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Then he and his best beloved walked down Fifth Avenue with a grand painting of the street and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the background. He, his best beloved and lots of people who dressed in their Easter finery.
“On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure.”
The what? Maybe the old timers and fellow columnist Dick Cosgrove will be the only people who remember the “roto” section of years long past. Newspapers, especially in the large cities, had their own color sections on Sunday; out here in the ’burbs, we rely on the syndicated inserts, such as USA Weekend. Oddly enough, in New York City it’s still referred to as “the roto section.” Some things never change.
Chiff.com, an Internet site, indicates the parade, which started in the mid-1800s, is still going strong. Didn’t realize that. Of late, New Orleans has been hosting a Gay Easter Parade and the rules indicate that it’s a lot more tasteful (read: covered up) than the Mardi Gras. There’s also a “Haute Dog” Easter Parade in New York, but you don’t want to see the photos. Poor dogs.
“Easter Parade” was originally another song. From archive.org, is this note: “Very neat to come across the recording of ‘Smile and Show Your Dimple.’ It was a WWI song written by Irving Berlin. He never believed in wasting anything and when he needed an old-time-sounding song for a 1930’s review, he recycled it as ‘Easter Parade.’ He modified the melody, but you can hear the newer song in the beginning of the chorus.”
The Easter Bunny is an old Eastern European symbol of the Resurrection, as it comes out of its hutch in the Spring. The Easter Egg is another symbol of new life and eternity.

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