The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-18
MISS FASHION OF | YESTERDAY FOUND BY [. B. CRAWFORD Donates Sl0 to Holy InnO- cents Hospital-Given
 Suit by Saks STORES REAPING
 A RICH HARVEST Fowlkes Estimates That Over S25, ,OO9 Has Been Spent in Past Two Days
 as Result of Fashion Week. Brown Is Elated

Yesterday afternoon shortly before 5
 o'clock Miss Annie Blinn as Miss Fash
 ion. daintily tripped into Louis Saks
 clothing store, and was almost imme-
 diately discovered by Edward B. Craw-
 ford. MT. Crawford received from her the envelope containing an order on
 the Business Mems league for S1O and
 turned the money over to the Holy In
 nocents hospital, to be used as the off, cials of that institution see fit Her
 man Saks presented MT. Crawford with
 a suit of clothes as a memento of the
 occasion.
 The discovering of Miss Fashion by
 Mir. Craw ford was just a Fortunate
 Accident Mir. Crawford admits as
 much himself. He discovered her with
 out premeiitation He happened to be
 in the Saks store when the queen of fashion came into the store and as soon
 as his eye lighted upon her he imme-
 diately came to the conclusion that
 here. indeed, was Miss Fashion herself i-the youngest and most beautiful daughter of the austere dame who con- trols the mode of the worlds dress. Gives Money to Holy InnOcents Approaching the lady rather timidly he blurted out: You are Miss Fashion" She handed him the envelope together with a beautiful smile and he pre- sented the money to the Holy Innocents hospital, saying: That is one institu- ton here that deserves all it gets" Today's Miss Fashion, as announced by Mrs. J. B. Reid yesterday afternoon, will be sweet. girlish figure. with a wealth of golden hair, slightly tinged with red. She is the possessor of the
 most beautiful, melting brown eyes inn
 aginable, and is unconscious of her
 manifold charms
 Many persons yesterday addressed
 Miss Fashion, but MT. Crawford
 was the only one who remem- bered the cabalistis words You
 are Miss Fashion," and it is only when these words are pronounced that the S10 Is forthcoming. .'Ain't you
 Miss Fashion, or some similar ques- tion is of no avail. President R. A.
 Brown of the Business Mems league
 says the right sentence must be used
 or Miss Fashion remains undiscovered. The theory was advanced by some that those who had addressed Miss Fashion earlier in the day, had become so con- fused by her beauty that they forgot the words. At any rate, Mir. Crawford was the lucky man.
 President Brown of the Business Mems league stated yesterday after
 noon that the success that had attended Fashion Week thus far had been all that coulo be desired. He says that
 hundreds of visitors are expected .o arrive in Birmingham today, and it ie his belief that more than 5o,000 persons from points in the state will have seen
 the display of the springs fashions in
 Birmingham before the week has gone. Rebate Bureau Busy The rebate bureau of the Business Mems lea gives tpSfin1 that the city is filled with visitors and judging from the fares refunded, there were Monday and Tuesday more than 5000 visitors in the city. Secretary Fowlkes estimates the money spent
 with the shops at more than s25.oo0 in the past tWo days. The street decorations continue 70 attract much attention. Market bas- kets filled with red and pink roses, valley lilies and other flowers that bloom in the spring are now suspended between each white way post and form
 pretty contract to the green of the smilax and Spanish moss intertwined
 about the electric lights of each post. All the ereenery used in the decora-
 tion of the streets was purchased in Alabama. the evergreens coming from
 Evergreen and the flowers in the hanging askets being grown in Bir-
 mingham.
 The plaster figures at each inter section were made in Birmingham by the Architectural Plastic Relief com
 pany, ani Sam Friedman's idea of street decorations is also a home prod uct
 The bands will continue to play on the downtown streets throughout the
 week. Signor Nappi was the recipient of much praise yesterday and wherever the band stopped a huge crowd gathered. It is now believed that 4 Il e weather continues to hold up to it's standard of spring, set on
 Monday. there will be a larger number
 of visitors than were ever before seen here.