Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-24
BRIEF As BABY's NOSE IS
FASHIONABLE 1916 SKIRT
Easter Parade Shows No Disposition
to Lower Garment to Myers's
Standard.
10000 IN BIG PROCESSION
After-Church Crowd, in Spring
Finery, Stretches in Unbroken
Line From Jefferson Hotel to
Far-OG Monuments.

cut or pic IN Scent lunchroom--
arc tho skirts Of spring, 1916.
For months they have been receding
! from the pavement. AS anklc-lcngth
gave way to shoetoplcngth only TO be
, succeeded by boot-top length. the
skirts OF womankind began TO attract
J the attention of the General Assem-
hly. There came into being the pre-
| dction that the budding summer would
sec a return to chaster length In
some quarters the prediction ripened
! into hope.
| Well. yesterdays Easter parade
demonstrated beyond all doubt that
the hope was ill-tounded Not only
WAS the hoot-top frankly In evidence,
but also In many cases bit of silk
| There is no justification for the hope,
! or fcar--iust az YOU please--that skirts
will be longer in 1916. Quite the con-
rary.
THIS fashion note is corralled by the
male observer or yesterdays style
pageant from the rest OF the mum erous
! pack. and Is here served up as the
distinctive characteristic Of the early
summer modes, for what it is worth
The tip carries no holepr6of guaran-
toe. 1t is not even guaranteed for
six months. The masculine reviewer
Of feminine fashions works under
obvious difficulties.
Subject also to the same qualifica-
| tions. the statement is here solemnly
made that the fashionable silhouette
OF 1915 follows the outline of an OMEN
IAN. oncc--two years ago, TO be en-
act--it assembled II banana. Those
were the days when the SLOUGH was ell
reSucur. Obviously. 1t would be inele-
cant 10 SLOUGH in boot-too skirt. So
the al"uch to-day is not only passe
hut actually emi-tasse. Every
mothers girl OF them on Franklin
street yesterday tripped the pavement
In straight line.
Speaking generally. fashionable remi
nine ramcnt is patterned after Vic
torian designs. If memory does not
serve. The photographs in the plush
album will make everything clear.
There is the same hustle effect, al
though to-day the bulge is on the sides
! Instead OF tho back. In aggravated
cases tho breadth of beam is accsntuat
60 by cascadcd drapcrics and even
! hoops.
To begin At the beginning. Aided and
ahcticd by smiling sky. Richmond
burst from its cold-wcathcr chrysal;s
Yesterday and tramped the streets in
| The butterfly raimcnt OF Eastertide.
| FROM the southernmost Zip of South
| Richmond to the northernmust tin Of
Ginter lark and from farthost Fulton
to prinl West End. fashion Haunted
| its new spring furbelows.
FRANKLIN STREET ARRAY
IL BRANESr Of THEM All.
Bravest OF all the arrays, aa it has
hcch Tor years unnumbered was the
after church procession on Jsrap,,lin
street. The march began shortly after
inc noon hour, when the big churches
on trace, Franklin, Fifth Broad.
| Laurel aud Marshall Streets began dis
charging their gaily dressed multitudes
into the highways. Tho crowd rrew
INTO throng half an hour later, when
the catholic and Episcopal churches
"ddcd their quota of bclatcd Worship
crs. From the Jefferson Hotel to the
monuments the parade stretched nrac-
! tically unbrokcn.
Last year tho snow lay on the ground
ana the Easter flowers droopcd yes-
| 'croaS mere was faint touch of raw
,'eSs una " Few scattering clouds-just
; enough uncertainty to give the Eastcr
i'dri'ne the Zest that is needed IN ,o,l,o
~ perfect. Custom immemorial dra,,
me rcichrants TO fashionable E,ranLIi
street and it's stately extension nInn,
, ..eht avenue Up and down this
hr,', nusn lare ,hnre surged All day n
brilliantly tinted crowd cstim,tna "
nave numbered not less than On ono W
'ther casters were cboroct.r,,
..c aScend"ncY or some ora I nS
~ Violet. the orchid and the swsnt
n w.. t'Ne each ridden high on former
vc....r, as me favored flower. But
!3rS.cf.aA parade played no roro-i,aa
Ni"lcts ard orchids ran an e,,ar ..es.
"' hrSl place. with sweet nca. 49,
] t"r'ous members Of the lilv and ro.a
ianiiiirs not far behind. There were
hihns o. blossoms too numerous
!" mention. This high -handed wov NJ
disposlnS of the others Is followed w. ~.
In'' society writer's. and sji.rbts w.
| hover, however humble. o
'n"r casters raised to popula, IA
some particular color. Not vcstcr-
gay : The keynote was variety. Tn
"o 'ason when half the world Is at
war ana this country. too Is hovnrino.
ION the brink---a season In uh,n,, 20
ever sober shades would be anpronri-
dress materials naunt everv
III me spectrum and then some
'"Se. Nihss blue and all the other
niues. shamrock green and the othor
greens. champagne. purplc r,oy na
NV P"Ste'S--aii are high In favor
lwo young women, travelling side
~ sue IN hoopSkirts-one i'm hlacls
'hhcta and the other In old rose
sn"rteu q little parade OF their own
They took up most Of tho e,nonai i
WIN this disguise. according to tra.
luton 70 the pantalcttcs, beloved NJ
rar"Sraphcrs. but If they were ,hera
they We're out OF sight
Tancta holds It's own. Scores of coe-
'ui'lsH yesterday were fashioned cx-
.,us,Nt,N OF ms material. II was par
ticularly in evidence I'm tho bns,,.
i'c's' tending sassy swish To the
scenery Tn" big hat is in again
fash'onahle lids list raleislv 10 tho
s,arhoard and arc trimmed with fruits
.,an nc',cac,cs IN season. There are
!"i'cr mats or rho Inverted soup-plat to
type, as well NJ poke bonnets of Tho
period or 1870 or thercahouts. and halo
hats which are all hrm with n hole
"here the crown ought to be.