Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-06

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April with her smiles and tears;
Easter, with It's passing season OF
penitence and fasting. and Easter
hats. with their gorgeous outburst Of
sprIng-tide color and rios OF shapes
will all be with us tomorrow. Judg-
ing from the business done by the
millinery shops IN the past two weeks
or more, the exhibition OF hats In the
various houses Of Worship and on the
streets tomorrow will be something
bewildering and astonishing. More
different kinds Of hats are IN the
fashion this year than the oldest mill
llner--nardon, no miliiner Is old.
they are all young and fascinating
can remember. Wide flat ones, tall
narrow ones, high ones and short
ones. opaque and transparent you
have wider choice this year than
for some few seasons and the effect
is expected 10 he al least interesting
WIN the new headgear, the result OF
many interminable trylngA-on and
sendings-ouss and takings-bacA, comes
forth In all its glory on the Easter
morn.
You cannot blame the Easter hat
II Is a natural consequence and an
inevitable result. After Society has
remained In her dull chrysalis for
the Isenten weeks, after she has walk
ed the narrow path and censored the
menu, ssrolled IN the park instead OF
attending card parties, and, In brief
put a restraint upon the things OF the
flesh to mediate upon the things Of
the spirit while an Nature, from the
baseball playing y0ungetor on the va
cant lot to the robin hopping across
the lawn, Is ioyfully piping forth the
advent 81 tho time when "ali things
are new7--you cannot blame the Eas-
ter hat from blooming forth in all it's
spring magnlilcence and ioyousness,
SIS color aud carnival tho moment
that the time OF self-sacrifce and ex-
pintion has passed. The Easter hat
means that Society Is glad and glee-
full. exubcrnnt and exultant with the
grateful knowledge Of sins OF the past
put behind them and alluring sins Of
the worldly future, reckoning 20 q
season OF galety and gadding ahead.
Society II beginning the spring sea-
son with q burst OF llghtheartedness
and women's best way OF expressing
her inward feeling IS through the
medium Of outward and visible APP
parel Il Is quite safe TO hazard a
guess that not the late solomon, IN
all his glory and with all his wis
dom, was ever arrayed In such glad
tome rags as Albuquerque society
will DO tOmorrow-and Solomon
didn't have much ON some OF the hat
wearers eithers. when II comes to
wisdom.
It Is fervently 10 be hoped that the
2eara Of Aprsl VIII be banishod to
morrow with the tears OF penitents
and that one OF the typical New Mex.
leo spring DAYS, beside which eastern
spring days look like weeping vii.
lows. viii smile upon the women Of
Albuquerque as they tripplngly trin
70 the sanctuary tomorrow.
II might not be amlss to state that
the gentlemen Of this city are not 50
fer behind when a comes TO pleasant
raiment on Easter Sunday and that
the demand for spring suits and ice
cream pants has been rather gatia-
factory 10 the gents toggery shops
IN the past ten DAYS. Easter Il Il
well 20 say, ID one occasion during
the year when the FAIR feminine IN
slsts that husband should spend q
little Of his bard earned money on
his own wardrobe.
As usual after the Lenten season
there win DO considerable doing n
society circles for the next few weeks
and the society editor has laid In an
extra supply OF note books and pen
ellis with an easy chair al the tele
phone 10 receive the returns.
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