Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-16

wv OMEN arc buying, says Polly
w buying all the gay victory clothes
MILLER e EHOADS arc showing.
Gray-haircd mothers whose sons arc
soon to arrive with the returning
EiGhticth Division; war brides whose
honeymoons were broken by IA call to
AN Alta ntic port; girls who await
some hero swccthcart-all are purchaS-
ing trousscauX in keeping with the
Sladncss in their hearts. SO Polly says
there is no wonder that Miller G.
Rhoads are busy now. and likely to be
during the coming weeks
Drab costumes have given place to
happy creations that combine all that
a victory peace could wish. and Polly
adds that a warm, sunny spring in
Richmond, with no March winds TO
make theTwcarcr OF spring suits Shivcr
and long for the fur coat slowed away
for another season, has conspired with
the proclamation of peace TO bring
about the earliest spring in the history
Of the big store. For herself and all
the friends who depend upon her for
their ideas concerning clothes, Polly
says she is glad there will be no formal
opening this season. It's pleasant to
know that just as the new things arc
rcccivcd-and now she says orders at
last arc coming with an almost pre-war
promptncss-thcy are put on the coun-
terS or hung from the racks, and one
may choose with the assurance that
everything is strictly up TO the minute,
From the silks and dashinG plaid
woolcns on the first floor, past beauty
OF millinery and nlmy loneliness Of
blouScs, 10 the suits that cmbroider
themselves gaily in braids and buttons
and include vests that vic with each
other in daring color combinations, on
10 the gowns whose clinging folds pos
scss all the subtle charms war cos
tunes were denied, Polly says spring
has been announced at Miller &
Rhoads with the complete lines for
merly held until opening day.
NDOlLi has scored one" announced
the Cub. wocfuIly. as he trailcd
into the office behind his auburn haired
idol. "Sho heard the new BROADWAY
THEATER ORCHESTRA before any of
scoup only after I'd overheard her tell
ing the Managing Editor"
Nhcrcupon the Cynic, with his mouth
twisted into the faintcst suggestion of
smile, demanded that Folly give an
account OF herself and the performance.
Polly didn't mind if they knew all
about 1t. She had met Ken Finlay, the
well-known theatrical manager who is
staging things at the Broadway and
he had taken her to hear the orchestra
rehcarse. Then Polly waxcd her most
eloquent. Nothing like this had ever
pSlciC ScIIlC 10 inc richmond movie
world. y twclvc-piccc orchestra, un-
der the direction of Fred Starkc one
OF New Iork's most remarkable dircc-
tors, Folly considers enough TO excite
the most cxactnG movie fan. Just to
watch Fred WELD that baton and cx-
tract music from those tcmperamcntal
colleagues of his. each "A solo artist
himself, is enough. Polly says, TO make
one have sncaking notion that she
has walked into the thcatcr from the
white lights of Broadway; but when
the pipe organ began to play, Polly
just knew that Broadway had been
transported 20 Richmond.
And that isn't all" said Polly. The
standard for pictures has been set by
the superfilm production of Owen John
sons COSMOPOLITAN novel 'Nirtuous
wives featuring Anita Stewart and
four other picture stars. You sec, The
Broadway will always have to have the
best because it is one of a chain of
twenty thcatcrs operated by an organ
ization with a reputation to maintain"
Enough" cried the Cynic, ACTUALLY
smiling. well make up party FOR
Monday night"
"iiiShto!' responded the Cub, happy
because of the approving look he found
in Polly'S eyes