, 1877-12-02

dress suit for visiting, driving, church, and
Afternoon. wear is the dout)lt-brcasted frock
! coat known as the Prince Albert coat, made
Of fine black or blue diagonal cloth, bound
| on the edges and finished with silk i'll
| the facing. The vest Of the same is single
breasted, with notchel collar. The patita-
| looms are OF dark striped goods for the street.
| For day receptions this coat and vest will be
worn With gray or other light-coored panta-
| 1oous. Morning coats for breakfast aud to be
| worn anywhere III the morning arc cutaway sill
gle-brcastcd coats buttoned quite high; they are
| also made Of fine ''dia.onals,'' which seem to
| have superseded the armures and basket-woren
cloths Full dress suits Of fine black broadcioths
] hare swaIow-tail coats not quite SO long as
those Of last year. They have facing Of satin
| finished silk, a fine cord on the edge, and are
| breasted vest rolls very low, and has double
! cords on the edge. The Zcro coat is a winter
oycrcoat with some novel features that render
| it particularly comfortable. An extra collar OF
fur Of warm cloth is buttoncd inside tue neck.
| and is folded away smoothly out ot sight when
| not needed but in very cold weather it can be
turned up about the care. alittens of the same
material rs the collar folded III the Gull, and
| can be easily drawn out for use.
Plain bosoms arc still preferred for shirts, not
only for general use, but for full dress, en-
hroldcry being less used each season. The Tine
linen Is doubled and interllnci with linen OF
| coarser quality. Near the edge, outside the
eyclcts for stud buttons, is tue only ornament,
or else two or three still narrower ones; some
| times there is only Il single row OF stitching,
while others have two or three cords stitched III.
Standing collars with the fronts widely turned
over arc yery high when i'll the cxtrGInt OF The
fashion. The Newstcad is more medium Eli
glish collar that is very popular. Turned down
collars arc still worn, provided they are very
! widely opened at the throat. Cuts are not
very broad. and are worn merely to meet to-
gcthcr instead of tapping, where they are fast
+ cncd by linked buttons.
Flat folded scarfs are made to cover all that
part Ut tllc shirt buson lett visible By the vest
They are made OF figured SILKS, stripes, and
Erocades oil very small, neat figures, but OF very
ricil quality, the groundwork OF many being
satin. The Polo-Dane is title for these, though
by some they are called the Imperial scarf.
Dark, RICH b1ocades are preferred toplaln co1ors;
| the Innings are Of vivid contrasting c0iors in
plain satin. A neat start, called the Four-in-
hand, is shaped narrowly in the middle, where
it forms 8 band around the neck, and is
wit1encd where it is to be ticu when put On.
Tic snowy gay contrasts Of bottle green with
red or OF maroon with pale blue, or moss green
with cream color, are seen in these scarfs that
arc to i,c used ior driving and for morning wear.
Narrow black satin ties with trin.cd c1ids ar2
being introduced for full dress both here and il!
England; the larroW white lawn Is, however,
most gcucrAlly used
Scarf pins of silver are stylish ornaments, and
are made in most unique designs. The tour
sided Campanc}1a bell, with its inscription
against tile evil eye, Is popular. and costs from
s.. to 81. Another represents polo tnallct,
second u dragon. third all easel; the head OF q
pug dog is another pm; there is also rake for
hay, silver crescent with mans face, 4 coach
buskct, whisk broom, and telegraph pole
and wires. Gold pins are made in similar de-
signs.
White silk pocket llandkcrchiefs are now car
ried in tile En~lisl, fashion. They have narrow
hens, simply heul-st;tclled, or else wider hens
with small neat dots Or coloreu figures upon
them: inuccu these small neat designs arc
lound to be preferable in all articles worn by
gentlemen.
Black or solid colorcd silk socks are worn for
full dress with low patcnt-eatler pumps. Plain
black silk socks are much more used, though
many prefer them embroidered OH the sides.
WOODEN socks vi the most luxurious quality are
worn during the winter. These arc Of soft
calncl's h:lr in pale gray and drab shades, at
S2.s5 4 pair.
Dress hats Of black silk have bcl1-shaped
crowns Gs4 inches high, and narrow rolled hri1ns
with the D'Orsay curve Undress hats are OF
black lclt with round Derby crowns and rolled
bri1n5; there are also Square crowns, and some
soft lc1t hats are worn, though the preference is
fur still crowns. Crush hats for tull dress are
OF nlcrlnu, satin, or silk. Youth and also quite
small BOYS wear stiff Derby felt hats.