New Britain herald., 1930-03-27
CAFES STRIKE A NOTE OF YOUTH

New York, March o7.-In com plete accord with the revivifying character of the spring season is the youthful note struck by cape and bolero treatments in the fash ion world
 Both tend to eliminate age in the feminine figure. Both are per meated with chic and charm, but of the two the cape effects lend themselves more successfully to every age, the bolero finding its greatest favor with the younger set.
 In daytime frocks, afternoon and dinner gowns one is sure to find this spring the cape theme, wheth- CT actual or simulated. In evening gowns it usually is merely d sug- eestion. but in the one-piece en- sembles and coats for both day time and evening wear, it is deti- nitely defined.
 To the lovely woolens, the print cd silks and crepes of the new mode, the great variety of capos furnish a graceful and fascinating tone. In feeling they run the sca,e of many years, one of the most charming one-piece ensembles sus- sesting the 1850 period This frock is of red etamine, a material also of other years being extensive ly revived this spring, with red the leading color for the revival. The cape of this frock foun1 among the sketches is a quaint three -tiered collar-like effect mar rowing in the front and having a broader sweep across the shoui- ders. The neck is finished with taggoted organdie collar and soft little tie at the throat.
 A charming example of he long. sweeping cape is illustrated by Lucille Paray in printed pus. sy-willow silk in tones of gray. The cape is separate from the one- piece frock. as is the case in many of the daytime frocks with cape themes. In this instance it forms 8. long triangle in the back wtb the neckline formed by a soft shirred scarf.
 In evening gowns you'll find capes less definitely defined. Th1y are suggested more frequently than they are actual. An example is sketched ill an evening gown Of lowered chiffon which has a fiounced V in the back suggestive of the cape theme, and ending tt the waist in an enormous bow. The evening wraps for spring | and summer register definite capcs in varied treatment. In fact they are d most important gesture of formal wraps. Lelong gives an cx- tremely graceful and lovely exam i pie in the sketch of q short green panne velvet evening wrap with n luxurious fox collar and an irreg- ular petaled cape. The petals graduate from that dropping al- most to the knee in the back to short ones in front, those coming | immediately over the shoulder be- ing shirred to simulate a sleeve.
 Great favor is also shown the cape theme in tho daytime coat Of the hour, particularly those devel. oped in twceds and jerseys. In most instances they have novel treatments, many of them begin- 1 ming at the armholc at the shoul- der and ending down the front of the sleeve, thus suggesting the cape giving that effect while be- ing an actual trimming. In othnr instances, like thas sketched, the cape of coats begAs at the shoul- der and follows "'an actual cape line narrowing at the neck with a soft throw tic.
 In many of the daytime frocks. abbreviated capes cap the arm like a tiny sleeve, thus giving a delightful freedom of arm movs- ment without sacrificing any dc. gTee of smartness, as the capeless frock without sleeves has often done in its former incarnations Thus, through it's varied adva !. tages, the cape treatment has been received with enthusiasm by the feminine world, and may be de. pended upon to remain through out the summer months.