Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1912 — Page 3

FASHION'S PARADE ON EASTER

-6 - * EjTHOTJ(JtH Easter, more than ML any other holiday of the year, mSL may be said to be a worldwide festival and is celebrab; ed in one way or another In scores of different count Hes, there is one phase of Blaster observance which may be said to be strictly American — American in origin andAmerlean In development, inasmuch as few other countries *2m|P have copied this phase of Yankee life. This unique feaiw*' "ture of the Joyous is fashion's parade on Easter — on Easter morning we came pretty near saying, but that would be incorrect since the annual fyahinn parade is no longer restricted to the morning hour’s of the most significant holiday on the church calendar. Fashion’s parade on Blaster merely means, of course, the ceremonial display of clothes, brand new clothes of course, and more important yet, new hats. Blaster has attained a . position of pre-eminence as the one occasion above all others in the whole year when it is incum bent upon all those (V« who essay to be well Vvf\\C- , dressed to make their appearance in new and distlnctive styles. Insofar as - Dame Fashion is concerned Easter Sunday, on what- ■ q ever date it falls, is ac- JH|g; ’ counted the first day of spring—the occasion of /|j|. .. the "spring opening” of the wearers of costumes |syLj([ - "N calculated to cause com- (plK'. ment. Therefore, even though the temperature, by some freak of nature, be "3® close to zero, milady who ” Jill desires to observe the con. ventlons will appear on Easter morning in all the nA\K v flory of the newest creatlons of milliners and dressmakers. She may be JHTyt2/P7V2E tempted to shiver in the \irrr'jrx%?. chilly blasts of an early Easter, but her pride in her new finery can usually be relied upon to help her combat the icy winds. A movement was started some years ago to induce the women of the United States to unite in robbing Easter Sunday of its significance as a “field day” for the new fashions. According to the new mandate it was no{ to be considered “good form” for a woman to appear on Easter resplendent in fresh additions to her wardrobe. She might display her new treasures—for, of what use would nice clothes be to a woman if she could not show them—on the Sunday preceding Blaster or on.the Sunday following Easter or at any other time, but the custom was to be decried of turning Easter into a grand review for marshaling the newest i products of the dressmakers, the bootmakers and the milliners. the new plan was all very well in theory, but the persons who suggested it evidently did not figure on the persistency with which the daughters of the republic can cling to a cherished prerogative. The American women simply declined to abandon their Easter fashion parade and consequently the season’s surprises in now raiment continue to be as Indespenßable adjuncts to a regulation Easter observance as are the Easter lilies and the Easter eggs. The credit for the preservation of the traditions of the Blaster fashion parade is given to the women because it is the members of the fair sex who both as spectators and participants are the most numerous and most enthusiastic supporters of the function. At the same time it would be idle to insinuate that many of the opposite sex have not succumbed to the influence of the Blaster dress parade. Among the male contingent there is a brave representation of spring overcoats and spring suits, that make their appearance for the first time, but the one pre-eminent touch which proclaims the occasldn is the array of new collars mid ties. Some men there may ibe, who, because of prejudice or pocketbook, will not Indulge themselves in the new conceits of the tailors on Easter, but there are none who need forego the Indespensable of a novelty in neckwear. As has been said, fashion’s parade on Blaster marches up and down the entire land. Thfre are some famous Blaster fashion parades in the United States, notably the one on Fifth avenue, New York, and the one on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City, but there is scarce a city or town or village from Maine to California or from Michigan to Texas that does not enjoy its nrn Easter panorama—particularly if the community is not so small that there are no church services to act as an Incentive to draw forth the birds of plumage. And just here. It may be noted in wonder, that such is the perfection of our modern system of fashion distribution that the Easter parade in the most remote town affords proof that her feminine residents are little behind New York and even Paris in the main essentials of the “new styles.” While on this phase of the subject it may be remarked that very few of the fashionable panders In the Easter throngs realise how farreaching have been the preparations for thU

display and how far back, in point of time, have extended the preliminaries for the burst of glory. Milady may not even realize that the milliners who "did” her hat have been working literally night and day for a fortnight before Easter and that the delivery boy who distributed the “confections” of lace and ribbons, had precious little sleep on Easter eve. But the trail of preparation goes yet farther back. It extends as far as fascinating Paris, where all the styles originate and where the ammunition for the Easter broadside was * matter of concern to hundreds of designers and seamstresses and bonnet makers and flower workers in the days when you and I were busy with Christmas preparations. There Is usually at least three or four months between the in-

The Risen Christ’s Easter Message

The message of Easter Is identical with the truth that each Lord’s day proclaims to men the resurrection ot Jesus Christ. The central thought of the apostle's ministry ’was the resurrection of their Lord and Saviour. It has been the dominant theme of every gospel message. The risen Christ's first communication was sent to his discouraged disciples that they might rejoice because he was risen from the dead. Does Easter find you discouraged? Have you made a bad investment of your life and labor? Are you disturbed as to the future? Has death terror for you? Then let us rejoice, for Christ has won a victory for us. Let us give than** because he is risen. His resurrection contains the promise of our endless life. It Is also prophetic of the Christian's resurrection when Jesus shall come again. The hopes of eternal life should inspire us with a dynamic force byCwhich we can, through the presence and power of our risen Lord, rise above the difficulties, discouragement? and defeats of. this present age. His resurrection has solved our problem, removed sin and burdens that have filled us with despair, and turned our apparent defeats into one glorious triumph. The gospel of the resurrection proclaims a victory of regeneration over degeneration, of 'construction over deformation, of life over death, that Christ has secured for every creature that will believe on him as their risen Saviour. To the disciple that denied him early on Easter morn Christ sent a message that recalled Peter to his serried. Have yon been following Christ afar off? Has your life been marred by sin? Have you denied your Lord? If so. Easter has s message tor you. Repent, return to your Lord and then you will rejoice that he is risen and he will restore unto you the Joy of your salvation. The last message that the Master gave to ids disciples was delivered nfar Bethany, while thas were -tin in night of, the capital city of if" v*-

ceptlon of a costume idea in Paris and the realization of the “dream” in America and consequently American dressmakers and milliners were paying hundreds of dollars for advance information regarding the Easter styles and furtive peeps gs the new Easter hats ere the prospective wearers in America had - commenced to bother their heads on the subject. The traditional hour for the Blaster fashion .parade is after the morning church service and this time continues the accepted interval in most communities. It is, for instance, in the interim from twelve to one o’clock that one sees the impressive procession of gorgeouslygowned women and correctly-attired men

Jerusalem. On *hia Easter morn from Bethany's study overlooking the Capital city of our nation I woul<J call upon all the followers of the Christ to obey him and enter Into the Master’s work of winning the world for their Lord. As he commanded, so I would urge that you obey bis call to evangelize the world with the gospel, enlist disciples for his service and educate all believers to be obedient to whatsoever our Lord has commanded. The Christian conquests of the centuries, the marvelous missionary awakening of Christendom preparing to conquer the world for the glory of Christ by the consecration of men and means and by the co-operation of the Christian forces under the leadership of the Holy Spirit is one of the many modern testimonies of the power of the risen Lord that Is leading the hosts or God on to complete the triumph of Christ when he revealed on resurrection morn his power over life and death. The religion of Jesus contains the only hope for the world. His is the only religion that meets the needs of all men. He is the only founder of a religion that has risen from the dead and offers everlasting life to all. Let us consecrate ourselves around his empty tomb this Easter morn to help him save the world by carrying the gospel of his resurrection to all that are lost. —Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.

Man With Only Half a Brain

There Is a man with only half a brain in the convalescent home of the Sabbatberg sanitarium at Stockholm, Sweden. His name is Blomquist, and be is a young soldier who was hit by a stray bullet at firing practice last summer. The bullet went through the left temple sad passed out it again through the right side of the skull, it was s bad case, but the surgeons, finding that no motor centers of tbs brain w«re injured, proceeded to operate although they had little

which renders Fifth avenue, New York, memorable on this occasion. So to in most of the smaller cities the church hour is accounted the logical time for fashion’s review because there Is nothing to call forth the population en masse at any other time in the day—Unless it be, mayhap, to evening church service when, of course, It is too dark to have fanciful toilettes appear to the best advantage. In some of our cities, however, notably In the national capital. It has come about that In recent years there are in effect two fashion 1 parades on Easter. The first is held, as above mentioned, at the conclusion of the morning church service, but the newer and more popular promenade comes late In the afternoon, wheh well dressed people of all ages traverse the principal residential* thoroughfares inspired by a frank Interest In their fellow-beings and their raiment. The mom- -- ing fashion parade finds almost, everybody afoot IgfOJ if the weatber be at all jjq pleasant, but in the “moving picture” that Is -vs -•• Bp on view from 3:30 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon a considerable proporw| tlon of the paraders are in vehicles, open carJ.A riages and motor cars J. f t Mil having the preference. "'J’ < - Each mode of locomotion ' ‘* v has its advantages from KPsJt/ the Standpoint of the SBBSBBSBB’ '1 / Easter paraders. Those j'.’l-Blllliy afoot have the best MBBgKjfeijj! i@r chance to be seen, whereas those In motors or carriages have the best wi opportunities to see, and since the aim antj object of this fashion parade is 1 1 that its devotees may see and be seen it will be realized tbat It is virtually a standoff between those who walk and those who ride. In point of numbers participating, easily the greatest Easter fashion parade in America is that which takes place on this eventful day on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City. People flock from all sections of the country to the New Jersey resort. They come, many of them will tell you, because Atlantic City is supposed to have a mild and equable spring climate, but the real reason in most instances is a realisation that the “natural study of mankind is man” and that here may be found a- greater assemblage of representatives of the human race that) at any other Easter mecca on this side of the Atlantic. There are sometimes aa many as 100,000 people in the Blaster parade at Atlantic pity and they devote themselves to marching and countermarching on that live-mile elevated esplanade because there Is little else to do at Atlantic City at Easter when it is, of course, too cold for sea bathing. The Atlantic City parade of fashion starts in the morning, though it is not timed to accord with church services, for the simple reason tbat only a small proportion of the Easter visitors to Atlantic City take time to 'attend divine worship on this day of days. Instead they spend their time on the great wooden high-way-walking or riding in those odd and iasy wheeled chairs pushed by porters or propelled by tricycles. At Atlantic City also there is another fashion parade in the afternoon, though to be strictly accurate we should not say “another.” In reality it is a continuation* of the same grand march of the gaudy dressers. How any of thsm manage to get lunch is a mystery, for the crowd on the Boardwalk never suffers any diminution from mid-morn to dusk, and indeed this spectacular continuous performance even goes on after the electric bulbs are aglow and Blaster promenaders in other cities have long since sought their own firesides. _

hope of saving the man’s life. For £ro weeks the patient was unconscious, his breathing was feeble and he had to he artificially fed. Then by degrees consciousness returned. His speech and eyesight were badly affected, but both improved gradually. Today, apart from somewhat dimmed eyesight and general weakness, he Is well on the road to recovery, but retains one conspicuous defect, he cannot read Or write. He can distinguish letters, but Is unable to connect them into words. The part of the brain he has lost. It appears, is the sense at memory of what be learned la his yenMl

Party Feeling.

The Excited Spinster—Oil, Ethel, we’re coins to hare such a time at tike new curate’s coming, and Ethel-Well. dear, what difference dope that make? \ ! The Excited Spinster—Why, he thinks all the

STORIES of CAMP AND WAR

STollU|s OF “FIGHTING BOB’* Interesting -Tates of Famous dharaoter W&Ue sn Land and at Sea— .3 • . UpPistol Saves Legs. “Figfctbs Boh” HSitaß was sent to Valparaiso, Chile, in 1891, with tho little cruiser Yorktown to protect American interests. He hostility from the start. There hadi -been an insurrection and certain political refugees found asyltmk ; On tho Yorktown; The Chilean government demanded * their surrender and Evans refused' to give them up. What happened was told afterward by Evans in an interview. “The "commanding officer at Valparaiso of the Chilean forces requested! the admiral commanding one of ther European squadrons on that station to say to me that unless these refugee* were surrendered they would follow my ship to sea with three cruisers! and an ffonclad nearly four times her! size and as soon as we got outside the marine league they would heave* to and demand the surrender of th» fugitives. “I told the admiral I would not surrender the men. He informed me if the three big Chilean ships attacked! me my little Yorktown would not last thirty minutes. In reply I requested: the admiral to say to the officer commanding the Chilean squadron thatwhile mg little ship might not last more than thirty minutes, *sho w m make a lot of trouble while die is afloat’ I steamed out of Valparaiso* bay the jmxt noon, with all my refugees on -roard and no ship of the< Chilean squadron followed me.” The Yorktown was made the target: for Chilean torpedo practice and Evans Eimself was nearly mobbed when* he went ashore. He cleared his ship* for action and notified the authoritiesthat if they didn’t protect him h* would protect himself. -They protected him. How Brans gained the sobriquet of “Fighting Bob” is a mooted question.

Evans Whipped Out a Revolver.

One writer has dug up a story of his Annapdlif days, which Credits him with having gained the nickname then. According to this version, wreathe youth entered the academy he took with him a framed copy of the Lord’s prayer, a gift of his mother, who told him to fauijjf it over his bed. Bole* forbade decorations m the rooms. Evans calmnly ignored the rules. An Inspector told him to take down the prayer. Evans promptly swore he would smash the face of the llfst man who touched It The inspector referred the matter to the commandant, who took it up with the secretary of the navy. Ehr&ns wrote home about it It got in the papers. An indignation meeting waif held In the town. A special order allowing the prayer to remain was the result And it was "Fighting Bob” after that Evans, in the Civil war, led a charge of marines on Fort Fisher. He was wounded in both legs and left dying on the beach within range of the Confederate guns. He a companion, biding behind a sand dime, to drag him to safety. The companion declined tir risk his life. Evans whipped out a revolver. The marine took the lesser of the risks. Next day the doctor decided to amputate hia leg*. Evans again brought the revolver - into play and the surgeon changed his mind. What Erins told the surgeon fat declared to hate been a classic in its line. He concluded by saying; “These are TOT legs and by the great horn spoon; #® going to keep them.’* He did.

fixing It.

“Oh, dea&Jpo you have to go to war? Mhybe* the ‘enemy’ will kill you.” said fcj tearful sweetheart J®| parting. “I’ll fix that, love; 11l be the enemy” V *

Hospital-ity.

An nillne who had exchanm*