Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-09
SLENDER s|LHOUET7Es
ARE AGAIN IN STYLE
Outline Of Yc>tcrycar
Wholly .Nbscnt in Gay Eas-
ter Parade.
SKIRTS REMAIN QUITE BRIEF
Richmond Women Decline TO Take
n Fashion Hint From North Favor
ing Return tn Shoc-Top Length.
900 in Procession.

lO,tUO Ill tFoCcSSlpn.
81 Seekers after fashion hints in yes
sssterday's Easter parade were confront
sacd with :, dazzling display Of color
Wand an exhibition OF frocks and frils
zzffthat suggested The piping times OF
&feacc rather than tic storm and stress
Nof war, Except for military touch
Ain the beltcd coats that tho niprmS air
abrousht on, in great numbers, tho
ssmartisi motto was altoGctncr absent
E Dame Fashion is a Jade that dearly
Sloyes the contrarictloe wartime
st1;astcr in a city hriStliuC with war
SalilSc preparations brought ont on fash
Afonablo Franklin street many thou
Asands of Richmouds daughters and
ssn others arraNed. head 10 foot. IL hats.
sfdresses and shoes that ran joNously up
.st.s,nd down the scale OF colors, with
atfosc and blue and tan and ycllowS
EMcil in the vanguard Of the process
Vision.
y rhev say that at least 1900 church
gfparadcrs ,riprcd the sidewalks from
aCapitol square TO tue West End rIonu-
si,nenta, rhis guess is as good rs any
s3oiher, The parade hogan shortly aftcr
Sil2:3o o'clocll, when the churches began
s}discharenS the Easter mora wor-
Slshipcrs, and lasted until well into tho
Sisfternoor They We're ont again in force
aaftcr dinner neither threatening skies
.ahor sinking thermometer being able TO
sfdeter them.
.alIASIIIoN TIES Can
81 TO HUSTLE slLiiOI E:T"rE
KS Speaking architecturally the new Sill
@i1iouettc is slender. graceful and soupc.
SsThat much was apparent M once from
pr cursory surveillance OF Yesterday
EsJa ashton shcw. Gone is the fan-.il-
ETIQUETTE OF year ago. and the hustle
Aeffccts OF 1919 and the banana outline
def the Slouching figure that was ia
SiSored before Nrn aCeddon. skirts no
snonEcr fare They hang straight down
i1ike scawcrd from a clam.
III The barrel skirt. which has been
Sthc snort Of newspaper cnrtoouisis. is
;ssnnt. There was no such animal i'm
k.thc Franklin Street procession. II the
iaGarmcnt did not hang pcrpendicularly
SITS outlines fen gently into TWO mildly
dcurved parenthcses
AZ In spite of reports from New York
Sand other fashion ccntcrs indicating
athat the new skirts are much longer
,,jthc hint seer 10 have been ignored
ttby Richmond coutouricrs, as they -all
tdressmakcrs in society. M;ss Rich
i5InonG's Easter skirt yesterday was as
4lrctroussc aS ever. topping her cream
sand tan-rolorcd shoes aud revealing a
ISihit of silk stocking to boot shoes
Hover 10 all heights as of old and
tf}iGht-colorcd tops remain in high
flavor.
sSTYLEMNi<ERS nui,tOW
FUoM FnENtu PERIODS
Speaking periodicals.. the fashions
Iof Surfing. lHl7 have borrowed much
iI1rom tho quaint Louis Philippe period
Stard the Directorate. Chinese lines and
IcolorinE- especially silks in striking
3lD)ain ana notified yollowr--aro like
VI Ia Ia 70
s1nE lines suggest the glory that was
f8Grcecc. tn" grandeur that WAS home
SSappears 10 bc al sent
VI When tho fabrics were not brightly
3colored they were dark blue and black
5sThe presence OF black TN both COS
Etumcs and hats was quite marked.
.s1iats. be ii said i'm passing are pre-
NSailinelN wide and without the once
Sfashionablc hiCh crowns. although lids
sof minor calib"r arc plentiful Waists
care fashioned from materials more dta.
phanous than ever, with ucorccttc
8Crcpc and other sheer fabrics holding
first place
S.SWEEr PEAS And LILIES
81 NRF ItNORTrE FLOWERS
IS The flower display. always a feature
Sof RichnondS Easter paradcs was
anotablc Sweet peas and lilies Of thc
SSa)!ey were tho primo fayoritcs Tn.
Saristocratic orchid was less in cvi-
5Gdence. but the vi4,c that grow by
s7nosEy sioncs. hgT.n ddc'i from Tho
@cye. were huncb"d n many "a proud
SCorsaEe.
And by the sides Of gorgeous birds
got paradise trippod tho less deadly of
Ss1he species somc s"daroly Aad IN tho
scutawaH and ligh hats sanctioned nv
#5ashion. most OF them gay jt the Eng
Sished modes made familiar hv the
SssGioth'ne ads ordiuarily warrs att.r-
sFhows littl" chang" from y"ar to wear.
sIh's season however thorc rs AN cn,-
sdemc OF "piuCh-backcd" coats some
snf them pinchcd m rs many ~ six
SDlaces with buttons and bolts in di,-
&Concertine profueiou III" double
sssreasted coat has considerable vogue
$ano trousers arc ass srtudle-lcg-cd as
Nevcr. II not more So
FIRE APPARATUS STICKS