The age-herald., 1897-09-15

blouse is made with both full loose back and a tight-fitting coat back.
 With the coming of the tailor-made girl this fali the Russian blouse costume
 will appear. Already it has been seen on Fifth avenue and was considered the most chic frock in town.
 Perhaps the most effective of the 1 Russian blouse tailor-made costume is 1 8 gown of deep red ladies' cloth, trim 1 med with broad black braid. Th: 1 blouse is made full in the back and | front. It is conditioned to the figure at
 the waist line by a band of black satin
 which is finished with a bow made of | two broad satin loops. Two other bows caught in the center with glistening gilt buckles trim the left sids of the | blouse, banishing any severe effect. The blouse and skirt are beth trimmed with the broad, black braid, which is ar
 ranged in conventional design. The
 gown is lined throughout with deep shade of wate. melom taffeta silk. For tailor-mode girls who want to look more severely plain, there are Russian blous- es made without any trimmings what
 ever. Rows of stitching are th.ir only
 ornamen.ation. For example, there Is a smooth cloth gown in Yale blue. The Russian blouse is trimmed with two parallsl rows of black braid in con | ventional loop design. This same braid | design edgss the collar, and acts as a finish to the skirt of the blouse. Down the left side there are big, black silk buttons three of which are more for ornament than use. The particularly novel feature of this blouse is one broad rever of plaited black satin. The skirt of this costume is trimmed at the bot tom with three rows of the braid. Now, for the Russian blouse coats. Such gor-
 geousness as some of them display! Ons of the most effective models is of red melton cloth almost entirely cov- cred with marrow bands of black satin worked in an itricate design. Down the front of the blouse coat is a band of black Persian lamb, and the high collar and the edging of the cuffs are fo1m:d d of the same fur. The velvet Russian blouse is also in favor. It is seen both as coat and waist in velvet. In black and made perfectly plain, it is effect i've, especially so when worn with jew eled bslt. In fur wraps the Russian blouse is also conspicuous. The most fashionable seal sRin coat of the ysar is
 1 biOoSC. 4hNSlNcly lS SiiOMlHS II WllH a chinchilla collar which does not al- low the vulgar throng to see as much as the tip of the wearer's ears. But it is in the evening gowns that ons gets a glimpse of the Russian blouse idealiz- ed Here 1t is not so corr ct in design, but it is altogether charming It is jew eled and bedecked with flowers and is most bewitchng. Sometimes the blouse front jc a .af A,,ff again it consists of sprays of flowers. or the blouse effect is obtained by j:weled bands, which droop ov@r the bodice and
 are only confined at the waist line. In any case, for a slender woman, it makes
 a most charming bodice.
 The Nashville American announces the
 engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Alleen Morris, the lovely dlaugh- ter of Rev. Dr. and. Mrs. J. c. Morris, of Nashville, and Mr Thomas Benners of Birmingham Miss Morris is greatly ad- mired in Birmingham, where she lived for four years, while her father had charge of the First Methodist church of this city. She will find awaiting her the warmest welcome from large circle of friends. Miss Morris is a sister of Ms. Algernon w. Nelson, whom she has ire quently visited since going to Nashville to reside MT. Benners is one of the most prominent aInd popular young gen. ti-men of Birmingham in social and busi- ness circles, and is worthy of the fair young girl he has won.
 
 Mrs Harry Jones and her son, .Mas.er Harry, Jr., have returned from a delig,ht- ful visit to New York and New Jersey. They were absent seven weeks.
 | Mrs. Thomas Ashford is again at | home from a long visit to relatives in | North Alabama.
 | Mrs. A. Kline and hsr little daughter
 Miss Marie Kline, have returned from | Montgomery.
 Miss B.hel Hodgson, of Mobile, will v.si: Birmingham hsfore long as the
 guest of Mrs. Wilbur Brown at her
 home on the South Highlands.
 | Miss Elizabeth Shelley and Miss Ber- tha Woodward have returned from a charming outing spent at Tate Springs Miss Shelley is with her father Gen.
 Charles M. Shelly at the Morris hotel The Tuesday Whist club was enter ] tained yesterday afternoon by Mrs. J. F.