The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-13
EASTER PARADB'S GLORY GONE
THEY WHO LOOKED FOR SPRING
FASHIONS DfSAPP0fNTED.

To Best Dvesssa women s~ Fssth Avesss
Wore Their winter Carb. and All tho
Parade Had the Air NJ Rslyins Come
Out to See Q snow Of Other Folks
II was not turnout OF the aristocrats
OF fashion. Any promenader In the psno-
ramic throngs with a memory stretching
over twenty years saw that at a glance.
Before the commercial invasion of Fifth
avenue above Twenty third street the good
and other folk OF knickerbocksr lineage
used TO put on their finest raiment and 60
a-strolling churchwaJd and homeward, TO
sse and TO be aeon. There were COMPARE
sons of bonnets and dresses and there
was q doffing of hats and q courtes ying
that reminded one Of the stately Colonial
days Of frills and furbelows. silver-buokled
shoes, gold-hilted swords and powdered
wigs.
But yesterday, twenty years after no.
body seemed to know anybody else; that
l., nobody conspicuous in the directory Of
the elite. They simply stared, with heads
turned sidewise, pouring rapid-fire glances
from port or starboard bows Iso the nautical
reporter put i'll. as they sailed indolently,
just with steerage way. bound, respec-
lively. north-northeast and south-south-
WEST.
There were many fine craft in the parade
some. perhaps. with a redundancy OF bunt-
ing: but their ancestors, a. a rule, were not
launched from ancient ways nor marked
by GOATS or arms and family notices.
The biggest part OF the show was ia the
naiGhborhood Of st. Patrick's Cathedral.
Below. where the gilt letters OF trade stared
from windows once framing the charming
~ optshod n1pthara nj the town
the procession was attenuated.
There was a chill in the air until half
an hour after noon, when the churches
began to let out their worshippers and
the a ewest and strangest millinery. The
sun Dame out with the church people and
shone with somewhat subdued Tesplen-
den0ei for more than an hour. But there
wasn't enough heat in his rays TO warrant
tho tai ing on Of wraps.
Of the avenue and IL moved almost In 81
lence There was little conversation and
the sit lffle Of multitudiDous feet was
drownes in the puffing and wheeling OF
riaees a I'd stages. Everybody who could
afford II. apparently, had hired . cab, and
the stae = were filled with people who
made no :, ,fYort to conceal the fact that they
were thu to look at the parade. The
psradevs returned the compliment. The
vehicular crush Was unusual and the cops
40 crossini 3 were kept busy.
Apparent ly Easter Sunday has ceased to
be the day when the ine women Of the city
Tor pubic scrutiny. The best dressed
Yesterday y ere those who still retained
winter appa rel. II was noticeable that
lowered hats were few, and all that weren't
ward and mi, .hty little aft. Many Of the
bonnets were red, also, some OF the hair
tbereunder. b IT there were enough white
horses to 60 round
All the stu rps within several blocks
OF the Cathedr Il were used by spectators
Of the show ven much as they are used
when Barnum Il Baiey's sstupendous ag-
greration" is n the avenue, afoot and
ahorss. At leas six groups Of photog.
arphers aimed Q emeras from windows and
streets were en- )wded with people who
didn't seem to think they were getting
their poney'e wo nth. --.....-->----.---.----
A Young woma who never before had
seen Fifth aventn' on Easter sunday ssid
true, she remarkes |. and also natural. that
there should be m any pretty women in 80
ARE a turnout; bu there wore few beauti-
full once, and many looked a. II their dreeses
had been made O O., mi 0n,y rev syt
vere seen; all the rest were just the sort
one might see in Sic IN avenue on bargain
day at this season.
flowers there weN a-plenty on corsages:
The prevailing taste was for violets, and
eoppe Of the punches worn were as large a.
full blown cabbages. This, also. the young
woman noted:
Nobody seems to think abe is a part Of
the show. She appears TO have come out
inst 10 see the others. And. myi how they
DO stare at one anotheri Such getting
upstairs never did seei l really begin
TO think that the whole procession Is made
up Of people who just came out to see IT,"
.How abo,n your asked the young wo-
mans father.
well, don't count. This.is my first Of