The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-11
but 1T PLAYED
HAVOC With The
.LENTEN SERVICE
And Because Elizabeth City's
Style Show Was The Best
Ever Staged By Home
Talent

Portsmouth, Suffolk and else
where came to Elizabeth City
this week to see how Eliz-
abcth City merchants would
put on a fashion show. And
they saw an eye full. Elizabeth
City saw an eye full too. Eliz-
abcth City merchants gave the
folks such a fashion show as
the merchants themselves
usually travel to New York
twice a year to see.
There were two nights of the
show and It was staged at the AL
krama theatre. Every detail of bOtl
Slowings showed the impress OF
master ShOwmcn and exhibitors
And those master ShOwmen and eX'
hibiturS were not imported. 1t was
a home talent affair.
Living models selected from
among thn most popular and most
stylish misses and young matr0I'
from the best families in Elizabeth
CITY were used. 1t might have beer
4 beauty contest or Il popularity
contest. But it was style show
the merchants taking the best
known and best dressed home girls
and showing them off in the latest
dresses. coat suits. sport suits. en-
srmblcS, etc. shown in Elizabeth
City shops. and part Of the regular
stocks of these home shops.
Standing room was at n premium
at the Alkrama Tuesday night when
the show opened with a showing D.!
NJ Leigh Sheep Co., Ruckcr 4
Shcrly Co.. McCahc 4 Gricc, Owens
Shoe Co. Pritchard Millinery Go
and Gladys Spence.
The Alkrama has just undergone
q thoro renovation and redecoration
The house itself was beautiful. The
stage setting was beautiful too. And
to make the stage setting more Of
fcctivc. elaborate lighting system
WAS employed. the models RinS dis
plavrd i'm flood of ever changing
spot lights.
The crowds went away from
Tuesday nights show thorOly pleas
cd. But everybody said there would
not he such n crowd "Wednesday
night. ID. Walter Harris the tailor
and Gilbert'S woman'S wear shor
were to have a show all by them
sclccs Wednesday night. 1t rail-
cd "Wednesday night. Surely. the
second night of the style ST'W
wouldn't bc such IL success. But IL
was even II greater success.
The fact Of the matter Is that
thiS style show was Walter Harris,
idea TO begin with and Walter Hhr-
riS is n real Snowman. Gilbert Is
Il Snowman too. And Walter Harris
and Gilbert worked hand in hand
to make the show the success that
il was. To add novelty to the pro
gram. Harris imported Larry Odrll
thr famous FroZO. who is one of the
greatest and most interesting men
fashion models in America. Fr0Zo
did his stuff.
But Frozo didn't make the hit
that Elizabeth City's own ShiekS
and ShcbaS made in Society Brand
clothes from Walter Harris ana
women's style togs from Gilbert $
It was great show and ElizabrtI'
CITY folks went home proud of thcil
home merchants, proud Of thcll
home merchandise aud proud ol
thcir women folk who know how to
strut their stuff.
But the style show played havoc
with the attendance at the Nrdli"S
day night Lcntcn service at the
Episcopal Church. The Rector Kew
Geo. +. Hill monrnfully faced Il
congregation of five loyal souls. lie
had to read the service do the
singing and preach the sermon Whli'
five worShippcrs sat forlornly among
empty prwS and wondered If heaven
would hc as dull II place hS lhal:
II is the conccnSus of opinion that
fine fashion show staged by local
merchants this week is one OF the
manifest merchandising events III
the history of Elizabeth City. 1t was
educational. 1t opened the eyes OF
home folks to the variety, beauty
and up-to-thc-minutcncss OF wear
ing apparel shown by Ettzabc,ll
City shops. 1t educated the mcr'
chants too: because every nler'
chnnt in Elizabeth City was impress
scd with the delightful response ot
fine home folk TO showing of truly
smart and high grade apparcling
The merchants have made repll'
tution for themselves which they
must strictly maintain.
You can waste more nerve energy