Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-05
w 7E have been having a good
 w many showings of French

w 7E have been having a good w many showings of French
 costumes during the past few weeks and there are interesting features md wonderful studies of co,or .o be made, without perhaps any realty different note from the ones that a. eady have been chronic'ed.
 We have known for some time that NC must have broad hips in whatever way we achieve the result. " Not a CIV of the evening gowns are showing .en,1ine farthingales or short skirts with reeds inserted worn beneath the costumes which certainly seem step n the direction of the hoop skirt, but for the street costume. the effect ,s obtained mostly by the handling of waterfall We are not at all likely to liNade the s;ibways and to walk the .'feet In hoop skirts or even in modih >ations of the hoop skirt. We are .omcthine of extremists. we women, md we accept the dccrces of La Mode without much question. but the ways of modern life will not allow certain conditions. We have not the leisure that our great arandmothers had nor have we the space to allow to eac', :. individual. The great majority of us are compelled to ride in more or less ' sraWed conveNances and we will remember these facts eveA in the face f fashions. 2 .4,~s. ...
 A very smart taffeta costume is .~ade of dark blue taffeta with the .ides of the skirt cut of little below he waist line and arranged in number of rows with frill above Sto give the hip effect mentioned. There is a iaunty little jacket that reaches scarcely below the waist line. A novelty of the costume and the really notsble features are found in the waistcoat of rose colored pongee which ';. embroidered with a combination of .ilk threads and beads. We are wearing and we will wear a great many quiet colors, gray, dark-blue and beige, tan and the like but a fright note is sure to be found and the waistcoat points one of the new and interesting ways of accomplishing the desired result.
 There is very great fancy for rose color this season by the way. It IS rsc1 as trimming. it is used in com hination of many other shades, it makes inc little cape collars and chemisettes that are so generally exploited and it is pronounced favorite for the trimming of white. In the case of the dark blue suit, the shade has been selected with great care and the effect is really perfect. A great deal of rose colored organdie is being exploited made into gowns as we'll as into accessories and rose color appears to take a conspicuous place. A very charming evening costume that is notable for many of its character istias is made of rose colorcd organdie combined with white tulle. The skirt is very full straight one making so many gathers at the upper edge that it stands away from the figure of its own fullncss. It shows a hem and four tucks of graduated width and there is additional trimming in the form of four ruff1es of the white tulle that are arranged over the hips and to outline the panncls at the sides. There is a close fitting little bodice of the organdic that just covers the belt of the skirt and delightfully."- quaint ichu of the white tulle made dainty with ruffies while the short sleeves also are finished with frilIs at the elbows and there are