The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
LIVING M0DELSAT
 FASHION WEEK BALL
Plans for Fashion Week In- clude Grand Ball, Dress
 Up" Day and Carnival

One of the greatest events of Fash Fashion Ball, to be held the evening of March 16 at a hotel or club yet to be decided upon. All Birmingham will be invited to attend, and many unique features will be introduced which will make the ball one of the grandest af- fairs of the season. This was decided at a meeting of the Fashion Week com mittee of the Business Mems league yes terday afternoon, when other plans for Fashion Week were discussed
 The ball will be made real fashion ball, and each merchant in the city will have living models in the ball room. These models will be clothed in the ia shions of the various periods of fash = ion in the history of the world, and a committee will designate which period of fashion the merchants models shall typify One merchant will have a model dressed as was the fashion in 1850. An others model will wear clothes of the vintage of 1776 etc. Other attrac- tive features for the ball will be worked out and announced later.
 
 Fashion Week which was decided upon yesterday will be Dress Up Day. which will be Wednesday of Fashion Week. On this day everyone who ap- pears in the business section of the city will be asked to attire themselves in the finest raiment in their possession, and it will be stressed that this raiment, above all things, should be fashionable. On this day too, it is considered eX tremely possible that an automobile pageant will be held, and the owners of cars will be given an opportunity to dis play creative genius in the way of ap- propriately decorating the machines for the parade.
 Another unique feature will be that every show window in the city will be unveiled at the same moment' This will be done with much ceremony and the unveiling is expected to take place Saturday night preceding Fashion Week A signal to be decided upon will be given and all the curtains will be lifted simultaneously. Whistles throughout the city will pierce the air with their shrill sounds. Bells will ring, and brass band will parade the streets, adding it's mite to the medley of sound. The white way lights will be ''doused' for a few moments to arouse the popu- lace to a proper sense of awe, and as the lights flash on again the show windows of Birmingham, with all their splendorous effects, will be barred to the delighted gaze of the ctizenry.
 Con T. Kennedys carnival shows will be in Birmingham en masse and the gaiety of the occasion will be augmented greatly thereby. MT Kennedy, when in Birmingham recently, promised that the best acts possible to be had will visit Birmingham for Fashion Week. and hundreds who remember his manner of keeping a promise will visit Birming ham for the carnival shows, if nothing else
 The city commission will be asked to request the policemen of the city to don dress uniform during Fashion Week, and an appearance of neatness and stylishness will be made. The Boy Scouts have been asked to cooperate to the extent that they aid in handling the crowds. and the young fellows will appear at their best.
 The merchants of Birmingham are more enthusiastic over Fashion Week than ever before, and all are cooper ating for it's success, it was stated yes terday It is expected that the crowds this year twill far exceed those of any previous event of the spring, and they lmay even rival those of Alabama State Fair week.