Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 19 April 1894, Page 3

Notes and Events.

Apropos of hair, the revival of an oldfashioned way of dressing the hair is gaining ground in England. It is parted in the centre, waved, and drawn loosely over the ears ; the ends are curled and pinned low so as to fall in little ringlets on the neck behind. To many faces this qnaint style is distinctly becoming, but having been for so long accustomed to short fluffy front hair the change will at first appear somewhat startling. By the way, those who have cut their front hair short and yet are determined to "go in " for the latest thing in hairdressing, will of necessity have to invoke the aid of borrowed tresses.

The first gentleman in the land, is the customary fashion of styling the Prince of Wales, but he is a gentlemen in feeling and acts as well as by courtesy as the following mark of respect to an aged Statesman shows : — Those who were privileged to be present at the levee at St. James's Palace this week are talking about a very notable incident that occurred during the proceedings. The Ministers of the Grown in attendance usually congregate around the fire place, situated at some little distance from the dais. When the Prince of Wales noticed that the Prime Minister was amongst those who were present he left the dais and walked up to the group in order to shake hands and converse with Mr Gladstone. There is probably no precedent for auch a proceeding,