Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-12
Mems Fashions.

From the Clothier and Furnisher.l The cardboard cheviot shirts were worn in town late last season, and predict the l flannel will rule out of town as hereto fore. The summer suitings have in their design none of the abandonment that might be only vented in suburban locah- | ties; to the contrary, they have been sub | jugated in proper accordance with the | amenities of city life.
 Greeting, then, to the in-town outing | regime! There are certainly more men in I town in summer than out of it: and it I was wise measure of business ssgacity | that their wants should have been looked after, and they should have been provided with seasonable and reasonable apparel. In town straw hats will be worn with the tropical textures, for the cap would be out of harmony with the urban surround ings. Nor will the sash-with its dressi- ! fled artifciality-be deemed in chime with | the hurly burly of business activity, The l waist-belt might do, for it does not look so ! delicate. The flannel shirt is not the over | head garment of city wear, and stiff | collar upon it ont of town would be a \ combination warranting eXcoristiOn by all | pOOu HIGH Allu lut CneNlOl sulIl | patterns to the taste, and a wide cravst to | tone herewith, seems to be the veriest in | spiration of summer vogue in Gotham. | So then out of the fates that are kind, outing will have the hveliest kind of an Il inning right at its doors-a privilege that ! it has-out of the wilder and weirder | symphonies of color in materisl-been
 heretofore debarred from. It will, pre- dict, be quite Ia mode to don the summer
 suiting in town the coming season. | There are certain "guessers" upon what
 will and what will not be the vogue in
 mems wear that are inclined to be buoy
 ant over what they term their foresight in | announcing that the Prince Albert coat
 was to be more prevalent, and point to the
 new English long tailed frock to vindicate I their prowess. As q matter of fact, the
 Prince Albert is Tout of it." the long.
 tailed cutaway formal frock being the
 coat of semi-dress.
 When the English surtout, an entirely
 different garment from the Prince Albert
 and ante-dating it more than twenty five | years, arrives in this country, the Prince
 Albert coat will be positively tAbooed, fol
 its donning would then appear to be AT
 attempt, in a weak way, to follow the cur l rent vogue.
 The surtout is virtually the same forma
 looking garment worn by the dandies o
 1S40. Comparatively short-waisted ant
 long tailed, extending almost below thu
 calf, with wide collar cut high in the neck and sharp pointed lApels, it has good-sizel cloth buttons, and with the bell-crownet
 hat-its precursor-one might seem t
 have stepped out of an old picture frame The surtout, furthermore, appears to b but the forerunner of & renaissance owe
 which tailordom seems to have run wild
 Old George Cruikshank's plates are eager
 ly scanned for the Dickens-like types 0 costumes as he preserved them with hi
 facile pencil.
 The new overwrap-that is the word fo | it-of spring wear has already made it appearance upon the Gotham pave, am
 created an immediate sensation It is c lightweight melton cloth, with ampl 5 brown velvet collar to match, and lap, t buttoning well down. The garment, i
 length, extends below the calf, for it is ir :; tended, if need be, for wear with the ne1 i surtout. It is single breasted, and mad t with a fly lap, the buttons not visible