The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28
By MYRTLE NILES

Miss Nineteen Six was very slim,
 A letter 8 from neck to hem
 Where she was round, her frock was flat But not fig she cared for that.
 Where she was thick. her frock was thin Where she went out the frcclk went in And round her feet, where she was small There was the widest place of all.
 In 1906 such frocks were smart,
 And every inch they looked the part
 Miss Nineteen Thirteen blandly wore
 Some strands of beads, and little more; Her waist was large and unconfned;
 To squeeze it in she just declined,
 I'll bend my knees and 'souch,'" said ''And be as bumped as can be-
 And when at home or on the street,
 No pcfticoats fiopped round her feet,
 For most of all she scorned a skirt
 That widened her and caught the dirt. Miss Nineteen Fifteen makes her bow
 Collared almost to her brow;
 Her blouse is thick, opaque discreet,
 (Ehe does her flirting with her feet;
 And though it be 6 mortal sin,
 Her waist is laced a trifie in.
 In spite of all she ever swore,
 Her skirt is full behind, before;
 It splashes out on every side
 And is as short as it is wide
 Claudia Cranston, in Vogue thus de- scribes the ins and outs of fashion. So by these tokens may you detect Miss Fashion of the year of grace 1915 when you chance to meet her walking abroad in the land during the week beginning March 6. Mrs. John B. Reid, whose as- sistance to the Business Mems league fin their annual spring festival is marked with the fine judgment and the tact that make of her state fair work success has evolved some features for the cele- bration this year that are entirely new and will lend the spice of variety to a festival that was a success last year.
 I've are to have two Misses Fashion each day of the six," said Mrs. Reid yes- terday. They will probably be each ig- norant of the identity of the other, and as long as it is possible to do so we will refrain from disclosing the identity of the persons who recognize her. Five dol lars will be given in every case to the first person who approaches her with the remark, believe you are Miss Fashion, but 1t will be presented privately so that the public may be kept the longer in Eoubt"
 Fashion Week, according to Mrs. Reid, is a time for freshening up not only as to 6ress, but in regard also, to domestic arrangements, house furnishings and even mental equipment; for" she said, Eve are anxious to get the merchants to suggest in their window decorations and displays all of the new ideas pos sible for improved living conditions For instance, model porch sitting rooms might be exhibited by the furniture men or they might display model kitch- ems. showing the increased comfort to be had in cooking with gas, or in the case Of rural housekeepers, with oil. The ad- vstntages of the fireless cooker which, for many reasons is, in my opinion, most wonderful invention, could be shown in this connection with other mod ern and improved cooking facilities. Fa ashion, in the sense of new and inn proved methods not alone as regards costuming. I think, should dominate Ia shion Week"
 The city will have a festive aspect with the light posts wrapped to resemble tropical palms, the leaves clustering about the lights, and wistaria-made in Birmingham, by the way, by a Woodlawn