The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-22

middle-age to do, for short skirts are :
suggestive of coquetry and dash and
though fashion permits skirt to the
ankle now, even on women past the
fifty milestone. long. trailing skirts.
replete with dignity and grace, aae
much more apt to be on the safe side
of becomingness. But whatever
length of skirts, the woman in her
fifties should wear the prettiest foot
wear she can buy. This does not
mean ultra fashionable, extreme, or
sensational boots and slippers, but
boots and slippers daintily cut, of best
leather and shaped becomingly to the
foot. High heels are quite permissible
and pointed toes-if the foot of fifty
can wear them without discomfort
Dressing tho foot as charmingly az
one can is pardonable vanity that
must be allowed when the day for
picture hats and dancing frocks has
Street Attire Should Be Distinguished.
The woman of fifty who selects a
ready-to-wear tailleur gay with &C.
centricities of cut and trimming,
makes a fatal mistake. Her tailored
suits should be simple and of absolute
ly fiawless cut but they should never
be conspicuous-or rather they shouldA
elegance. costume made by good
tailor who knows how to handle his
material-and how to advise his Gus
toner in choice of color and style
never passes unnoticed; it's quiet
elegance and distinction are more
compelling than any sensationalism of
cut or color could be.
j The suit pictured Is of dark plum
colored gabardine with frog fasten-
ings of braid and velvet buttons. The
skirt is widened by pleats at either
side and the coat has lines of great
distinction. The new redingote cos
tunes should prove very becoming to
women of older years for their lines
tend to add height and subtract width
from the figure, but women of fifty
or over should be wary of the fetch
ling princess gowns that fashion Is again
foisting upon us. Anything that sug-
gests perfect fit is apt to be cruel
to the figure past girlhood's litheness
and though princess gown may ap-
pear charming and becoming from a
front view of it in the mirror, a side
view may not present the same allure
ing aspec4 and after all, it is a side>
view of us, our friends most often 4
have The woman of fifty should be
fastidiously particular about tits mat
Il ter of side-silhouette and she will be
thrice wise if she adds a triple mirror
Fell rxt1
self may be viewed at any moment.
to the furnishings of her bedroom
| The black velvet toque with it's soft
lily sweeping black and yellow paradise
tails, is we'll designed for ain older
woman. The lines are soft and the
shape of the hat Is large enough to
frame the face and the hair. If the
hair is white, or even gray, always
show it under the hat-brim for the
sake of soft becomingness Of effect
Harsh lines should be sedulously
avoided and it is far wiser to sdress-
up to gray or white hair, making
the silvered tresses veritable beauty
feature, than to try to hide them un-
der severe hat brim.
A Theatre Or Bridge Bodice.
Admirably adapted for wear with
a dark velvet or broadcloth tailored
suit, is the dainty bodice of chiffon,
intended for bridge or an afternoon
matinee. The color Of this chiffon
waist is hyacinth blue-another of the
blues that gray hair may take to it.
self. The chiffon is mounted over a.
second bodice of flesh pink chiffon
which is in turn mounted over white
net. This gives an exquisitely soft \
effect, most flatterng to the COM
plexion. Very handsome lace in cluny
design trims the bodice whose front
comes below the girdle to suggest the
now fashionable princess line.