Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-23
MALE STYLES.
What Several Of the Local Leaders Of
Fashion Think of the Coming
Dress Suits.
Esthetieism TingiBg the Minds Of the
Great-What the Boys Will Have
to Wear.

Spring Is now fully upon u, and the gen
tie young female thing has been agitated
with the thought of spring and summer
dresses. Female reporters are busy all over
the country telling the readers OF their jour
mails what the ladies will wear, but few and
faint and lar between are these who have
undertaken to disclose what the Immaculate
young male things will perform in during
the spring and summer months. An APPEAL
Phsrisee shoulders the task with some trepi-
datioD but he hopes, the muses. assisting, to
get through all right. There are certain
I gentlemen in the city who are supposed to
be authorities on the subj ct OF clothing, aRd
they we're called upon by the scribe and
| asked Tor points on male fashions The first
expert was Mr.. Bell W. Elheridge, whose
| style of dress is the exact opposite of the
aesthetics.
"Wnat new racket do you propose to go
| this spring?" inquired the scribe Of him.
Il intend" said he, making the nearest
approach to estheticism l am capable of.
shall, soon as the atmospheric conditions
are favorable, to introduce light, fluffy suit,
with dim suggestion of eider-down to it."
"What will be the style of hat?"
81 shall, at the opportune moment, flush a
poker-dot straw hat on the gang-I mean the
| fashionable people, and / don't mind telling
| you that / shall wear an orange cane"
Captain John D. Waldran's views are
more or less imprt grated with the rsP.urous
visions OF btoom-, busting pans and brushes
| of the Broom Brigade. In answer to the
| inquiry of the reporter, he said:
"rhis season l intend making break and
| getting up the most unique thing in the way
| OF dress ever attempted. To carry out my
views fully, have looked into the lore Of
the Egyptians and have rummaged among
the fashions of the vanished Aztecs. / shall
| wear a buff hat, dark coat with red stripe
| and PAIR OF white linen pants. My shirt
Will be a sort of mosaic with little busting
pans, brooms, guns and horses all stamped
upon it in wild confusion"
General G. P. NJ. Turler said: "Of course
| l shall endeavor to preserve the Spartackus
| style of dress this summer. i shall wear a
romantic sombrero, and you bet your life
I'll make Rome howl. L shall undertake a
Seymour coat aud pair of Cesareau pants.
My benjamin will be an old gold and banana
affair. L have arranged with 1oriculturist
for fresh sunfiower and a dandelion for
each day. My personal appearance is SO
beautiful and my wit so pure and superior
that / must have something out of the
ordinary run to wear. / am the only source
of pure delicacy in the city. Oh! my boy
if you only knew the immaculate tenderness
of case of rheum atismW
Judge Jimmy Hunter said he would moi
attempt anything unusual. He merely in.
tended going in his shirt and pants this
| uS NOuiA lbsllAulc sCnOOl d
simplicity.
Chevalier John Bradley will wear one Of
! those suits that look like small gold mine
and sparkle like balet-dancers costume
He will wear hst-band of pure roses. Hi;
shoes will be low-necked, with circus stock
ings to correspond.
President MADDEN refused to be inter
viewed. He said he would wear anything
no pleased, and if necessary would go low,
neck and short sleeves. His main objec
would be to wear a sanitary suit.
Colonel John Powell declared his intention
of maintaining e.theticism to the full. He
will wear spotless white suit, green neck
tie, knee pants, speckled stockings and low.
necked shoes. He Will merely wear the rim
of hat aud will cover his topknot with ,
magnolia leaf.
The blue-eyed deckhsnd of the APPEAL
was solicited for views. He said the only
decent suit for man to wear was the base
ball suit.
what do you think of Colonel Powels
suitF
"That diff is no good. He ought to get
six monthsO