Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-17
Pads and Fashions
By Florence Fairbanks

NEW YORK, April l6--With the ap- proach of the summer season, renewed interest is taken by women in neglige costumes suitable for warm weather. The shops show, just now, large vari- ety of the most charming negliges of every imaginable material It is a mat ter of wise economy to select some ma terial for the neglige that will bear washing. Of these materials the most effective, as well as the most satisfac- tory for laundering, are the Japanese weaves, showing fine white raised stripes on colored grounding, the plain chinas in white or pale shades of vel low, violet, green, blue or pink, and the natural colored pongees, any of which look well when trimmed with bows of broad ribbon. The latter may be taken off when the garment goes to the laundry.
 Seamless shoulders distinguish great many of the new negliges and at once commend them to the woman who makes such robes for herself, as they do not require the perfect shaping of the gar ment between the throat and the elbow. Some of the most artistically draped negligees consist of single or double widths of material crossing the shoul- ders and joined from the center of the back to the front, the V at the nape of the neck being filled in with a tri- angle of embroidery or lace and the sides below the arms supplemented with sharply pointed gores running from the hem to the inner seam of the cut-in-one sleeves.
 The cape collar effect, which is seen on many of the belted negligees, is an other clever scheme for Tightening the labor of fitting the material around the shoulders. In these gowns the straight widths forming the back and fronts are laid in narrow plaits between the throat and arm eyes, and the wide collar of fichu shape is so draped that the shoul- ders, bust and sleeve tops are complete ly concealed, as well as elaborately trimmed, for it is the mission of the cape to furnish the chief ornamentation of the gown. It may be made of fancy net or all-over lace yelling satin, of Per sian patterned soft silk, of embroidered crepe de chine or of lingerie materials, depending entirely upon the fabric of which the neglige is composed.
 Especially in .-e gowns of soft fab rics, like cashmere de soie, fine English mohair and silk yelling are seen the long sleeves falling straight from the shoulder, caught together below the el- bow and drawn toward the sides in deep folds about the arms and forming deep points at the sides, are quite as often seen in sheer as in soft materials. Wing sleeves are prettiest in lingerie and lace or in thin silk and lace, for, although they are not fluffy in enect, their ex- treme width at the bottom and their frill-edged row of sharp little points make them appear cumbersome when developed in any non-transparent ma terial.
 It is reported from Paris that the coming lingerie frock will be girdled affair and not by any means princess. The girdle is naturally a part of the very simple model, and it was inevitable that it should return sooner or later on the cotton frock, which lent itself none too well to the severity and dignity of the fitted princess. When the long front panel is now used the garment is girdled at the sides; when last season. $ cuirass is dropped to the region of the waist, leaving it hip yoke. Many of the new summer bodices fasten in surplice line; others, again, show trimming in bolero shape.
 Sleeves are three-quarters in length, or even stop at the elbow; but this last sleeve has not gained the popularity of the slightly longer, which covers the elbow. Skirts retain their narrow, straight look, although in actual width their sheer materials measure more than