The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-11
THE MAN OF FASHION.
HAVING MUCH OF HIS WEARING
APPAREL MADE AT home.

Jackets, for Negligee Shirts and for
Knitted Line That Can Be Made at
Home.
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NEW YoRF, July 9-"Never spend
money for anything that you can have
made at home better and cheaper than you
can buy it,"
This remark from well-known man of
fashion, who, believe, had never stopped
even to price the thing he wanted, struck
me as singular. Iplied him for an expla-
nation.
well, to begiu with, can have prettier
and better ties made right at home than
can buy from haberdasher. Further
more, can have my skullcaps made at
home, and do so. have half dozen
bathing suits made at home, all my loung-
ing smoking and outing jackets, all my
underwear and many pretty trile that
one usually goes 70 a haberdssher 70 pur
| chase.
Here was an idea at any rate, and fol
| lowed 1t up. l went to the leading pattern
houses and found that the demand for
"gentlemens wear" patterns had grown TO
such an extent within the past year or so
! that designs are now in stock for every
thing in the way of wearing apparel except
a dress suit, frock or a sack suit, a derby
| or silk hat.
One Of the neatest things to be made at
home is the sash vest or Gordon sash. The
materials favored for the vest are serge,
| satin, silk, cloth and Bedford cord. The
sash may be made of corded silk, surah or
| faille. The two belt sections are the same
for both, and the Gordon sash is put on
the lining in folds, the plaits should
be turned upward at one end and down.
ward at the other. TO give soft and pretty
| effect. 1t is well TO cut the belt section
| from a tennis belt.
| The sash vest has tuck at the center,
and a whalebone should be inserted to
stiffen it. Buttons and pseudo button-holes
| ornament the belt at the left side OF the
tuck. Vest pockets, finished with a welt,
are inserted in each side of the belt. The
small rings on the pattern show the posi-
lions OF pockets, plain buttons, etc.
When you begin to figure on the cost Of
! the material for one of these vests, its
| cheapness strikes home at once. A quarter
| OF yard Of material with a width of
twenty-seven inches. a tennis belt and
three buttons completes all you will need.
For the Gordon sash you need three-quar-
ters Of yard OF material, twenty inches
| wide, a quarter of yard of lining mater
ial, and yard Of tennis belt
In looking over the maze of patterns for
! home work Of this kind | saw a very pret-
! Hly designed mems legRin and overgaiter,
things no man of fashion is without.
The straps should always he cut from
leather and the other parts from cloth. The
pattern Ia In nine pieces, five for the leg
| gins marked L, and the remainder for the
overgaiter, marked u. The patterns as
| shown can be very easily followed, the
notches show the Jennings, and the rings
the position for buttons, straps, etc. AS to
material yard of strong cloth q inches
wide, buckles, IL buttons and q piece of
/ leather 5xS17 inches completes the outfit
for pair of legRins. For the overgaiter
| you will need only threeeighths Of yard
| of material, 2 buckles, 10 buttons and q
a piece Of leather measuring 2x6 inches.
| . And then turned to the young lady who
had given me all this information and
asked her il there wasn't something in the
| way Of knitted work that could be pat
termed an6.prepared at home.
| Why" she said, you can knit anything
| from pair of suspenders to a sweater
! And then she went on to give me all the
intricate details Of knitting pair of sus-
| pendent. "The suspender should be knitted
with the very best knitting silk, used double
and In coarse steel needles. The beginning
should always be at the crossed ends, and
4 fourteen stitches should be cast for each
| suspender. Now divide the stitches into
| halves to form the button hole, and knit
| back and forth on each division, or half q
sufficient distance to make button hole Of
| the size usually seen in suspendars. Then
slip the stitches all onto one needle again
! and knit back and forth for about
| IL inches. Divide the STITCHES once more
| and make a second button hole like the first
| one. Now put the STITCHES again onto one
needle and knit back and forth six times,
| increasing one stitch at the end OF each
1 la. .
| twenty
But, reverting to other styles aside from
these knit goods, which are, as a rule, a
| great test Of patience and perseverance,, /
was struck with a pretty design for a neg
| ligee shirt which can be made at home with
ease. It is developed in white India silk
| and has a full bosom arranged in soft folds
that result from gathers at the top and bot
tom, and the back is slightly gathered at
the center and is joined to a shallow, square
| yoke. The shirt sleeves are finished with
wristbands, aud narrow band completes
the neck. The closing is made with studs
and Piccadilly collar and Madras four-in-
hand scarf are worn.
EWhite flannel is chosen for the blazer
The fronts roll back in soft lapels that meet
the rolling collar in notches and they round
gracefully toward the back, which is shaped
by curving center seam. The coat sleeves
are each finished at the wrist with row Of
bLltCutnR. A pduCn pOCk6b Win roSOuQQlnG
lower corners Is stitched upon the lower
part Of each front, and pocket is applied
10 the left breast. A double row of stitch
ing finishes all the free edges of the blazers.
White cloth is represented in the COM
modore cap, which has q circular crown
joined to the top Of a curved side that is in
four sections. A straight band stiffened
with canvas is joined to the loose edge of
the side, and a swaziland is added.
Then there are some very pretty de-
signs 10 flannel shirts. A pretty effect is
developed In two varieties Of fannels The
garment is shaped by shoulder and under
armed seams, and the front is slashed to a
desirable depth at the CENTER the opening
Is finished at the right side with an under
lap or button stand and at the left side with
a wide overlap pointed at the lower end,
and the front may be closed with buttons
and button holes or with studs. To the front
are applied patch pockets, which have
pointed lower edges and are finished at the
top with laps that are also pointed at the
lower edges. The back Is but slightly full,
and is gathered at each side of the center
and sewed to a yoke, which is pointed at
the center Of the lower edge. Each of the
shirt sleeves has an opening at the back of
the arm that is finished with facings, the
overlapping facing being pointed at the top :
and the lower edge is gathered and Joined