The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-14
GENTLEMEN'S FASHIONS.
[From Harper's Bazaar. ]

From Harper's Bazaar.
HATs.-The dress hats worn by gen.
tlemen are of dark gray cashmere made
on q willow body that is very porous and
light. The crown is slightly bell
shaped, and is nearly seven inches deep;
the brim has a round English curl.
GLovHs.-Kid gloves are of beige or
mastic gray shades, with three wide
rows of stitching of the shade of the kid
on the back. They are long enough to
require two buttons on the wrists. The
gray lisle-thread gloves are shorter, and
fastened by one button.
COLLARS. standing collars,
almost like the old-iashioned garrote col
lars, are worn again. These do not have
the fronts turned over in points, but are
square-cornered, and worn to meet,
sometimes to lap, and sometimes the
edges are quite far apart, exposing the
throat; the first is considered most styl-
ish.
FuLL-DREss SUITs.-The full-dress
suit for evening and for day receptions
has q coat and vest of West OF England
cloth, jet black, and of the "dead finish"
that is entirely without luster. The
swallow-tail coat is slightly shortened,
and rolls very low in front; the front of
the vest also rolls low to match the coat.
The pantaloons are of doeskin of the
same shade of black as the coat and
vest.
BUSINESS AND TRAVELLING SUITS. For
business and travelling suits one pattern
of plaided Scotch goods is used for the
entire suit. Sacks and fitted coats are
both stylish for these. Some of the
sacks are fastened by three buttons,
while others button only one button and
fall open. The short-fitted coats may
also be closely buttoned down the front,
or else only fastened by two buttons.
Tan, brown, and gray are the colors
most used.
SHIRTS. Shirt fronts remain very
plain, consisting of three thicknesses OF
linen without pleats, though sometimes
ornamented down the edge with cluster
of very small tucks, or else of fine
cords stitched in. Colored shirts are
percales with white ground, on which il
stamped very delicate and quaint fig
ure in blue, brown, black, or scarlet,
such as rows of dots, coral branches,
zigzag dashes, or else large cross-bars OF
single threads of color.
| HANDKRRoHIEFs.- hens, on
which are colored figures, are on the
large linen handkerchiefs used by gen.
tlemen. Something unique in color and
design, like the peculiar patterns fol-
scarf, is selected for these borders. The
hens are stitched, and there il
wider border of color inside the hem.
White silk handkerchiefs have wide
hens hem-stitched, and for ornament 6
large colored initial or monogram en-
broidered with silks. There are also
colored borders on the hens of sill
handkerchiefs.
The SEMI DRESS SUT.-The semi
dress suit for church, visiting, and after
noon wear has Prince Albert frock
coat of black diagonal or the fine cork
screw weaving. The vest is of the same
cloth as the coat, and is cut single
breasted. By way of variety and fol
dressy occasions in midsummer a white
double-breasted vest is used instead
this laps in front, and merely white
edge like fold shows when the coat il
buttoned above it. The pantaloonl
have neat stripes of medium colors
neither very light nor very dark. Brown
beige, or gray stripes are mixed Will
black. Plaid trousers are not worn a.
part of this suit.