The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-31

paniments-whenexer he appears in so- ciesy at dinner or after dinner. and the dinner hour marks the division between day and night the other IS that he shall never. under any circumstances wear tha, dress in the daytime. A change of costume al nightfali is. therefore, impesa- lively necessary if the ruie of fashion can enforce anything.
 ] But this rule cannot be of universal application. In some communities it would make a man as conspicuous to wear "swallow-tail' coat at any hour as : ii would make him to appear without any coat in other places. The reason of fashions law is always iha, gentleman shall not be oonspicuously dressed. The ] rule for a man to observe m any place is to dress as others do. and this makes ! If a man is well dressed. scrording ;5 the New York standard. he will pass | muster anywhere. In what garb. then. will the well-dressed New Yorker make his New Years sallss
 i If his calls are made in the evening. on people with any pretensions to elegance. he vii! wear evening dress. and the whole world knows what that IS. To describe an evening suit would be as useless as to describe an apple.,rhc -tridinS yarla- l tons m Il from season te season can be l told by any capable tailor. But no man who has any knowledge of good man. ] ners will appear anywhere in an evening suit in the daytime. Most men. how ever. begin making their calls before nightfall What will they wear:
 l A New Years call, in New York city at feast, IS generally cercHouIuus visst. and should be paid in full dress The ladies who receive caits will be found ! dressed in their best. and II is merely a decent respect for them that dictates full i dress in gentleman, In New York it is ! pretty we'll understood that the fruck coat IS part of it. The coa, may be either single or double-breasted, though the latter is generally preferred l, must be ! dark in color. and black IS considered the most elegant. l, should be of good material. The tailor will sell by choice the best he has. and will be only too 1 glad to explain its excellence. coat that IS made this season will be trifie ! shorter than the one made last year. but if last years coat is in good order there is no necessity for getting new one. The old one will not be conspicuous.
 The vest may be either low cut to show an elegant shirt front. or high if it l is 10 be worn with a scarf If low 1t should not be too low. but should have three or four buttons. The trousers fonly gentlemen wear pants) may be of fancy pattern and even of light color provid- 1 ing the pattern IS not wha, the tailor calls loud" Trousers are worn looser than they were last year, when the style was unbecomingly close for very thin man. The hat should be silk hat dur ing the day. and an opera hat in the evening, to be in accordance with the 'svery best usage. though a silk ha, may be worn after dark. If the opera hat is worn it need not be laid down. bu, may be carried under the arm. even in the 1 parior, which is often a convenience if there are many gentlemen calling at tkc same time. The shoes should be sub stantlal walking shoes. though pumps may be worn in the evening. or the latest style. which IS a congress gaiter. made with black silk tops over pink kind and | the lower part made in imitation of 2 pump. The sensible man, if he wears such shoes or pumps, will protect his feet with overshoes, which must of course be removed in the hall The vcry lates, style of overcoat is the long Newmarket coat, which is frock, with short, snug fitting body, and tails reaching to within six inches of the ankle. it may be of any dark color.
 As to the smaller articles there is a little wider range within which a man may be fzshionably dressed. The gloves should be white, or, better yet. tin, 1 which is almost white but not quite, in the evening. In the daytime darker col ors should be worn. The heavily stitched gloves that are popular on the prone made, or for driving, are out of place in the parior, and therefore inappropriate for New Years calls. The fashion which has obtained for some time of going without gloves was always of doubtful force, and has come now to be consid- cred what the English would call fad ' The shirt must, of course, be of white linen and may open in front or behind. The former is in favor sor evening dress. The bosom may be plain or with broad plezss. The collar tha; is considered handsomess is the plain standing collar with the ends just tapping to show no opening between. The turned down corners seem to have gone out of fashion altogether. If scarf is worn in the day time 1t should be of subdued pattern and color. Nothing gaudy can De tolerated by . pers0n of taste If z tie is worn ii should be plain, either vhiae or black or of some vesy quiet color. In the even- ing white sasin is the material uosf worn. IL is nanov and tied in a small bow Black may be worn, but it is not 90 much | in favor.
 As to jeweiry, the Les man wears the befter dreassd he Is, but considerable Ias- ifnde is allowed sven by severe c1iticx The rule seems to be thaf the individnal may wear anything thzf sulb hio facy bessx thas three. II a vest-chain is voru