Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-24
Latest Styles of Headgear as
Worn by Women Attract
!. Much Attention.
BULGARIAN BLOUSE AND
CANOE HAT PREDOMINANT
Connecticut Avenue Mecca for Prom
enaders-Presidential Party
Dodges the Crowd.

III Is nara TO ugQeFStdNu why iHc5 sen"
out a regular reporter to write piece
about the Easter parade, when the only
possible correct method of getting the
thing done right IL through the medium
of a fashion editor and a cubist i'm
pressienist. It bursts on one So Even
on q day like yesterday. when half the
parade wore straws and the other half
furs, there is such riot of color and
new stuff that it really takes tech
meal pen to describe 1t. However. the
fashion editor did not show up. So here
goes:
The first noticeable thing about the
parade was that newstX of headgear
that the girls are wearing. 1t Is a long.
low straw toaue thing with ali afterdeck
and a rudder of ribbon going out be-
hind New Workers call 1t the canoe
hat 1t was out yesterday in a variety
of colors, but the real things seemed to
he wearing straws of a color that ex-
actly matches the old radiator IN the
Press Club. Milliners give it the name
of brass. COLOR and it certainly Is
fetching on hat or a radiator. either
With a rudder of brown ribbon sticking
out behind, any number IF them steered
thsir way up and down C3nrecticut ave
nue. yesterday morning and aftesHoon. OF
course, all the dreams that Heated in
the parade didn't wear this OLD radiator
effect, but enough of them did to make
it apparent that there will be somethtng
doing in the brass straw business this
coming season. On the other hand, the
women who stick to Nell rose and the
cocktail cherry color for headgear were
holding down q strong section IN the
parade; and the general impression yes
terday seemed to be that unless one wears
one of the three this spring one might as
we'll live in Coke Center, Wis, eighteen
miles of the r. F. D. line.
Parade an Enormous Event.
The parade was an enormous event.
Half of it was out to see the 9TH
er had. In clothes there was a
very evident determination to stick to the
tailored blue serge this spring, with a
wider bit of black binding or tape or
whatever you call it, all around the sdges.
However. some of the advanced d. sssers
have takeiatAeir cue from the victorious
Bulgariar1s in tas war-infested region OF
the Balkan range, and the Bulgarian
blouse effect is going to be what thss-sirls
call "all the rage"
One Of these got out.an the Avenue as
early as 10 o'clock and stayad all day,
with an interim for luncheon sointE where.
1t was a deep rose pink and was draped
around In artistic manner in just the way
a Bulgarian wears his shirt--kind o.
sticking out.
1t was kindly afternoon. even if the
frost did try to break through and spoil
1t, and there must have been $4,000 people
out enjoying the day. Riot of color, whirl
Of fashion, and all the other accepted
phrases can be introduced at will, but
none OF them describes the way it really
looked. They can talk about the New
York parade and the Atlantic City parade,
but little old Waehington's was good
enough for a whole lot Of 'em yesterday.
Men a Mere Background.
Men were q mere background, but they
did their best with those bright green
fedoras with the little bunch of spinach
sticking out so saucily behind. Some OF
the men chung religiously to the supersti-
tion Of their forefathers that one must
wear q silk hat Easter Sunday or be ar
rested, and some Of the silk toppers that
were resuscitated yesterday must have
been born along with the dinosaur that
was put into the museum last week. {
Another silk hat observation is that
no man looks well driving a motor car
in enc. A number of these things were
city seems to be taking to cutaways
more than usual, too.
But try as one likes, one can't forget
the Bulgarian blouse and the canoe hat Of
the OiQ f80ldt0r cOlOT.
Easter in the Churches.
Easter was celebrated in the churches
with the usual solemnity inspired by
the day Elaborate music was the
chief feature of the services, in ac-
cordance with the different programs
printed in Saturdays Star. All the
churches OF the city were crowded, es-
pecially the larger downtown edifices,
which were attended by record break
ing crowds.
Without previous announcement, the
President and his family went to the
northeastern section Of the city in the
effort to avoid the crowds at the big
downtown churches, and worshiped
with the Eastern Presbyterian conere-
cation, at 9Th street and Maryland
avenue northeast
Tho members of the presidential party