New Britain herald., 1930-04-03
Weather Man Is Dictator Of Styles As
 Smart Folk Greet Spring

New York, April 3.-To greet spring-or not to greet spring but cling to winter-has been the ques- ton this past week with New 1orkers.
 One day on Park avenue I passed a number of nicely sun tanned folks in gay spring suits with fem mine blouses and other nice access sories; the following day raincoats and umbrellas were what they were wearing"-and the day after that they had gone back to fur coats!
 Mollie Bowling wore small checked suit one day. with the three-quarters jacket with narrow shawl collar that showed her fine batiste blouse at the front. Her little turban was two-tone and her accessories matched up beautifully. which is really the secret of chic this year more than ever.
 For a cute little novelty suit have yet to see one that surpasse5 the cape one that Florence Weick- CT wore sailing for England for the Grand National. It vas one of the semi-sheer woolens and had circular capelet instead of a jack ct which had the formality Of notched lapels, just like a tailored coat There is a little white crepe blouse and the skirt had suspenders of it's material over the shoulders. An awfully chic and individual and very feminine little get-up.
 Mrs. James Russell Lowell, Jr.. wore very smart spring coat with normal beltline and side fastening. somewhat Russian in it's feeling. The collar was exquisite blue fox. And in her little straw turban she had one of those jeweled clips that many smart women are wearing. Mrs. Martin L. Scott, who lunched with Mrs. Lowell, wore a stunning black outfit. with the fur-trimma1 jumper made fitted. and tricky one car.
 The fashionable swing towards cottons and linens this year should make the old South look up and smile. Mrs. John Davidson has T stunning yellow linen hat with me dium brim. to wear with her brown and beige figured worsteI suit. There is a purse like the ha;, too. The hat is a knockout, and so smartly is it tailored that 1t seems it must be straw. A girl in her teens at Pierre's the other day wore an amusing little hat that had a blue and white polka dotted linen facing for it's blue erin mush- room shape. The dickey of her blue frock was of the same linen.
 Neck treatments are tremendous ly important in both daytime and evening clothes of the new silhou- cite. At the St. Regis Seaglade the other evening. I noted the extreme variety. A gown Of white chiffon had a yoke top of white net with ruffled cap sleeves and ruffled col- lar flesh net frock had the nar- | rowest of shoulder straps and the top of it's bodice turned down in Geep band effect all around with the back stimulating revcrs. Mary Post. who incidentally has gor- geous sun-tan. wears an egg-shell satin evening gown with very hign waist, full long skirt and q demure neckline.
 Turquoises are becoming very popular. but they must be some unusual turquoises or they are not | at all good. Some smart women who inherited antique sets, brace l lets, necklaces. brooches and ear rings realize their good luck and have taken them out and they are
 ravishing indeed. Mrs. John Ham, mond has an unusual jewelry en- scmble of choker, bracelets and 1 earrings of turquoise matrix
 mounted in yellow gold.
 l ,, A new play emphasizes the fact
 that from now on there is going tc
 be more difference between leisure
 class clothes and working clothes
 and between young clothes and
 those of the sophisticate. In ''l
 Want My Wife" Che widow wears l soft frocks in subdued grays, black and white and the little ingenue
 affects capes and high -waisted liz
 tie frocks of the most demure ap-
 pearance. The working girl from
 Philadelphia comes on in a tailored costume.