The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-12
THE PASSING SHOW
Varied and Interesting Types Seen An Afternoon Stroll
 The Summer Tourist As He Appears On Dress Parade
BY ANNIE KEN pRIck WALKER.

Asheville, N. C., August 11.-(Specfal.) )- A pretty woman at luncheon the other day asked solemnly why a woman with krinlSly red hair would persist in wear ing an Alice blue hat One man and two women said they did not know un- less 1t was, as the man finally suggested that some one had told the woman that Alice blue was becoming.
 Well" said the observant woman everywhere I went the other afternoon I seemed to see the striking contrast pre- scented in those two shades and I have never seen anything as daring even at the Grand Prix."
 Then we began looking about us at the different types, at the passing show that comes to these mountains.
 The most exaggerated of cotflieures was seen on a blond-looking woman, some- thing fearfully and wonderfully made and requiring even more. hair than the elaborate one of last winter. This wom- an had brushed her hair back perfectly plain from the face and then gathered it Into huge coil that seemed to be padded out several inches more than nature ever intended It seemed to be done in sec tions, three of them, and each large enough and heavy looking in itself. To hold all this coil 1t was necessary to wear a large net fastened securely over it all.
 I cannot think of anything it resembled but a strainer of gauge through which you pour fruit when you are making jelly. It bulges out on all sides, until you press the juice out. Well, this woman looked as if she had bought piles of hair, shaken it out in a net and then pinned 1t on at the back of her head. We were in con- stant dread that it might drop off
 A fat woman, with a buggy face, wore one of the new hats turned back from the face, and wings shooting up from the right side, giving her that much to be avoided look of attempting to be coquet- ish at 50 She was talking with much animation to nice looking man in white fiannels, whom we supposed was in love with her daughter, who presently Joined them. The daughter was charming, the
 ae we Americans ,ove; tall, combining l.. her graceful bearing the strength and ease or the aLlllellC WOHldH WllH all the elegancies of the drawing room. She was In white, a semi-tailored gown, with collars and cuffs of black, and her hat was of black satin, trimmed with plumes.
 The nice looking young man looked at her adoringly, but she treated him rather indifferently and discussed sailing dates with her mother
 It is interesting to observe just how many different types may be seen at a luncheon hour and subsequent stroll down some of these narrow little streets through which hundreds of summer tour ists wander at all hours of the day. | Here are some of the types that will divert you in an hours stroll: i First the woman with krinkly red hair and wearing an Alice blue hat; and the woman with the baggy hair.
 Two men in white f1annels taking up l the entire sidewalk.
 A woman in pink tailored gown and i lingerie hat leading French poodle, wearing pink ribbons.
 l A touring car filled with women yelled like Orientals.
 l blond woman in pink princess and wearing a hat of violets. l A shopkeeper and a woman collector bargaining In little doorway.
 Dozens of tourists buying souvenir post cards.