St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-29

The flannel shirt now reignS supreme.
In few isolated cases, to be sure, its
scepter has been usurped by the black
silk shirt, but in the main the flannel is
still boss OF the promenade. The black
silk is too stiff, too suggestive of the
morgue and the charnel house to suit
the light, airy fancy of the Minneapolis
man. A few of them are worn by the
would-be Berry Walls, but they are so
few as to be scarcely worthy of NEIL
ton. But the flannel is here to
stay, because there is comfort
in it. A man with flannel
shirt on can wander about in the sun.
perspire from every pore, heat himself
up almost to the melting point, then sit
down in some cool corner, and, inside of
fifteen minutes, look as fresh as a
daisy, while his deluded brother who
clings tenaciously to his "biled Shirt
and laundried collar looks, after two
hours of exposure to the sun, very
much as would Monsieur McGinty were
he to reappear from the depths of the
mighty sea. Then there is that other
occasional concomitant of the flannel
shirt which makes its appearance at this
time, if at all. and that is the sash.
1.-THE sash wearing habit is believed to
be a direct result of the Little Lord
Fauntleroy craze. Willie and Charlie
and Bonnie and Archie and BERTHE and
several other lies" grew tired of watch
ing the heaping of adulation upon their
little brothers because they we're tied
about with sash, SO the children of six
feet donned the sash as measure of
self assertion. Be it said, however, to
the credit of Minneapolis, that but few
sashes are worn here. Had this fash
ion made its appearance here forty
years ago. when it was au fait to Orna-
ment ones person with small arsenal,
the sash might have become fashionable
among the more aesthetic menacerS OF
life and limb, but now there is very
it takes too long to arrange it so that it
will look ''real sweet" and another
that a sash of good quality costs a few
hard dollars, while a plain belt can
be bought for so cents. So the sash
will be dropped for the present.
To return to the flannel shirt. there
are various reasons for its popularity;
too many to be enumerated, among
them the opportunity it offers for the
display of love for colors. There is,
moreover, a good deal of character and
index to occupation in the flannel shirt,
as the following citations of the sort of
flannel shirts worn by various Mime
apolitans will show:
Lew Harrison wears shirt that was
originally, it is believed white, but one
day his bundle of clothing, fresh from
the laundry, accidentally went through
Autograph press, hence the colors
which now adOrn his person.
w. D. Hall. of the board of trade, is
having some made with figures en-
,broidered across the front representing
the advantages of Minneapolis as bus
mess center.
Lac Stafford wears sporty looking
undergarment. with Dictator of the
Universe tie. His whole name is not
worked into the shirt for obvious rea-
sons. He is afraid Of ''hoodoos."
Jack Beach's shirt is of the easy
man-a bout-town pattern. He alternates
between gay flannel and elegant black
| silk, from fancy to seriousness, as it
were. The flannel ones combine an
artistic blending of old gold with pale
! lavender, something elegant and 8s-
| thetic,
DR.. D. II. Dorman has them made
with lace around the bottom. He is
also partial to blue and red checks.
| Hy l.. Hach still clingS to his pre-
objection for hand painted garments.
He has them made with German
baronial bearings worked into the
| cuffs.
Sam Morton, Hach's partner, doesn't
like flannel. He prefers canvas. He'd
| have his shirts made of sheet iron if
| possible.
William Winter Wettleson looks very
chic these days in delicately colored
flannel shirts, worn single and en- suite,
with jute bagging jacket.
| George K. Shaw wears flannel shirt
on very hot days. He betrays sneak
| ing fondnesS for a greenery gallery
| bilious shade, which admirably sets off
| his complexion and his temperament.
| Like his writing, there is no front or
back to it,.
Charles Alf Williams still wears mus
| lin shirts, fur coat and OvershoeS to
match the winter legs which he is
| obliged to use. He has, however. an
| elegant assortment of f1annels, in
| chaste blue and white patterns, laid
away in his closet,
Jack Bennett cannot forget his old
| base ball days, so he affects neglige
shirts in white and dark green. 1t
! should be explained that this is so be-
| cause JdCh 10 oh ouiilii0l Va on0 Adllouai
game.
Aid. James Bradish clngs to somber
gray in color, but he introduces nov
| city into the manufacture of his in the
way of secret pockets for the conceal
ment of missiles intended for the heads
of enemies. 49,. 49,. IL i : = =.
Maj. H. NJ. Norton is partial to plain
| business-like looking shirt, which has
the valuable quality of making the man
inside it look like hard worker. The
Mayor Babb is having some flannel
shirts made which will bear the inscrip.
! ton II am Mayor across the breast