Bisbee daily review., 1910-08-07
Latest Pads and Fashions
By FLORENCE FAIRBANKS


 NEW YORK Aug. e:-The most striking characteristic Of the seasons summer frocks is their simplicity. The fussy. ornate frock is not the fashion able dressmakers masterpiece th-s season. She strikes for perfection of line. for some daring and striking note of color. for some original and effee- tive detail and leaves the rest to the exquisite materials. Eeven hand em- broidery. save on lingerie models, is not so v,shly used as it was last season. though it is always admissible and plays an important part in many Of the handsomest gowns.
 A half low neck and the Dutch neck even less low are immensily popular with the summer girl who needs to be practical. for a frock with such a neck finished answers for a variety of purposes. It has a sufficiently fes- tive air to do duty for evening wear yet il is not barred from informal evening and afternoon wear as is a conventional decollete frock.
 
 been used this season. so the manu- factures say. and certainly linen frocks were never prettier. though the sheerer stuffs are hardy rivals to the heavier linens this summer, be- cause of the tendency toward skirt fitness held in toward the bottom Sometimes the sheer and the heavy linene are combined in one model with happy effect.
 Of sheer. cool looking little frocks for afternoon and evening there is no end. A majority of these frocks arc short. even when intended primarily for evening wear. As is best. the dain- ty short frock of sheer stuff s alto gether charming and the simplest of these little frocks in linon. batists. etamine, ninon. etc. are the most attractive. Many of the daintiest have no trimming at all on the soft, full skirts. save group of shirred cording or tucking holding the fullneess in at the bottom. Weights are usually at tached to these cordings to draw the upper skirt down snugly. for fullness billowing out above and hooped in be low is distressing sight The bodice of one Of these shirred or corded skirts is often a simple full little af- far with cord about neck and should CTS and on the sleeves and with mere- ly some flat neck finish and cuff of heavy lace such as Venise or Irish.
 Another favored method of making hga ar.fr .-E. .~r-s m untrimmed upper skirt in by lower section of deep tucks. This section extends up almost to the knees, ;s scant in width and s cleverly we:ght- ed The French dressmakers have used this type of skirt freely but only few such modles have been here They demand slenderness in the W rear CT. as for that matter, do all skirts on these general lines.
 Simple tailored blouses. as tailored blouses are now understood. Of Enon batiste or other sheer cotton or linen materials with white ground striped n color are much liked for wear with the tailored coat and skirt md are often finished by fine white friiis. collar and cuffs which may or may not have a narrow border Of some simple embroidery in the color of the stripe. Other models have N hits falls with very narrow borders Of plain cc!or or of the striped material used on the bias. Inexpensive and pretty striped zephyr cloth is effectively used for plain tailored blouses wIth chic little black crava;s and here again white frills are often introduced
 The all white blouses in lingerie or in soft wash silk or wool with bord CTS of a stripe used on the bias are often attractive when worn with g coat and skirt n the color of the stripe. open work of the English eye let or Madeira sort is the very smart est thing in embroideries for the blouses as for the tub frock and de lightful lingerie models more or less lavishly adorned with such embroid cry are shown in great variety in tho fashionable shops. The hand embrOid cry is expensive, of course. and the machine limitations are coarse in com