Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-05-10
AMERICANS TAKE
 LONDON BY STORM
Will Hold Three Big Rails This Season Instead
 of Usual Two

are at thlS moment Tn IralnlhS Wi1h the famous animal importer, Simpson Cross, of Liverpool. These will be duly delivered to the exotic women of May fair who love the freakish and bizarre. Of course the oh mna"zee ct high de- gree will have his little jeweled collar and gold bracelets, and quite as natural ly chimpanzee parties may be expected.
 Another phase of the cult of ughness is found in the hobble skirt, so-called because of its amazing narrowness. The fashionable garment of the moment measures only one and one-quarter wards round the hem. Sitting in such a skirt is feat I can't accomplish. To see a victim of fashion attempting to wrinkle her skirt over her knees when she sits down is now one of the sights of London drawing With out those wrinkles the skirt would get hideously baggy.
 Prettier by far is the attempt being made to introduce colored footwear into the English smart set. Biscuit-colored suede shoes, fastened by blue enamel buckles and with blue heels, are a nov city intended for wear with blue stock ings. in conjunction with frock Of the same fashionable shade Red-heeled shoes are also feature of the season s foot-gear.
 Social Season to Be Good
 From all I hear the social season of ! 1910 will be the smartest and gayest we have enjoyed for years-that is, if
 no general elections take place before the end of July More Americans of wealth and distinction than ever before
 have made arrangements to play ther
 part in the annual pageant of fashion Tn
 the worlds metropolis. Many com
 patriots glad hand may be expected to i grasp colonel Roosevelt's during his three weeks stay in Britian. Anglo
 American hostesses will do the utmost credit to Old Glory.
 The Duchess of Roxeburghe, now the
 tenant of Chesterfield House, contem-
 plates giving many entertainments. 1 The Duchess of Marlborough is to give
 number of parties at Sunderland | house. Other hostesses getting busy ln- clude Lady Cheylesmore, Lady Dutferin,
 Lady Naylor-Leyland, Lady Deerhurst,
 Lady Granard, Lady Marlborough, Lady ! Alistar Innes Ker Mrs. Harry Higgins,
 Mrs. John Ward, Mrs. Maldwin Drum
 mond. Mrs John Mackay, Cora, Coun- tess of Stratford and Mrs. Walter Burns
 Other well-known people to be seen
 at the season s functions, and who have bespoken houses or quarters in the West
 End, are Mrs. Foxhall Keene, Mrs. FL
 bridge Gerry, Mrs. French Vanderbilt,
 Mrs. Miller Graham, Mrs. Jordan Mott,
 Mrs. Townsend Burden, Mrs. Frank
 Mackay, Mrs. Iselin, Mrs. George Gould,
 Mrs Clarence Mackey, Mrs. Clarence
 Hyde, Mrs. Joseph Letter, Mrs. Shonts,
 Mrs. R. E. Strawbridge, Mrs. Beach
 Grant and Mrs. Harold Richardson
 London Season Grows Shorter
 But year by year the London season grows shorter and shorter. Rightly it should begin almost immediately after Easter. But the growing habit of going abroad in March, and not returning to London till May, has considerably cur tailed the season, which cannot be pro longed after the end of July. Good wood races over, fashionable folks flock to Cowes Another tendency IS the null tiplcation of sets and grades. There
 is less exclusiveness than there used to be. The circles of the elect today are governed by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, the Duchess of Portland, Lady Salisbury, l Lady Eondesborough, Lady Derby and Lady Farquhar.
 It has been determined that the state balls this season shall go one better than last year. They were So crowded then that I was reminded of the miscellaneous $2 hops that are held in suburban sections of LondOn. In order to obviate crush, three state balls instead of two, will be held As, tc satisfy all claims, some 6,0OO invita- tions have been issued, this means 2,000 guests for each ball. Scarcely any pulling goes on for invitations, be- cause, in the nature of things, the peo pie who have been presented at court get within the swell precincts as mat ter of course. No amount of wire-pull ing can open the doors of Buckingham palace to the social aspirants who have not made their bows to the British sov ereign.
 Mrs. George Cornwallis West will add to the gayety of the world $ metropolis
 toward the end of June. She is work ing hard as "chairman of the bal committee, which is to provide grand costume ball at the Albert hall on be half of the Shakespearean Nationa theater. In brief conversation l hac with her, Mrs. Cornwallis West outlined the possibilities of this smart function 
 If you will call at our store or write us a postal card we will tell you how \ you may get beautiful new Kimbal Piano free. Sultan Brothers. Don t forget the. ball given by the