The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

F three removes are as good as
 a f1re," a trousseau Is certainly
 equal to three removes" What U blissful state is the brides. all the has-beens of the wardrobe dis carded, thrown away or given away, and life begun again with an entirely new outfit of clothes from hats to boots-to say nothing of trunks and boxes packed with hundreds of de- 1ightful pretty things, frocks, petti- coats, negligees and lovely lingerie! Only once in 8 lifetime-unless there happens the suppositionA fire-does; this felicitous condition occur.
 The Easter bride this year is spe- cially lucky for never were women's. clothes so alluring, so daintily fem mine, so altogether fetching as they are now. If one has natural lean ing toward furbelows 1t may be in-| dulged to the utmost. for furbe1ows are at the height of fashion; if ones leaning is toward simple, tailored things this inclination may be in- dulged also in the line of sport raj ment, the frilly. furbelowed frocka and wraps being provided only for wear when occasion demands.
 PeEis Decrees Length in the Wedding
 Gown.
 First, under consideration, ot course, comes the bridal robe and the average Easter bride. is married in full panoply of white satin, veil and lace. There is no time like Easter time for a wedding. The skies smile on the bride-and if they weep be- cause of an unexpected April shower, the tears are soon over and the April sun comes out again. Flowers are a-plenty, and all the friends who at- tend the nuptia1s are provided with stunning new Easter raiment, so the occasion is bright and gay with color as an autumn or winter wedding may never be unless 1t takes place by gas- light.
 There is tendency toward longer skirts in Paris now and the first skirt to be heightened is the skirt of the wedding gown. Several brides this winter wore frivolously short skirts, because short skirts were so univer- sal that long one gave the silhou- cite grotesque. suggestion; and in the face of consistency the long train swept downward to the floor at the back while the short skirt showed the feet and ankles in front. This was not graceful, but it was smart-and what would you? The Easter we'd ding gown, however, will fall to the tip of the satin slipper. merging into the folds of the train at the back and much stateliness and distinction will the costume gain thereby. The. beautiful bridal gown pictured shows this new length and also the quan- titles of lace that are used to give wedding gowns the soft, airy sugges- ton so desirable now. Few bridal costumes these days are of satin used alone; almost invariably the bodice and sleeve and some portion of the skirt drapery are of lace; or even of tulle.
 One of the loveliest wedding gowns of the Easter season is to be trimmed with tulie pleatings; three pleated tulle flounces down the front of the skirt; three narrower pleatings at the elbow of a full leg O mutton tulle sleeve and the bodice of draped tulle crossed under bands of pearl trim ming at the front. The train and back of the skirt are of white satin meteor and over the train falls a drapery of tulle. hanging from pearl ornaments at the back of the shoul- ders. The bridal veil is also of tulle and falls only to the waist at the back, over the long tulle train drap- cry in which it mingles.
 The pictured wedding gown which has been selected after some consid- eration as authoritatively typical of the best mode for Eastcr bridals this year, is of ivory white satin draped over lace. The lace bodice and long. shirred lace sleeves are draped over