The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-02
Usual Display
Of Fashions
Society and Politics Well
Represented in Throng
On Boardwalk
Delicate Hues Forecast
Millinery and Gowns Show
Mastery BIZ Americans Of
the Dye Secrets-Pros-
perity in the Mass

perity in the Mass
AS brilliant and as cold as the |
smile of a brilliant flirt was the
Palm Sunday sunshine upon the |
boardwalk. 1t brought briskness
into the gait of the biggest Palm
Sunday crowd Atlantic City has
ever known, and an over lay of |
furs upon the pretty gowns of |
prudent women.
A chill half-wind blew steadily
across the salt meadows all day;
a raw, keen wind that early in the
| day blew sudden whirls of snow
across the beautiful pleasure cap
ital Of the Western Hemisphere.
1t pressed back the wide brim hat
of Governor Pinchot, of Pennsyl-
vania, giving to him a really
Rooseveltian likeness as he swung
briskly along the great wooden
way. 1t wrapped around the lean
form of Jimmie Walker, Mayor of
New York, the modish overcoat
that proclaimed Manhattan's
smartest tailoring. 1t brought ro-
ses to the cheeks of Mrs. AL
Smith, wife of New York's Cover
nor, and put pep into the jaunty
stride of Governor Moore, of New
Jersey. 1t set big dogs to pulling
at their leashes and thin blooded
toy pups to shivering under their
little sweaters.
Society Well Represented.
Penitential gray was the smooth
face of the sea, gray like that of
some ancient abbey upon which
the lichen lightly lies Upon the
land side of the town the gray
was splotched with carmelite
brown of wood and meadow, No
where was there hint of the res
direction of tree and field that is
to come.
Philadelphia and New York So
ciety that had returned from Flor
! ida and Cuba was well represent
ed in the Hobbies of the smart
hotels.
1t was the beginning of the Gus
tomary Holy Week Hegira to
shore, which has been feature
of the society tidal flow for gene
rations. Continuing until Easter
Sundays climax, both the Penn
sylvania and Reading Railroads
will care for this seasonal influx
through extra schedules of special
trains.
But society is merely the pace
maker. What it has known for
decades about the zip and charm
of these keen early spring days at
the shore, thousands of others,
outside the magic pale, have also
learned. Harold Lloyd, for exam
pie, among the movie folk, show
ed by his wide grin and glowing
cheeks that he knows when At
lantic City is at it's best. Richard
Dix was another star of the silver
screen who did a fivemile stretch
as his daily bit, and enjoyed ev-
cry minute of it.
Delicate CoIors Forecast.
What moc cboup in r,iIJiparv
and gowns promised continuance
of small hats, a veritable rash of
capes and ravishing season Of
delicate hues that will demon
strate the mastery by American
chemists of the dye secrets that
were Germany's.
The dominant impression Of the
smartly stepping throng was pros
perity. Here in the last week Of
the Lent of 1926 was practical ev-
idence of such widely spread and
thickly spread comfort for the
American people as this Nation
has never before known. Here
was prosperity in the mass, prob
ably prosperity without precedent
in the worlds history. Every wo-
man wore fur or some substitute
as costly as good fur. Every man
was we'll groomed and apparently
well satisfied with his lot.
Memory required to other Palm
Sundays in Atlantic City duly set
down in reporters notebook,
and the pictures of those parades
of other days suffered by compar-
ison with the smiling, contented
crowd of Sunday.
Atlantic City may be counted
upon to furnish bizarre notes in
all its big days. Here you saw a
wealthy matron wrapped lavishly
in furs with a green silk umbrella
raised to keep from her precious
countenance the harmless, bleak
rays of hooking sun.
At another place were half
hundred young men and boys
playing football in bathing suits
while shivering onlookers watch
ed, as though fascinated. A mar
moset's wizened little face looked
out tragically from the fur of
woman's coat, and lost spaniel
hunted frantically for its owner,
L L Z II
tempts to capture it.
James S. Murphy, division pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania,
estimated that Sundays rush to
the shore far surpassed that of
any previous Palm Sunday.
O.
LaRue Beauty Parlor, corner
Main and Washington, over Craw-
fOrd'S drug store Phone 5S2-J