Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-10
To guard from chilly show'rs the walking

Trivia" Ills blk. Ill. 2O9-17.
For many years the carrying of an UNI
brella was regarded as effeminate. In
the sDraper's Dictionary it Is stated that
when men began to carry umbrellas they
were hooted and jeered at as French
men,. In the Female Tattler," Decem-
Der II, 1903, there is the following satiri-
cal announcement:
The young gentleman borrowing the
umbrella belonging to Wills coffee house,
in Cornhjll. of the mistress, is hereby adj
yerused that, to be dry from head to foot
on the like occasion he shall be welcome
to the maids pattens.
Those were the good old times" but
here is new and odd idea for a sofa pill
low for Cholly's divan, and one in which
great deal Of sentiment can be tucked
II one wills 1t. To make the pillow only
OF gloves In which your hand was pressed
by Cholly for instance, would not be a
bad idea! If Choily is demonstratve
person think what a big pillow it would
make, tool
Unsoiled portions of discarded kid
gloves may be set together in a regular
pattern, say triangular or diamond
SNAPPED pieces, and used for the cover of
sofa pillow. Set the bits together in an
overseam with cotton thread, as silk
tears the kid, then turn and cover the
seam on the right side with briar stitch,
done in any of the medium-sized silks;
floss. A leather welt may strengthen the
seam holding the top and bottom COW
eFs together, or a large black silk cord
would be handsome with black silk tas-
bells at the corners.
Head and arm rests for upholstered
chairs may also be made of kid patch
work, while the darker shades of channels
Will be found equally serviceable The
latter material may be embroidered, as
the pieces will be large; use the stitch
known as the long-and-short, and flo
VIII, perhaps, be heavy enough, If used
unsplit.
The summer room fad Is awakening,
as 1T does every year about this time,
and soon we will sit only on willow and
cane chairs, and have curtains and car
pets, velvet and brocade, replaced by
cool denim, clean, fresh straw mating
and bamboo and cretonne. 1t is sensi-
BILE, healthy fad and should be encour-
aged. Cool looking India prints are
shown in squares just big enough to
make generous pillows. The peculiar
blue of the material is difficult to imi-
tate, and those who have blue rooms will
be glad that cushions for the couch need
no longer entail the sacrifice of hangings.
Heretofore the prints have been shown in
curtain length only Now, added to the
convenient and economical square, there
can be purchased a suitable edging of
white
l like the new coiffures. The pompa-
dour is becoming to most women 1t Is
more appropriate than any other style
for the stately women, and gives a
piquantesse to the roll-like beauty which
is very fetching But so many women
make fidgets of themselves by following
the hairdressers' plates and instructions
au pied ere la lettre, instead of modify
ing the style, taking what Is good and
eschewlng what Is unsightly in 1t, and
mOl0inQ III n hQst hppOroa another in
dividual style of beauty.
In adopting any new style of hairdress-
Ing the outline of the head should first be
well studied. 1t is easily possible to keep
within the lines of a special fashion and
! still vary 1t enough to suit individual
needs. For instance, the waved side
locks. which fashion declares shall be
pulled out, may be arranged in varying
degrees of fullness for round oval and
long faces. A round face looks less full
when the locks are disposed in a fluffy
fashion, and loose adjustment is en-
tirely suited to an oval outline, while
the length of a slender face is less mark
ed when the hair Is more closely, though
by no means tightly, drawn back.
The parted bang very generally, though
not always wisely, worn until recently,
had gone the way of all transitory
things. In its stead reign the pompadour
and the coquettish temple curls, the
former being a distinctive feature of the
Marie Antionette coiffure. The pompa-
dour is arranged to give fluffy effect
and is only moderately high. OF course,
II the forehead be too high, a light fringe
may fall over 1t, but. when of normal
proportions temple curls are I'm order.
As for the back hair, 1t may be dis
posed at the crown or low on the neck.
The latter is the "bun' style and con-
ssts of three puffs.
The Empire poke bonnet is very chic
and pretty above young and piquante
face, and in black or gray 1t is especially
becoming to not a few women of mature
years who are blest with a. luxuriant
growth of hair that can be waved be-
meath the spreading arched brim. Many
fashionable women who .eschew what Is
generally fashionable and elect to wear
Just the opposite of prevailing modes, es-
pecially in the military line, are adopting
this unique little Quaker-like bonnet, dis
carding all the frills and bushels of flow
ers now the rage, and wearing the sim
pie hat in gray, brown or black straw,
trimmed with wide, rich satin ribbons,
bows and knots matching the straw
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