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Show SOClEiy PUTS BAN ON EASTER FINERY Washington. D. C, March 2S. Designed De-signed to check what Is declared to be a growing tendency on tho part ot the American people to make the Easter Eas-ter season occasion for displaying fashionable clothes, a movement was launched here today to form the "society for the prevention of Easter decoration.' The members of this society would pledge themselves not to wear now articles of clothing beginning be-ginning with Palm Sunday until after Easter Sunday. In proposing the new society, the District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Endeav-or union declares that the real mean-1 ing of Easter Is often lost sight of I nowadays because of the 'popular gasmagEy'j'mxi ' . j.i.-ui ,i juit iB B3 craze for new and fashionable clothing, cloth-ing, and predicta that the movement will vastly increase the calm devotional devo-tional spirit of that- season. |