The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
Concerning the Easter Silhouette The Easter Maid Will Flare = A Late Easter Means Many Silk Costumes and Coatless Frocks- s--Last Touches
 of Perfection for the Easter Costume.

@ASTER comes so late this year
 that tailored suits of worsted
 weave need not expect all the
 glory. Silk tailleurs and even dainty frocks accompanied by para sols will undoubtedly add their charm to the Easter parade if the day is fair and reasonably warm-and by the middle of April a sunny, sultry day of summer is quite apt to peer coyly over springs shoulder. On the other hand it may be cold and bleak-with old winter glancing back rebelliously over springs shoulder-and in such event wool tailored suits will be all one can expect to see.
 The Flaring Easter Silhouette.
 Fifth avenue from the Plaza to for ty-second street.-the line of march Of the fashionable Easter parade, after church is out on Easter morn ing-is going to look more crowded this year than it ever was before; all because of billowy skirts! When erin oline styles were in vogue, fifty-fiv or sixty years ago, Fifth avenue above forty-second street was unknown to fashfon. Hoops may have visited this section, but not en masse, on Easter Day. There will be a few actual hoops in the Easter parade this year, Tor the dressmakers have discovered q haircloth substitute vastly more manageable and more pliantly grace full as the skirt moves about it's wearer; but the hoop effect remains the same and Fifth avenue will see il Easter morning.
 The Easter silhouette this year means a widely flaring skirt, rather close bodice with narrow, extremely feminine shoulders; small head with chic little hat and fiuttering veil, and two pretty feet and ankles not hesitating to show themselves in ali their prettiness. Paris insists that skirts are growing longer, but so far the insistence is all in the air and women are continuing to wear skirts that reveal the very high-priced boots they take such pride in. A pretty foot is gift of gifts and she who possesses 1t is going to cling to this opportunity to show it off just as long as Fashion will allow her~to. So the Easter cos tune is very short and swings well out from the feet. it's hem faced for several inches with haircloth.
 JuSt WOrd or warning 10 you aDOut these new stiffened skirts which every body Is interested in now. Do not put anything but haircloth into a skirt facing. Some of the many new stiff fenings which flood the market have celluloid in their makeup sand any thing composed even partly of cellu- loid is dangerous-if one happens to stand near a fire--for celluloid is ex- tremely inf1ammable.
 Silk Taillcurs For Easter Morn.
 As has been said before in these columns. the dressy tailleur this spring Is of silk and cloth, or entirely of silk. Worsted woven suits come under the classification of sport suits or knock about suits. Three typical Easter tailleurs are illustrated. Each one of them will make its initial bow to spring in the Easter parade on Fifth avenue. That some of the new tail leurs are hard to tell from one-pece frocks is demonstrated by the costume of striped silk with new, elbow sleeves. This suit has short. basque-like coat and a long tunic-overskirt. but the it