The age-herald., 1897-10-14

which has not been visible to mortal eyes for many a long year. It is said that in full length wraps the redingd.e e wool materials in cheks, plaids and solid eolors. It is the very worst taste to a1- low yourself a conspicuous check or plaid for city wear, and the safest se- lecdon will be the stone-gray, brown in tho darker shades and dull greens. These garments are most welcome fa their re-appearance. There is nothing more generally useful They serve for traveTing or street wear or even to cover pretty party frock, in case your ward robe does not allow you an opera or evening cloak. Indeed, if you are likely to need down. -the-heel covering, even to go over evening garments, you may have your redingotc made of silk in- stead of wool, thus rendering it more dressy for evening use and still not tak- ing from its suitability for other wear. Remember, though if you buy silk, nosh ing but good quality is worth your dress makers Handling. 44
 All these redingoses are. mot belted, and some of them are made to wear in either way. The belted ones almost in- variably show bloused effect, either all around or just in front. Those not belted are frequenly boxed from the shoulders in front and slightly fitted at the back. Some exaggerated models show both front and back boxed squarely, but the effect is as bad as it sounds.
 How rarely one sees woman nowa- days who wears her hair high. It seems to be a mode of coiffure that has almost entirely disappeared. Any one who coils her locks above the nape of the neck calls it Thigh hair" but it is not so. The really truly altitudinous effect, the knot being on direct perpendicular ine with the spine, is as unique as the woman who doesn't rde a bicycle. Yet it is an unde- niably acceptable mode of hair-dressing, being smart and pretty, not in the least inartistic, and, as rule, becoming to most every one. Short women should welcome it with open arms, as it adds so much 70 their height. It Gnust ever appeal to any one possessing much hair, as it is about the only way by which superintendent mass can be made to stay up. Unless tightly braided and firmly coiled, lot of hadr is always coming down just by its own weigh; if poised upon any less certain spot of the head than the very apex. Attention has re- gently been called tothe novelty of high hair by an actress who invariably ap- pears with that style of coiffure. Re-. ally, if for no other reason, the woman would be conspicuous. Whether in so wearing her hair she has an eye to per- sonal or to polite effect is not clear. High hair is peculiarly becoming to her. head and carriage, and it does not lose distinction because of it's novelty. After the long and much abused reigns of the Psyche knot and the Gibson twist, and the Langtry coil, it is a positive relief. It remains to be seen whether it will be- come popular. Certainly it has better reason for finding favor than many of its predecessors. q never yet saw woman who looked we'll with low hair" said keen-eyed observer of this actress, "who did not look just that much better with her hair worn high"
 Madame Lillian Nordica has reached New York on the French steamer, La Bretagne and is accompanied by her husband, Zoltan Dome, and her sister, Mrs. George Walker Madame Nordica will begin an engagement today at Bangor, Maine, where she will sing in the musical festival of the state of Maine. She will go on the 18th instant to Portland where she will sing at three concerts. She will probably remain in America until March, but will only be heard in concerts. While abroad Mad anne Mordica devoted much time to the study of Wagner's "Gotterdammerung, and expects to include this opera in her repetoire next season.
 Victor Hugos masterpiece of fiction
 
 telegrams say, has been barred out of the Girls High School, of Philadelphia, because of it's lack of good morals.
 
 MT. Rush Simpson Is spending a short while in New York.
 Miss Elizabeth Shelley is now at the Morris hotel. She will go to Nashville on Alabama Day, and from thence goes to Washington, D. C., to attend the mar riage of her friend, Miss Casson, which will occur on the 26th inst. Miss Casson visited Birmingham as Miss Shelley's guest few years ago, and was much admired during her brief stay in the cty.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur F. Sager, of Bos- ton, are the guests of Mir. and Mrs. John