New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-04
EASTER FINERY SHIVERS.
WOHEN DEFY PNEUMONI4.
Fifth-auc. Parade EnIicened by,Cir-
cuS Performers DriUe.

crrd rite. - he observed more punctiliousy than
Ire remainder of the entire Lenten season, and
which alone among Easter observances neither
damp nor cold may wholly exercise. It can be
safely asserted that. within the present decade
g. least. nothing short OF an earthquake could
rrercrt i-s taking place
So yesterday. there being no earthquake or
even p subway explosion but instead clean
nouy April weather. the parade paraded, TO
un appearances affected not one whit by the
onaucial furry n Wall Street the Baltimore
fire tle Sully cotton failure the merger de-
oision or the names mentioned as potential
Democratic candidates this fall None the less
the parade suffered Impairment. not from any
O. The general or more particular calanities
erurnerat=d. bat simply from the wind Rude
r3oreas thrsshed like q small hurricane down
TTf-n-avo., causing the disinterested visitor TO
Wonder whether it was The spring or winter
iasf.Cls that be had been called on TO inspect.
NoiEe-s En- heavy winter furs were chaperoning
daughters dressed in low cut summer gowns
and aaclas smothered IN weighty kangaroo or
raceo0n skin linked arms with gloveless nephews
whose Ii~ht Prince Alberts tapped about their !
knees
C.t II he inclesnent wind was on the debit |
side os the parade causing n severe depreciation
n rae number of paraders and a confusion Of |
lie two seasons and the seasons fashions there |
vas ore episode that loomed large on the credit |
was ne cardinal feature OF the entire parade.
Miss Josephiue Koubeck, one OF the menage /
drivers of The Barnum ana Bailey circus. notsI
only Won a $50 wager from Miss Mafalda won /
5,o~b but injected a staccato note OF novelty by
'-ooirs'A the aower decorated two-wheel chariot |
she drives in the circus from Madison Square l
Garden 10 Forty-second-st. and back. Now Miss /
Koubeck belongs 10 the Berlin school. which !
develops the art OF driving. while Miss Won Rorb /
sriU svvears allegiance TO the Viennese school. /
which deems equestrfanism the highest form OF 4
horsemanship. In discussions between the rivals /
Miss Koubeck offered to drive the most unman- |
ageable horse in the Herzog stable in the parade
Miss ,-on Korb vagered a cool $50 that she had |
neither the courage nor the ability control the
horse during the excitement and congestion. /
Mss Koubeck promptly met the challenge. and /
finally won over James A Bailey's consent TO |
the experiment.
II was a few minutes after Il O'Clock. when the /
morning services were Just beginning. and the /
procession was flying steadily to and fro. that /
paraders az TVenty-th:rd-st. and Fifth-ave |
were abruptly shocked out OF the correct express
sion of bored Indifference. UnconscioUsly mon /
ocles were dropped and lorgnettes raised at the 4
unwonted spectacle CT a blossom bespangled /
chariot drawn by z black Arab stallion and Z
driven By woman in blue. Slowly. ma5estically
it rolled ont from the carriage entrance TO the
Garden. The horse was attached TO the small
cart by single arched shaft, secured by a
swivel IN the saddle. Control Of the horse lay
obviously entirely in the ribbons. Now pirouet-
ting ard now caracoling before the rose spoked
chariot bearing its fair driver. the mettled Arab
bounded into the avenue and fell plumb into
the ~arade. Exclamatio1s OF establishment
ranging anywhere from the well bred low whistle
10 the hilarious catcaH saluted the appearance
O. this equipage.
Thanks 10 the prowess Of the driver. its prog
ress was unmarried by a single mishap the
horses if ct times restive, being under
:-on but eouable. control Its triumphal pas
sage was punc1uated by a veritable file firing Of
ko6ats, and hundreds OF cameras snapped the
r'ucky little driver as she passed Miss Kou-
beck wore a blue picture hat and a blue bro
caded gown.
Blue indeed in its various shades, sounded
t. color keynote Of the parade. II was visible
.r the rosettes which bound the horses heads.
the purplish violets thrust into the corsage Of
the women. in their headgear and in many Of
their gowns.
The observant onlooker saw apparently
new fashion IN the way Of salutations. Ac-
curilng to this new mode. which illustrated
by several well dressed couples. when man
wearing silk hat and escorting a woman rec
ogu.zes a man friend similarly engaged he does
not raise his headpiece. With a view. possibly.
10 avert the slight rufiing OF the brim silk
tailed by such proceeding. he merely raises his
right hand skyward. the thumb resting on the
side ~ the hrirn and the fingers obscured. with
cut touching the side Of the hat.
Despite the windy air. between IL and u and
ard o'clock the sunny side Of the avenue be-
tween Thirty-fourth-st. and the Plaza was
Olronged The western sidewalk was as black
as "a steer in ~ time.
This seemed the only apt description for ~
grouping such as would delight painter there
was none With the exodus from the Brick
Church. ST Thomas's. and the First Presby-
terian just before 70 O'Clock the parade was
AZ Its food. Buneted by the searching wind
however. and impatient the delay Of the con-
gregation OF st. Patricks Cathedral in emerging
4 was not long before the procession thlnned.
None the less. seen from the top OF a stage
coach. the sight, with the perspective the coign
q vantage lent, the Of tint and motion was
one rot readily to be Forgotten. Il was Paris
after London. With a dash Of Mentone The
viyacity OF the boulevard ''fve-o cloczeur'' was
combined with the chaste sobriety Of church
paraders in Hyde Park. and the sedate gayety Of
tie Riviera leavened the hump.
u is generally conceded that il the East and
West ever meet AT any place within this city.
thsy do so in Fifth-ave. II must likewise be
acknowledged that II there is any time for their
inecting-the meeting OF the East and West in
the larger sense-it is at church parade on
Easter. Then indeed. as on no other occasion.
does occident join Orient and the Occidental
elbows the Oriental.
Yesterday types OF every nation that COM
posed New YorlC's strength and weakness could
readily he singled out-the snow white face and
crystal clear complexion OF the New-York girl
Of Aatc