The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-03-24
EASTER PARADE
ATATLANT|C CITY
100000 Persons in Annual
Spectacle.
A RIOT OF COLOR AND LIGHT
Display of Gowns Finest Ever Seen at
the Resort-"Dry" Sunday Results
From Closing Order.

From Closing Order.
Atlantic City, N. j., March 24.-Two
seas, robed in the lavish splendor OF
natures beauty. swept this city with
wave upon wave of glorious scintillat
ing color.
One, a living, pulsing sea Of human.
ity, running here from every city in
the east, Wed with the other, old
ocean, which, silvered by a cloud1ess
sky, entered into the spirit of Easter
light.
But the human sea of color took
the palm. Nature was lost before the
tailor's art. For the brighter the sun
shone the brighter famed the gowns
of blue, scarlet and other colors. More
than 100000 persons paraded the
boardwalk during the day.
But Atlantic City made history of
another case. The town was dry; abb
solutely dry. The lid, as was threat
ened during the last week, was clamp
ed down so tight that it couldn't be
raised an inch. Of course thirsty souls
made an effort, but the aforesaid lid
couldn't be pried off with any influ-
ence.
Overcoats and wraps were worn
with comfort and milady and her es-
cort basked in warm flood of sum
light, such as might crown midsum-
mer day.
Dame Fashion marshaled her bat
talions early. The sun had scarcely
warmed the boards before the pat-pat
of smartly shod feet was heard from
Chelsea to the Inlet. Soon this pat-pat
grew to the magnitude of an army's
marching tread and then was seen a
parade of color which London's POW
and the Partisan boulevards might try
to equal.
Color! 1t famed and blazed for
miles along the seaside; it became
personif1ed thing that one saw at ev-
cry turn and angle, in solid shades and
happy combinations; generally such
combinations that a painter might
envy in a masterpiece.
Undoubtedly the display was finer
this year than ever before, for the
simple reason that gowns a la mode
call for striking contrasts, especially
the skirt slit in the side. In piquant
style one could be seen here gown
Of solid blue, with just touch of fam.
ing scarlet at the ankle, or in more
brilliant green silk, with dash of
yellow that sparkled and paled at ev-
cry turn.
But gold, red, blue, green, yellow,
pink and scarlet all were there, ming
ling and commingling in the thronn,
flashing here and there, paling and re-
awakening with brilliant bushes, just
as the humor of the visitor dictated
that they promenade in line. True,
each individual beauty could not be
seen to advantage all the time, yet all
seemed satisfied in adding little to
the whole, just as each additional rose
adds beauty to the bush.
Of course the silk hat was there,
the English walking suit-and even a
few, very few monocles. Masculine
nature, doomed to the conventional
hat of black, wore silk yesterday dur
ing the afternoon promenade. But
meer man failed to impress; feminin-
ity held sway, whether dressed in or
dinary coat and skirt or the more pre-
tentious robes of silk. Chesterfields
were there, with hat and stick, but
milady in the latest French creation
put them to the wall in such robes as
were never seen before or dreamed of.
From the simple little school girl,
in plain white or blue, to the latest
queen of fashion, the display was won
derful and admirable Female beauty
of face, figure and adornment rose to
higts never reached before. The sight
cannot be adequately described.