The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-07
FASHIONS FOR MEN.

washington men are said to have the happy
knack OF catching fashions on the fly, adapting
them to themselves and modifying them to suit
our climatic conditions and individual tastes.
lhey do this with success which impresses the
outsider with the idea that Washington has a
little head fashion bureau of her own The fall
fashions for men this year are not strkingly
ODD, and may not therefore be as closely fol-
lowed as they were when bludgeon-proportione
sticks, twenty-four-inch trousers, and such other
monstrosities were in vogue. Moderation marks
tne temperament OF the closing decade of the
nineteenth century. The women have given up
their bustles and big hats, and now the Young
men are called on to place upon the same fune-
raj pyre the sticks which they have carried with
SO SO much laoorous grace for several seasons.
SUCKS This year are not large, they are unyar-
nished, and their ornaments are not are not at
all gaudy These are the only requirements
and within those bounds the taste of the con-
nolsseur OF stickwear may have full sway with
out running against the, to him, inviolabe laws
OF fashion. What promises to be the favorte is
SUCK OF dark WOOD with nothing more than
suggestion as to a head. One or two little
patches of oxidized silver carelessly affixed near
its m upper extremity, with perhaps coil ring of
the same metal circling around it, is all the or
namentation which will be tolerated by fashion
able friends.
''No real gentleman will wear made-up
crayat," was what heard fashionable Young
man say the other day. Whether or not respect
ability depends to that extent upon such arbi-
trary dictates of fashion it is not my province to
determine. 1t is fact, nevertheless, that it is
serious imperilment of caste to be guilty of
such an indiscretion. Ascots and four-in-hands
VIII prevail this fall, and the more negligee in
appearance the more fashionable will their wear
ers be considered Pins are not worn as large
as they once were. With an Ascot of pretty de- |
sign nothing looks neater than little knot of
twisted gold. In nfour-in-hands solid shades will
be worn to some extent. Plaids and stripes |
have gone out of neckwear for the time being,
ana small, angular figures have taken their |
place. Angles, however, are entirely inappro- |
PIRATE to the general character of the Ascot. |
win It's large, fluffy eXpanse nothing is more in
harmony than pretty little lowered or vine |
IKE ngure. AT any rate, one can feel safe in |
wearing such this season. Ascots can be BOUGHT |
at any price from one dollar to five ANY color |
short OF something startling will do, although |
light is preferred. Striking colors and striking |
Things generally have been relegated to those to
whom whom they belong-the sport and the Sunday
attired waiter.
In these days of cheap jewelry to be fashion
able in that respect demands more of a drain
upon PERSONS taste than perhaps it does to be
in any other regard. Oxidzed sill
yer pins, cuff buttons, and rings will be consid-
cred tasty if the design is we'll chosen. Link
buttons can be bought at all prices and of all
Siaueei Ine lower priced III imitation or the
higher. AS the one supreme requisite is its
beauty, taste must be used in making the choice.
II the would-be well-dressed man can't trust
himself to choose prettier oxdized pin or pair
Of sleeve buttons than mis- servant could choose
he had better by them of gold with Jewels The
large seals and pins we noticed some years ago
and can still notice conspcuously set in the
middle OF made-up scarf on the necks of some
Glasses OF people have gone out entirely. In an
Ascot the pin is necessarily placed in the middle,
The rare grace of the tropics and wondrous
oeeuty OF the Orient make rich combination at