Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-01
FASHIONS FOR MEN.

The very newest shirt front Il of white
pique, with tiny dots of q color sprinkled
over it.
Tweed is the thing for lonnging jackets,
though alpaca will be admissible as summer
coIas- on
Tn- four in land grows in favor. IN length
also. end threatens a revival Of the .'choAerH
Of tue rs.sel,cy.
Soft diagonal serge cloth OF brown gray
shaiiln- to yellow is much worn in London
for the sFGO.e suit
For evening wear white gloves are pardon
abb. but pale primrose or paler lavender. is
far and away better style
In Paris, we are told, there is a strenuous
e:ior, to revive ksieebreeches, silk s1ocSings,
low SHOES aii.! paste buckles
New ciieviots for trousers are preferably
gray or brown, and the check or stripe may
he large but never pronounced
High authority asseverates that many
Amer lcan men. SO called, now wear corseta
AMI that t..e practice is increasing.
For athletes come caps OF printed cotton,
with grav or navy or indigo blue grounds,
or polka dots OF contrasting colors.
Round collar and cuff ends are ho.elessly
ps,sse. and square ones TO achieve the height
OF sty.e mus lie artisticaAy turned down.
No good dresser now wears tight gloves;
By consequence, seven and one-half Is the
smai.ezt s.1,s sept by some very tony houses.
Very choice and new silk handkcrchiefs
have c.ut.rs OF solid neutral English twill,
with bli.hI or figured bordeys two inches
wide.
MANY percale shirts are rainbow hEed yet
quiet. and niodestiy elegant ones can be
fouii,i for taose who will not bow down to
the Caring baai.
For rou-h weather and hard usage nothing
equals &c rel Donegal homespuii-a coat OF
w.ch VIII turn aside tue most drencnlns
Storm OF spring
English lannels for tennis wear come in
inch square p.a.ds OF black, with white, red,
brown, old gold or orange, and are made up
wl-il caps TO match.
Flannel shirts viii he more worn than ever,
AMI the fayur4:e staff for them is the fine
English twiil-white ground with polka dot
OF RED, blaci., brown or blue.
The favorite yachting coat is of cream
white flannel, with blue binding, showing
an men anu u nail "lue Au dIOuHu anu u
trlfie narrower on tie pockets.
For tennis wear white trousers still have
the call over stripes. and the most acceptable
sash is thlrty-six inches wide and figured III
large spots with the club colors.
Spring neck wear too, approaches the ilorid
gothic-embracing as II does, all light,
bright AMI staring tones of color, with pro-
nounced not to say loud patterns
New cotton hose have rainbow ankle stripes
on IA tan ground with ribs aid feet Of darker
shade, while Isle thread show maltese
crosses on mode or black grounds.
New linen handkerchiefs have eighth inch
hens either of solid coiors or striped or cross
bar red, or else the border is two inches
| wide, with embroidered dots at the corners.
White collars and cuffs will again be worn
with fancy SHIRTS, and fine linen embroidery
Still prevails in Siil dress, though the conf
| mon grades are sent hopeessly to Coventry.
\ Sliding suspender buckle warranted not
! to wear, tear, rip ravel run down at the
hc, nor cut in the eye" even on the finest
s. : webbing, is among the latest supplies of
| long felt wants
Very new waistcoats are of natural white
wool. broken family by fine lines Of red or
| bhc They are bound on the edge. without
| collars, have SIX buttons and are meant to
| take the place of the pique and linen horrors,
| whereby the average laundress transforms
| the nlideat hammered man into a man in
| DISCRIMINATORY York Commercial Adver-
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