Show I Blizzard Ushers In Easter Celebration l c. c est Shivers in ill in Winter Furs Instead of Customary Custom Custom- a ary Display of Spring Feminine Apparel on Parade Bj- Bj y Universal Service C CHICAGO Ap April mil iJ A A blinding blizzard ushered 1 1 in the time Easter r festival in the middle west Needless Needles Je 5 to lo say no one promenaded alon along the Hf streets to display Easter cr fineries Those who ent ventured out were clad dad in inI their heaviest winter null and hall had great difficulty in seeing five fi feet ahead of 1 f then them I t G 1 1 1 I 1 I I non began Ul n ll fat it al 41 I. I D u t u vv c IU uc IV t n the morning morning- and fanned b by a n. stiff BUrr wind continued until f C 6 o'clock in the c evening ening Tonight f j Inches of or slushy snow covered Chicago Street car ear traffic and trains from the east and west w were ro impeded b by the snowdrifts The rhe local weather ather bureau reported that today's snowfall was as tho heaviest t tI in Its Ils history for this time of oC the year earI ear Storm Abates Throughout Nebraska Lincoln April 1 The I The almost unprecedented Easter Laster storm t swept wept the time south and southeastern sections sections sec sec- of Nebraska ka abat abated d ear early this morning inurning and with hl higher her temperature and a bright sun during the tho l afternoon tho the snowdrifts at mall many points four feet deep were disappearing Train vice was wali still tm demoralized demoralize tonight but main lines of oC all aU railroads we wc wc I operating a few trains All 11 passenger trains w were re running tram from four to ten ton hours late but hut it is believed normal conditions would he be restored b by Monday Mon Ion da day i Kast ast of or Smith Center Kan time tho drifts were said to have formed to a no avary avory vor vary vory great depth completely blocking its ita main line line The Time through train from rom Denver due due in Lincoln at midnight Saturday night was still tied up at Kensington Kan late Sunday afternoon after after- noon Street car traffic in Lincoln which which wa wa wai almost completely blocked after nightfall Saturday wa was as restored d to tod to- to d day I II I m Despite Rain and Gloom New Ne York Parades New York April L- L Cold Lold Cold old drizzling rain and skies that threatened snow failed toda today to prevent New York s a an- an Continued on ou Page 9 1 BLIZZARD USHERS IN EASTER CElEBRATION Continued from Page Pac 1 nual Easter para parade in Fifth i th avenue Gorgeous bonnets an and 1 wonderful creations examples of the French and American modiste's art were seen bravely defying the onslaughts of or the elements The ranks s of oC the tho parade were a bit thin but the dauntless ones on s I In n. n outfits more suited for or Palm Beach ch than Fifth Firth avenue in the carl early and uncertain days of oC spring stepped forth orth to admire an and 1 be a admired mired Probably never nc before beCore has mere mere- man loomed to so large largo as a contender for sartorial honors Not ot only were the theroun young roun men mn resplendent thc they were Merc gaudy g to quotations b by New cw York 1011 clothiers HS H'S the thc very latest styles s in business suits come to while evening clothes cost at least The avenue a s saw w suits of or man many colors colons and cuts There were wele fanc fancy topped lopped shoes too that would would- mal make c a a. harbor barber pole jealous Trousers were tI tight light ht baggy bag bag- ba baggy gy JY and just juat loose while tho rainbow hued lined shirts intensified 1 the color scheme c The women for fOI the most 11 part wore hea heavy fur ful neckpieces with their spring suits and almost all aU carried gaily all colored colored col col- ored parasols parasol Hundreds IC motored to lo church Instead 1 o or of f risking risking- costly sin silks i sand and satins in th the rain The They present presented ed cd a flash of oC color amid tho the downpour do us un they descended from their vehicles to the thc hou houses of worship Snowdrifts Block Railroads and Highways Kansas nus S elt City April 1 Railroads i.-Railroads and highways hl 8 arc blocked h by deep snow now snowdrifts drifts rural telephone service Is de demoralized de- de moralized antI and live stock Block Is suffering from a a. blizzard which hick swept Kansas Nebraska 1113 Texas Panhandle northern northern northern north north- ern Oklahoma and Missouri last night nig-hl Land and today Tonight all trains able ahle to move mO wore running hours late lato and from Crom several places trains were reported bound in b by heavy y drifts The temperature brou brought ht II by the northwest t tale gale ale ran ranged ranged rang rang- ed cd several degrees below freezing While the snowfall apparently had diminished in n most localities freezing temperatures wore were reported as aR far Car south as McAlester Olela Okla tonight Topeka Kan advices ad oro that three feet of or snow mow is lying on the thc level leyel country in that state stale while drifts aro are from front seven SC to lo ton feet Toledo Like Deserted Tina illa Village o re l Toledo ole o 0 O. 1 April 1 1 With 4 With street service ice at a t. t standstill owing to lo the strike of oC carmen and with a a. blinding now and Ice storm raging ras all da day Tole Toledo o toda today appeared like a a. deserted village At the first signs of oC the storm op operators operators operators op- op of or the mal makeshift bus cr scurried to shelter and streetcar street car patrons were compelled to employ I taxicabs to lo get gel to lo Easter Easier services ser orto or orto orto to work The blizzard was tas one of oC the wor tor worst t that ever visited 1 this section even o in winter according to the weather bu bur u- u reau T Worst Easter Storm St. St Louis Ever Experienced St St. Louis April Intermittent I. 4 rain an and snow snow a thirty-mile thirty wind and I freezing temperature combined to toI tomake tomake mal make e this Easter aster ono one of ot the worst that I St. St Louis Louts has ever er At J 5 o'clock tonight the tho temperature had hadI dropped to six degrees above e zero I |