wide pleats at the back in sort of indis- tinct outline, and loose enough not to define the waist line. The pleats at the back are frequently stitched all the way down, while the sides, with letin pleats, are left loose and flowing Directoire revers are often used to m isb the sides of the front, which IS ' sure to be of lace, or open embroidery
 with lace.
 The bathing season has now fully be- 7 gun and some exceedingly charming bathing costumes have been displayed { at the fashionable beaches. The bath ? ing dress cut on combination of l'rir' l fiuenee of the Moyen age has uot yet , made itself felt on the beach The
 cess and Empire lines seems agaln to
 be the favorite this season. The in s long straight lines from high waistlinc d to the abbreviated hem are the cor
 rect thing, with plenty of Hat plait
 introduced to give the necessary full
 ness.
 z In materials there is wide range Il from which to choose. For those wh' s can afford to be extravagant, satin rich black, of the "stand alone quality, is the ideal material. But l Il must be satin of the heaviest and mos y expensive kind, for thin satins elm 'i uncomfortably when wet and do no u give satisfactory wear for the none
 expended.
 Good black satin does not cling I 7. the water and shakes itself free, ap Y parently of all mosture the minute 1t T. wearer emerges from the sea. Sal 1T water does not seem to fade it, and a | though expensive at the outset, 1t r really an excellent investment, for 5. will look we'll for several seasons.
 Taffeta silks, if of good quality, an e carefully chosen, also make satista
 tory bathing dresses. But they, ais
 must be of fairly expensive weave, ft IT cheap silks will crack and crinkle aft' o one or two wettings There are, hoy le ever, several new silks designed O
 pressly for bathing dresses on the ma
 ket, this year. They come in wid n widths which cut to advantage an g are claimed to give satisfactory wea r. Perhaps of all the stuffs from whic
 bathing dresses may be made nothln
 is more to be recommended than in 'e mohair. And here is where ths gil n who must be economical may find satis A' faction at moderate cost. The batl ;s ing dress of mohair, carefully cut an n made aft home, frightened with fe'