New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-19
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EASTER JOYS AND FINE TOGS
A HAPPY PUBLIC APPEARS IN ITS NEW
SPRING RAIMENT

the long night, turned her face toward the east
yesterday morning when the lights Of the big
city began to pale and the stars grew dim.
Diana should have faced the western wind bu.
she was anxious for the first signs OF day and
Ter eyes looked eagerly for the soft light ~
earliest dawn Slowly the morning crept into
the heart Of the city. and then Diana was glad
for she saw that Easter was 10 be lust the
fairest and the brightest that she could wish
or ask
but Diana was not the only one who looked
with anxiety for the signs Of coming day. Even
the policemen. yawnng on their weary beats
cast an eye at the Frightening east and said
10 one another as they met that II was TO be
hne Easter SO also said all the other early
risers, as they went their business rounds and
they were right. Certainly a fairer Easter has
not dawned upon Manhattan Island since the
glaciers carved II out and sent two rivers rolling
down on either side Of It, and even the scientists
who make 1t their business to find out such
things do not know just how long ago that
was
Society does not pay undue attention 70 the
observance Of the holy days and feast days and
fast days OF the Cburchs calendar Even the oh
servance OF Lent Itself Is not so general as IL
once was: but there is day In which society
hnds quite to It's liking. the celebration of which
IL mas most delightful and that day is Easter
society Is fond OF the bright and the gay and the
Joyous and Easter is Joyous and bright and gay,
ana ciothes Itself with music and flowers and
sHilles' wherefore Easter Is more beloved than
Lent In Lent the numerous services OF the
cnurches 90 not attract such crowds that there
Is no more room for them in the temples OF wor-
SNIP ior Lehten services sober and solemn
ana Sombre But when Easter morning comes
the sombreness is gone, and, though solemnity
sui hangs about the altars, it is touched with
gladness and light
The CHURCHES WELL FILLED
Society found its way TO the churches early and
IN crowds yesterday. The churches have rare,v
contained such crowds Of people as Yesterday
rarely, too, have the flowers bloomed mora
pHtheiy on chancel and on altar. Rarely have
the vested choirs chanted gladsome hymns NOR.
s"eetly. Rarely have the congregations rl,st,ed
INTO thelr accustomed pews in a more apparent
spirit of all-pervasive content
IL Is not material perhaps 10 ask tust whv
people are glad when Easter comes or wbs, a..
the thoughts that fill their minds as they listen
10 the words OF the surpliced preachers
Al All events people are glad when Easter
comes, end If anybody had been in doubt abou,
1t he must have been convinced had he anne.raa
IN Fifth-ave. yesterday after the preachers vsr.
done and the chors were still and the organ.
had thundered the last strains Of their most.
@ luues' Ihtn the Easter parade began 1t has
come TO be something more than a custom-thia
Easter parade. 1t is almost an institution. II
IS talked about beforehand as fixture and II il
openly enjoyed as pageant
GORGEOUS ONE YESTERDAY
Tne Easter parade was never a more gorgeous
arair than yesterday. In some years society
has not participated in It to a large extent but
OF late years il has indorsed the function tor
such 1t is, with Its presence and Yesterday ths
parade reached its zenith of glory From 1890
until nearly o'clock the avenue was crowded
from Thirtieth-st TO Central Park From every
church door came divisions to swell the army
and for time the procession crowded the west
side Of the avenue so that its progress was ex-
tremely slow. But that troubled nobody Mo-
body was in a hurry. and every one was con.
tent 10 see and be seen. There were compara-
lively few carriages in the avenue and those
mat were there contained, for the most part
sghtseers who chose this method 10 obtain a
better view Of the pageant on the walks They
drove slowly up and down the avenue making
no attempt to disguise their curiosity and they
ala not disappear until the gay procession had
dispersed.
But while the parade was more remarkable
perhaps, in numbers and in fashion than Il
ever has been before, II was equally remarka-
BILE from the point of view Of picturesqueness
To this element. of course. the costumes OF the
women contributed by far the largest part 1t
may safely be said that seldom. If ever has the
famous avenue been such a mass OF variegated
color as ii was for that brief hour yesterday
From the foot Of the hill that rises to the north
from Thirty-fourth-st. could see nothing
but hats; but the hats We're enough. They
wound their way In and out and round about
and they showed every color In the spectrum
and. in the opinion of at least one competent
Judge several colors hitherto wholly undiscov-
cred were there disoayed However that NAV
be- there was certainly an assortment OF tints
ia ~ ~
seasons rainbows. and for the stocking OF sew.
eral peacock farms.
COSTUMES OF THE WOMEN
The dresses OF the women showed a decided
tendency toward costumes made wholly from
fabrics Of color. Many carried this one
color idea even far the boots One could
not walk block without passing complete out
fit Of red or scarlet or violet or lavender The
hats were perhaps the most remarkable portions
OF the costumes Some of them resembled the
clouds of the sunset. and some OF them tho
palm garden at the Waldorf and nearly all
OF them were Of a size that Is designed TO in
spire terror in the heart OF the male theatre
goer. But yesterday he could merely marvel
and pass by But IL the costumes were brilliant
they for the most part harmonious
There were OF course some combinations Of
color that broke the peace into minute frag-
ments. but. on the whole they were not disor.
dery II was only when two costumes appeared
whose coors had feud of long standing be-
tween them that trouble broke out
a woman and her escort came out of ths
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church when the
parade was at its most magnificent moment
She wore costume whose ensemble was VIC.
lently scarlet. AS she fell into line she met a
friend and her escort. and chatted with them
as they moved along. Suddenly she stopped
short in the middle of a sentence as she saw
that her friend wore green and no other color
She crossed the avenue at the end Of the block
and the echoes Of the strife of the coors died
away.
All these things and much more bronze Diana
saw from her lofty perch where she swung
slowly to and fro In the gentle breeze. Diana
never went in much for dress herself but she
Is now much interested In observing IL in others
and has apparently forgotten the time when
she was rather rough on man named Actseon
because he showed bit OF Idle curiosity on the
subject.
WHAT THE MEN ARE WEARING.