Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-07
No. i35

and made moderately loose in the lower parts. The patterns are almost entirely stripes, lavender and brown being the favor ite colors.
 London club men cling to the frock coat tenaciously for morning wear, though they are taking up the habit of wearing short jackets and high hats before three o'clock. The Englishman never wears derby or pot hat in London unless he is travelling.
 The black satin cravst is now worn upon almost all occasions of full dress save the most formal. There Is something about a white satin or silk cravat which imparts to the wearer 8 sense of consciousness of being dressed up, that the true swell always wishes to avoid.
 The various sizes of scarfs worn afford the man of many scarf pins chance to show his possessions. It is permissible to wear many of the out of date, large and showy designs-pins that have been shelved for many years-in the large folded scarfs that are the vogue at present.
 The tendency of the times for the fanciful will be apparent in the wide range of color among the boating men, canoeists and yachts men. Some of the combinations which will be seen Con board ship'' this coming ssason will surpass anything heretofore attempted by the amateur sea dogs.
 Summer vests are exhibited in plain white duck as the leader, and range in variety of washable materials through the various phas- es of stripes, plaids and figured designs. The single-breasted vest will be chosen to be worn with the cutaway coat, while, with the unbuttoned sack the double-breasted style Is the more correct.
 The Prince of Wales will under no circum- stances tolerate the black necktie with even- ing dress. He regards such an innovation In the nature of personal affront, and several sWells, high in the ranks of the nobility, who have disregarded his wishes in this re- spect, have been stricken from the list of guests at Marlborough house.
 The latest wrinkle with the swells is to leave the lowest button upon the single breasted white vest unbuttoned. The edict to this effect seems to have very generally gone forth, inasmuch as the idea has been adopted by the younger men of the leading clubs, who affect that it combines comfort with an appearance of graceful neglige.
 Bath trousers are the latest edition to the list of articles the high class mems furnish CTS are expected to carry. There is getting to be 80 much curriculum about this bath business that the man of fashion, much in demand, will scarcely have the time to per form his evolutionary duties in justice to his ideas of what Is en regle and keep his en- agreements.
 The profits of some of the crack tailors in London must be very great, despite the bad debts of which they continue to complain. A tailor showed an order the other day from a prominent American which reads: "Please make me sixteen frock suits exactly like the last. Yours faithfully" That was all ex- cept the signature, but the signature made the note of value.
 The width of the openings of the full dress vest has led to necessity for a making of the bosoms of full dress shirts considera- bly, wider. Nothing appears so impecunious as to show linen shirt bosom and good expanse of the cotton body of shirt along with it. There is no portion of the evening dress which gives to the ensemble distingue effect more than well-ftting, full-bosomed shirt front.
 The silk handkerchief will make a stronger bid than ever before for acceptance by the public. The patterns shown are mainly in pongses and china silks, light in weight and of medium size. The designs are of great variety, and not only confined to the border, but mottle the entire surface of the article In the costlier styles the patterns upon the border and the body of the hand kerohief are unlike but blend effectively.