The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-23
Fashions for Men,

There are no marked changes made
in cutting gentlemen's clothing, though
| pantaloons are narrower than those Of
last season. and all coats are shorter,
including the Prince Albert frock coats,
dress coats, morning cut-aways. sacks,
and also overcoats. The suits for BUSH
ness, travelling or morning wear are
made entirely from one piece of English
or Scotch suiting, in neat plaids, checks
or mixtures of colors. The coat may
be sack with one or four buttons, or
an English cut-away with the same
number of buttons. The vest, cut high
like the coat, has q collar or not, &C.
cording to the fancy of the wearer. The
trousers are very close fitting. The
semi-dress suit for church or afternoon
wear is really the day dress suit, as it is
worn to all entertainments given in the
daytime, such as afternoon teas, recep-
tons and weddings. This suit consists
of q Prince Albert double breasted
frock coat of black or dark blue twilled
cloth--young men prefer dark blue with
marked diagonal lines; this coat is fin
ished with silk facings, and the vest of
the same cloth is cut very high to match
the coat, so that only very little of the
folded scarf is shown below the collar.
The trousers arc made of heavy cloth
with dark, neat stripes, usually having
gray effect, but no special color pre-
walls for these. The dress suit remains
unchanged in shape, except that the
coats are shortened tribe. The most
glossy West of England broadcloth is
used for this swallow-tailed coat and
vest, which is cut low in front to match
it, and these are the only garments now
made of broadcloth for men of fashion.
Silk facings may be used on such coats,
or they are omitted, as the wearer di-
| reefs. The narrow trousers are OF
heavier doeskin of the same lustrous
| black used for the coat. Young men
| of fashion now wear this suit to all en-
tertainments in the evening, putting it
on for 6 O'Clock dinners, making even
ing calls in it, wearing it to the theatre,
where formerly it was seldom seen, and
going thence to receptions. Overcoats
are made of Elysians and fur beaver
cloths. and are most often sacks, slight
ly shorter than those of last year, but
occasionally surtout overcoat is or
dered. Blue, brown and black are the
coors used, without preference for
either.
The shirt fronts chosen for all occa-
sions, for dress as well as for general
wear, are of plain linen of three thick
nesses, cut in shield shape, and without
any decoration in the way of pleats or
embroidery. This shirt bosom is never
visible except with the low.cut fronts
Of dress suits, when few tiny 'ucks or
cords may be stitched in tho edge, out
side of the single large stud which is
now worn on dress occasions. This
stud is Of hammered gold plain E'rus-
can gold, with jeweled center; dia-
mond. sapphire ca turquoise Il pre-
ferred. Turned-down collars are again
restored TO favor for dress occasions, but
are worn very narrow, with small
open space that Is filed by the small
how of the white lawn scarf; another
shape has the turned-down collar meet
ing at the throat, bnt is sloped away
broadly to show the Hat scarf worn with
it. The Jason collar is a popular stand
ing collar, as 1t laps slightly aud does
not have sharp points that are uncom-
Portable to the wcarcr; this Is worn for
either dress or general wear. Tho
English collar, standing behind and
turned over In points Id front, Is still
used. - Hdrpers Bazar. NJ