The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-03
NEW YoRK's GREAT
 SUNDAY SHOW

Scoff as you will about the passing of the Easter Parade the truth remains and grows more and more firmly fixed In our minds. with the closing or eacn sue ceeding Lenten season, that It IS qulte the thing to don ones best fnery on ihis greatest Sunday of the year and live nm to the tradition of our elder sisters. Long ago the really exclusive set de- n;ded that it was not good form 10 sho" 4their fair faces and their beautlrul Faster cIothes to the procession of eyes that perly took in their costumes from the 4 crowns of their chic Persian hats to tnelr < $nainty patent leather ties; but aiter all' wEen won deduct their number from the thousands who are, perhaps, less 1asuu- <us. there is a large enough crowd lett z of fashionably dressed folk to impart Aconsiderable eclat to the Easter Parade. Most of those who mingle in the at 8tractiye throngs as they surge up and &drwn Fifth Avenue know perfectly well #tlst they are not joStling elbows with sNew Yorks socially elect, end the out &of-town visitor doesn's care particularly Nwho is who so long as the general enect H1f this metropolitan feature comes up 10 #hIs or her expectations. What boots U 10 this country visitor or the pretty se- &1ate little church goer if that smart vic WfOrla Tn WHICH n OlCSOCh NAAAhu SAS S- #fe mininity luxuriously reclines doesn' S,elong to a Metropolitan opera oox hold #sr? or. if that stunning goddess, with
 he heavenly gown and bunch of vio- ets as large as her escorts top hat. 4ioesn't dance cotillons with our best so- 4.iety leader. In every day parlance they %lu the bill, and that's quite enough.
 They are pleasing to the eyes and wonderfully refreshing to the soul, and one likes to think that their apparel has been designed especially for this occa- ,;of though, if the truth were known
 line-tenths of the frocks and hats have
 ost little of their brand newness.
 It may be trite to say that the spirits #b bf the Easter throng depend upon the weather, but there never was a more sen sitive barometer than this procession of nen and women. Sunshine isn't reflected so much in their bright, new clothes as
 il the mass of pleased faces. They fair
 V beam with Peace on earth. good will * men" It seems good then just to be
 live. and those stunning, wholesome < lthIetic young women who are afoot
 secm to chafe at the slowness of the
 moving line and long for bit of free
 country in which to give vent to the hap biness that throbs within.
 4 Central Park Riverside Drive and Fifth Avenue. from Washington Square to Mill bonaIre's Heights. if the day is sunny,
 present an attractive sight as can be
 ound anywhere in this country, and no
 ne appreciates the points of New York
 ;aster Parade better than Phyllis. who
 ages at the moving panorama from the
 izzy heights. of Fifth Avenue stage.
 his point of view. if a triie bourgeois
 comparison with the smartness of
 rcughsms ard cabriolets, certainly has
 s advantages, and you may be sure
 hat Phyllis, whose eye. of course, Is an
 bservant one. can tell you better than
 ny one else. what the Easter styles are.
 Is worn on Easter Day.
 You see. Phyllis looks down on the gay
 procession. and her eye sweeps both sides
 the street as well as the passing car
 ages. and she knows whether the pretty
 dies in the carriages wear buckles or
 bbons on their shoes. and can be equally |