FASHIONS AND THE SOUL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 93, 3 April 1934, Page 9

FASHIONS AND THE SOUL

Fifth Avenue and Harlem GREAT EASTER REVIVAL | By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright NEW YORK, April 1. 1 What is considered to bo graphic I evidence of the improved economio conditions is reflected in the so-called | Fifth Avenue Easter Sunday fashion j parade, which to-day was the most colourful since the depression. The richness of the raiment of fashionable people who strolled down the great ' thoroughfare after the church services, and of large crowds of the less socially elect but equally resplendent, who thickly intermingled, showed that ; something of the old-time splendour has begun to return to this annual fixI tint! of spring display. The torrent of rain and high wind : that all through yesterday beat down i and drenched the city was replaced by ! brilliant sunshine and mild air to-day, giving just the sort of setting that the event requires, and it was little short of brilliant. Another barometer of the improvement, of material conditions was the absence of “zero" Ledoux’s “tubmen.'' These disciples of the bizarre reformer in recent years used to mingle with Easter Sunday churchgoers, dressed in battered silk hats and jeering at very evidence of fashion or riches. The parades to-day were in uniformly good temper. The great negro residential district of Harlem mirrored Fifth Avenue, having the greatest Easter parade in its history. This moved down Lenox Avenue in formal marching order, led by a minister of the Gospel, the festivities culminating in a “monster ; healing service." Incidentally, all churches, black and' [ white, reported the largest congregations for years. ‘ There were also many open-air sunI rise observances. EASTER IN BRITAIN LONDON, April I. Despite the earliness of Easter, j springlike weather caused a great holiday exodus. Air companies, railway, shipping and motor-coach concerns announce the best business for 15 years. Motorists crowded the roads to popular j resorts almost to the extent of sutni mertime. Camping sites have been reopened all over the country, and thouI sands of walkers are touring pictures i que spots.