Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-23
Gentemen's Fashions.
BUSINESS AND TRAVELLING SUES.

BUSINESS AND TRAVELLING SUES.
The business and travelling suits worn
by gentlemen this season are made of
Scotch and English suitings in small
broken plaids and checks. Brown is
the leading color, and is introduced in
most plaids; in al cases quiet medium
colors prevail; occasionally there are
threads of red FIXED with brown, black,
Or some neutral color. The entire suit
is made from one piece of cloth. The
coat may be the double breasted reef
| ing sack, or else the single breast
ed Newmarket coat, with vest
cut to match. The buttons used are of
substantial buffalo horn, clonded in the
shades OF the plaid; there are also hand
some 1nlald buttons for such suits. The
pantaloons are cut very large In the
leg. There are also business suits
made OF the Scotch Kniokerbocker
cloth, which has occasional irregular
threads or dashes of color ON plain
brown or gray grounds. Leading houses
charge from $45 upward for business
suits made to order. Those of the low
est prices quoted are made of the Knick-
erbocker suitings.
| SEMI-DRESS SUITS
The semi dress suit worn ct church.
at morning weddings and receptions,
when making calls, the theatre, and all
other occasions when full dress is not
required, consists of dark frock coat.
with vest to match (or Whitley and gray
pantaloons. The frock-coat is now
worn very long, and is made Of the finest
diagonal cloth, resembling the camel's
hair goods worn by ladies. Authorities
differ about its color, one preferring
blue, another asserting That black pre-
walls, others limiting that deep invisible
brown is the choice of leaders Of fashion,
and will soon become generally popular.
| The vest is single breasted If made of
the material of the coat, dsdble- breasted
It made of white duck for midsummer
wear. The gray pantaloons may be
checked or striped, and the gloves
should match the color of the panta-
looms. $65 is the average price of such
suits.
SUMMER OvERCOATS,
Summer Overcosts are cut very long,
and are sacks almost exclusively, though
some surtoubs are seen. They are made
OF dark gray worsteds and brown diago-
| mails. The linen busters for travelling
are made in the long Ulster shape, and
| belted.
The newest standing collar is the
Romulus, with sharp points rolled
| over in the English fashion. Another
standing collar, called the Boston, has
the points stifay turned over and press
ed fatty that the effect of turned
down collar is given. The popular
turned-down collar is the Byron, which
remains unchanged in shape, New
cuffs are rounded at the corners, and
are made to meet at the edges without
tapping, SO that the new linked sleeve
buttons may be worn with them. The
Harlem Lane cuff is the useful revera-
BILE cuff, with round oorners.
LINGERIE.
Plain linen bosoms without any pleabs
are preferred for shirt fronts. These
are made of three layers of linen, the
interlining being coarse, heavy duck
linen that will hold starch we'll. For
full dress the ornamental shirt front has
two lines or else rings of very fine en-
broideTy. For summer neglige shirts
percale and linen are chosen, with
| white grounds strewn with small irreg-
! ular figures, dashes, Greek squares,
stars and diagonal twills; some checked
and stripped designs are used, but they
do not prevail here as in most other
garments worn kby gentlemen. Percale
shirts made to order are furnished with
two collars and an extra pair of cuffs,
and cost 81. 80 each; those of striped
linen are S.. To please fanciful tastes
there are white shirts with the col
lar and cuffs lined with hair-striped
linen, while the outside is all white: "a
cord Or bias binding Of the striped linen
is then sewed down the edge of the shirt
bosom.
Gentlemen's neck ties for the street
are tied in larger bows than have been
worn lately, Checks and plaids are
very popularfor business, ira veling and
general wear. The Windsor ties, of
soft silk cut bias, are shown in plaids
OF quaint colors, and in light cool grays
mixed with lavender. There are large
plaids Of navy blue, with white and
violet in various shades. Plain colors
and black are not, however, abandoned.
An excellent scarf for gentlemen who
cannot tie bow neatly, and who have a
reasonable dislike to set, stiff looking
made bows, is tie Lord Warden scarf,
which is merely 3 long Windsor
soorf, with loosss strap made
to represent q knot, and which,
when slipped over the scarf ends, gives
the appearance of being tied by the
wearer. These are in tasteful dark rich
oolors, and cost $15O TO $L75 each.
White lawn necktes will be very gen
erallv WGrn dErinu the summar both
for house and street, for morning and
afternoon AL well as evening. These
are bought by the dozen for s., or else
the wide white Windsor ties Of lawn
are chosen, with embroidery above the
hemmed points; the latter cost fifty
cents each. White g1os grain, satin,
and lavender neck ties as wide as those
worn by ladies, and tied as oapriciousiy,
have been INTRODUCED for weddings, but
have not been fully adopted.
Duration OF Lightning.