The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-03-19
FASHIONS FOR MEN.
What will Re Considered the Proper
Thing In Mems Attire.

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4 Thing in Mems Attire. g., 4
The moonstone is favorite for
scarf pins. f..
Black silk handkerchiefs are consid.'
cred vulgar. . .-.-~ -
All the indications point in the di.
rection Of triumph for the neglige
shirt.
At no times since its introduction has
the patent-leathe shoe been so pOpu-
lar as at present.
The white piQue vest of a season SGD
while not wholly under the ban is not
effected by the exquisites.
The puff scarf is still popular,
but is smaller than that worn last
season. One of the new colors is stone
blue.
The embroidered shirt fronts passe
Only those who pay small heed to the
proprieties of dress now wear it. Plque
fronts, however, if not pronounced are
still in good form.
The ultra fad in suspenders is the
portrait of ones best girl embroidered
in silk on the webbing near the heart
of the wearer. OF course, ones best
girl should do the embroidering with
her own sweet, white hands.
Let no man wear a Derby to whom
silk hat is becoming, except at bust
ness. That is the general law laid
down by the arblters. The silk hat
for spring is almost straight in the
crown, with narrow brim rather
sharply curled.
Among the swells who haunt the up
"a, 1pYN
able to insert the scarfpin in the center
of the necktie. The latest mode is to
insert it diagonally from the left side.
1t is permissible, however, to insert it
diagonally from right to left.
With link sleeve buttons, which are
all the rage, the fashionable thing to
wear is link button in solid silver,
or in silver ornamented with gold
Stone or diamond settings are not
worn except by those who are not con
versant with the contemporaneous re-
Quirements OF fashion.
The general trend of the spring fash
ions goes to demonstrate that Amer
leans are rapidly setting up idols O
their own, instead of worshiping at thu
shrine of English ideas. 1t is claimed
by not few leading authorities that
the Americans are the best dressed
men in the world.
No decree offashion, apparently, cal
displace the four-in-hand scarf. 1t i
more popular than ever, and varie
so little this season from the style O
last year that the difference is no
preceptible. Fashionable men tn
world over now tie their cravats
Makeup scarfs are for themasses; mel
of taste eschew them.
The day OF the big walking-stick
past. The most coveted effects jus
at present are natural sticks of me
dunn size, with modest silver trimming
Gould-mounted canes are used chief,
! by elderly men or members OF tn
sedate profession. The latest fad TO
spring is stick with a natural root
ornamented with a spiral silver banC
The tan glove, while still in popula
use, is not the correct caper anon
men who pretend to set the pace 10
the rest of New Workers. The lates
conceit is a glove as tight fitting a
physical endurace will permit, and {
q rich gold brown hue. Deep embroiC
cry on the back cannot be worn will
out SHINING against etiquette.
The double-breagted, straight sac
COATS undoubtedly the most popula
garment for spring. The tailors sa
that most of their customers want /
1t should not be worn, though, o
fromal occasions, as it is intende
wholly for business wear. This seaso
the coat is an inch or two longer tina
formerly, and the patterns, as rul
run to plaids and stripes. Solid blac
is gradually disappearlng.-Dally Coz
tinent