The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-08

q ss Fashion is winsome maid.
 With all her fickle fancies;
 pm year to year she startles us
 With her extravagances.
 eIn shobble.' slit or eharem' skirt
 Or chic balloon creation,'
 Mere man she ever fascinates
 With each smart innovation.
 '~We know not what to look for next,
 But bet our bottom dollar
 That when she makes her spring debut,
 She'll lead-the rest will follow
 The above is one of number of clever verses anonymously submitted for the prize offered in connection with Fashion Week. and typifying the spirit of the approaching civic celebration.
 Mrs. John B. Reid, who was appointed to take charge of the feminine side of Fashion Week arrangements, and has evolved all the plans for this bright spring feature, showed it to mo yes- terday morning with a batch of poems that have come to her from day to day. Social interest centers chiefly around the identity of Miss Fashion," who is to be plural in number, appearing In six various gujses on six separate days. Naturally Mrs. Reid could not be in- duced to tell so important matter as the identity of any one of the six; 1 doubt if she has S yet decided upon them but even though she has, she eX- poets complete mystery to surround this modish young lady while Birming- ham in her Sunday clothes and with her welcoming bouquet of flowers goes forth to meet her.
 Mrs. Reid sat at her desk in the Chamber of Commerce, capable, genial alert a black clad, womanly exeuctive marshalling her forces to effect the league the same sort of success that nhe annually makes of the woman's de- pertinent of the State Fair. But with all the simplicity of her narrative, when she had finished talking of stores and merchants and fabrics and feathers and flowers, I wanted a new hat, and promptly went out and bought one! If Fashion Week affects outside fenininty in similar manner, Birmingham will garner in many shekels, ye week of fashion.
 "Fashion Week will be observed for the first time in Alabama" said Mrs. Reid; through the west it has be- come a general celebration. We are eX- pecting crowds of visitors from out of town. No point has been neglected in securing the interest of out-of-town shoppers, the Business Mems league having made overtures by invitation to the March 16 to 21 observance. It was about this time last year that We had the Pot Latch, and this will succeed 1t, we hope on a more expansive and more festive scale. The whole city will be in holiday dress; downtown the cor ners each will be marked by the plaster figure of a woman, holding 8 basket of flowers. Smlax and wild ivy will be in baskets scattered about and the mer- chants will all have their windows elaborately dressed for the week, some Introducing living models to present the full effect of the new costumes.
 Miss Fashion will be represented by six Birmingham girls, chosen from among prominent families and with the view of depicting Birmingham woman hood at its best. She will, of course in every case reflect credit upon the city, for we must advertise Birmingham with the best we havel
 Her appearance will be modish, not startling or ultra. since she is to repre- sent Birmingham womanhood As there are six girls to be chosen we will prob- ably have girls of various types maybe a blond girl, a red-haired girl, brunette, etc, and if we do we may tell the public
  red-haired girl or the blond Miss Fash 1on,' as the case may be. As for the prize offered each day for her detection, it may be that the first day she will not he -n~nor'-ed: if so. on Tuesday there will be two Miss Fashions Should her iden-
 scovered. Wednesday three Miss Fashions will walk upon the $ f5ut wneneyer Aer identity is dis covered, the discoverer will say to her, You are Miss Fashion, and to the first person who thus speaks to her she will give an envelope entitling the bearer to $1o, and tell him to present it to Mrs. Reid for the trophy.
 Miss Fashions time." continued Mrs. Reid, twill be spent in visiting the stores operated by the members of the Busi- ness Mems league. If she is discovered in one of these, instad of on the street. she will be presented with a gift by the mer- chant in whose store she is. And at all