Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-21
PALM SUNDAY ON
BOARDWALK A BIG
MILLINERY SHOW
Lively Promenade of Fashion
Presages a Record-B Breaking
Easter Crowd.

ATLANTIC CITY. March 21.-Some-
body with a scent for newness and a
head for mathematics reached the con-
clusion that the spring millinery show
in the Palm Sunday parade on the
great boardwalk yesterday represented
an outlay of S1O0, 600. Nobody dared
make an estimate of the market value
of the bright inc stunning costumes
beneath the hats, or to come anywhere
neal telling the worth of the feminine
loveliness thus wrapped up in art. 1t
was the greatest Palm Sunday the re-
sort ever has seen, so far as crowds
and the brave show of costumes was
concerned, and there is no telling what
the farfamed Easter parade is to be
like. That it will surpass all previous
displays is, of course. demonstrated by
that of today, for even now there are
more people in the city tina nave ever
before been known at this time.
The fine weather was the greatest
factor in making the day a seashore
success beyond even the fondest expec-
tations of the thousands of visitors.
The sun beamed from a clear sky,
while southerly breezes, brisk enough
to whisk skirts and give male specta-
tors glimpses of silken hose of many
hues, prevented an epidemic of spring
fever and kept the crowd on the walk.
Boardwalk thermometers showed a
temperature in the sos In sunny spots,
while the few bathers VINO dared the
surf insisted that the ocean was several
degrees warmer than al n former
time this year.
Every church in the city held special
services yesterday morning n held
back the morning promenade until con-
g~regations had finished their devotions
and made their way to the boardwalk.
Elmblematic palm sprays were he
favored decoration, taking precedence
even over the yiolets and carnations in
which boardwalk vendors did a thriv-
ing business.
Conservative estimates placed the
number of visitors at 100, 900, and prac-
tically the entire number were out on
the boardwalk. Spring outfits were in
the great majority. Women wore their
rev straw hats, decked with wonder
full flowers and plumes, while the men
discarded overcoats to show their new
suits. of which loud vests of stripe and
SiAh oio WV PlolliA
zen features. A few straw hats ap.
peared on the heads of male fashion
Pioneers, but were outclassed by more
formal costumes, which ranged from
the colorful suits of the younger men
to the formal frock coats and top hats
worn by the more sedate. A few women
wore Chantecler hats with trimmings
of cock feathers, while a larger number
o. to the flower trimmings that
usually make their first season appear
ance In the Easter boardwalk parade.
Newly-arrived autoists appeared to
take pride in their appearance in road
costumes, which included fancy wells
for the women folk and puttees for the
men. Fully 200 cars came in during
Saturday M yesterday, and the auto
turnout on Pacific avenue yesterday
afternoon was SECOND In interest only
to the big boardwalk turnout.
The approach of the coming Easter
horse show gave the hotel patrons a
lively subject of comment and discus
sion, and the appearance of scores of
followers of the equine exhibitions Of
the East started interest in the coming
show on the pier. Scores of golf en-
thusiasts visited the Mortified links of
the Atlantic City Country Club and
cars running to Ocean City were filled
with others who insisted on further
movement after the boardwalk parade
finished.