Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-11-21
What Men Wear in England.

Is lnth' manner of wearing English
clothes that the American Anglo
man'acS 30 oer:rgiouSlv fail. Therefore.
for TIE cdiilcation of such men who
come over here and directly give them
selves away despite their study of
the English accent and pronunciation
iu>t a> soon aS they appear bcfore the
Br ti>h eye as they find it southwest of
Recent street. let me give few rules
Of dress which are strictly observed by
English gentlemen at home.
In the first place. dress in England
i" dirid d into "morning' and "evcn-
ing dress, and each has a wel!-delined
and understood meaning, aside from
the mere name. Morning dress is that
which is worn until dinner, and even
ing dress that worn at dinner and after
ward The dressing bell for dnncris
the diviing line between the two.
This rule a> To dress is thoroughly well
known and strictly followed in polite
society. To appear in evening dress or
any approach to it a white neckte or
black trousers, for instance in the
NOR, inc, or in morning dress, or any
api, Zach TO il. in the evening. would
be Il breach of proprietv sufficiently
ser.oI> To make the person infringing
tie rule looked upon as of low origin
or eccentric WAYS. Good breeding and
eccenlricity, except in great people
whose position in the world shuts one $
eyes to defects. can never 90 hand in
hand. A wellbrcd man always dresses
as he behaves properly. Morning
dresses in the country and in town differ
considerably.
In the country it is a jacket suit of
tweed ar serge "dittocs," as an entire
suit of the same pattern and
material is called. With this hard,
round felt hat is always worn; a tall
bearcr hat never. Sunday in the coun-
try il i different. Then at church to
which every respectable man. let alone
gentleman. goes at least once IA man
should wear a dark cloth frock or
morning coat buttoned, and q tall hat
After church. if he likes, he can change
to a suit of dittoes again. However, the
rule of l black coat and tall hat at
church in the country is not rs abso-
lutrly followed rs other rules, though n
man is always on the safe side when he
follows it.
In town, particularly during the sea-
son. man can never appear in the
street. in the park, at his club, or a
morning concert in other than a dark
cloth frock or morning coat (buttoned). l..
trousers of any other color bat black
light, or dark grey, or brown of any
fashionable pattern being preferable =
and tall hat. TO wear low crowned
hat with a frock or morning coat would
stamp a man directly. That this is a
thing which should never be done is
what would especially impress upon
American gentlemen. for it. rs well as
that + wearing IA tall beaver hat with a
in 'kct tor sack, as it is called in
America) is II habit which | have
noticed they are much addicted to.
know that there is a prevalent idea
in America that Engli,hmen, in imita-
ton of the Prince of Wales (whose re-
ported custom in that respect very
much qucstion), never wear gloves.
think know something about it. and
say that they do wear gloves ut balls
and in the street always. They don't.
however. at dinner parties, nor do they
sit, when making call. with their
hands cramped in gloves two or three
sizes too small for them. Cor. San
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