Arizona republican., 1916-05-05

underside of which is dyed to dark blue with the crown of really superb velvet ribbon show ing a lowered design in rich colors and with girdle and bag ot the same, the bag being very simple one drawn up by means of narrow ribbon strings and weighted with tassel to give 1t shape.
 What are known as Baskt influences also are good and we are having some really wonderful color effects. Like many another beautiful thing the Baskt idea always is easily travested. The colors as they are handled by great master are rich and superb, if little aggressive they still are beautiful. In the hands oi many of his imitators they are simply garrish. Let us hope that they will not be initiated by the minimizing and the untrained They require skill, they re- quire art in their handling it is only when they are rightly used that they mean charm. An evening coat of white silk with striped border of green, red, indigo blue and gold sounds extreme but as 1t was handled by faithful follower of the master 1t was simply superb. Of rich Oriental coloring undoubtedly there will be much if 1t is used in bits and without overdoing all will be well, danger lies in excess and excess IS runous in matters of dress as 1t is in the more serious affairs of life.
 Practical. useful costumes are always needed. The gown of pl1id and plain material shown here makes an excellent example of what we know as street dress It is practical one made Of gabardine of blue and white for the plaid and plain white for the skirt and sleeves and collar. It is a very handsome costume anc at the same time very useful costume while 1t suggests one of the really important features of the time. Coat suits are admirable. They fill a place that nothing else quite takes but there is demand for the gown that can be worn upon the street and such effects as these are successful in bringing about costume ideal for the purpose This one. for example, could be copied in serge with silk or in plaid serge with plain or in plaid taheta with plain to make more practical costume than the dainty blue and white and 1t could be copied in pongee for the summer costume. but in whatever material 1t is shown the lines will remain, and it is the lines which make the success of any garment. Really II IS skirt with an over portion. It IS not d redingote, yet the combination of the blousc and skirt suggest the redngote idea. The few buttons of generous size and of great beauty make another feature of the season.
 Already the Southern resorts have emphasized the readiness with which the ribbon trimming has been accepted. With the coming of tn. summer, may look for lingerie gowns cxten- sively ribbon trimmed, for ribbon sashes. for ribbon garnitures and ribbon utilized in every known way.
 Accessories that suggest what VIC are apt to call old tlmey effects are greatly in demand and little punches of quaint flowers are largely used as finish for grdles and for trimming for 'ooiNSe iNi "iiat hoio' OHiCS diV utHS uiiy suggestive of the old time garden and the nearer one comes to the effect of the flowers that might be gathered therefrom, the nearer she will be to correctness
 Muslin an1 chiffon lend themselves to the Eugenic period with exceptional success. The white frock shown here is of organdie and the material as we'll as the style emphasizes the period. It is designed for the debutante and is worn with wide sash held by a single rose. The picture tells the story Of its style and of its charm. The hchu drapes the shoulders most gracefully and .becomingly and hchus are being largely exploited. but let all but the very young and the confessedly old beware. Draped over shoulders so young that they cannot be made to look old, they a real delight. The fch