The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-29
The Proper Thing


The Proper Thing
for afternoon wear. aud he who goes to
church and ''does" the avenue arrayed
in one of these garments" to use the
shop vernacular, may rest assured that
he is right In the swim.
With these frock coats the wais tcoat
and trousers are generally OF the same
material. The waistcoats are made with
out collars and single breasted, and do
not fly open at the lower button, as they
did while the Prince OF Wales had dis
pepsia. The trousers, which may be
Of lighter shade of gray. in fine
stripes, are cut in peg top" style. loose
at the thighs and close around the shoe
top. For those men who are unhappy
outside of a double-breasted waistcoat,
the correct IL somewhat loud thing is TO
have them made OF Columbian clio h.
This is stuff OF English manufacture,
which all the prominent tailors display
white, gray, red and blue, aud shows
the Santa Maria bounding over the waves
TO America. One might AS well eat pie
with knife as visit the Worlds fair
without such waistcoat.
For those men who by reason OF
Divergent Legs
from the frock coat there is the cutaway.
also made in gray materials, with full
front and very long skirts. This style of
coat is coming into favor again in rough
cloths for business suits.
Now, about overcoats. There is what
IN called a covert" coat, although it s
made very long to hide the longer coat
tails, and there is the kennel" coat,
halo hs. an1 tc
chiefly remarkable for slan.ing pockets
and velvet cuffs which turn over. These
coats are made in gray ana tan coiors.
The black coats are cut mo- TO the figure
and have seams in the pack.
In the kingdom Of the hat the glossy
silk tile is slill king. The new shape is
very bell crowned and very heavy
brimmed and looks very well with the
long tailed coats Derbys are low crowned
and broad brimmed, but they are way be.
hind The soft felt in popular favor. The
gray Alpine hat Is the proper thing
shoes are made with very narrow toes
aud in russell and patent leather. Patent
leather Is the proper thing for the tail
coats. Laced shoes, with soft calfskin
uppers, are the best form. The all patent
leather B,ucher" shape has had it's day.
Gloves are TO have white pearl buttons,
and the correct shade is n very light
tan. They are made of of "a new and very
soft skin and are as high priced AS they
are comfortable.
A fellow may wear white shirt and
be quite au fart, but he had better get
some coored ones. The cuffs should
Match the Bosoms,
but the collar should be white and
should be very high. The points. unless
suicide is contemplated. must be bent
over little way with the fingers. There
is but one style Of tie. That is the
''prince," which ties in "four-in- han d =
knot about the size of a silver quarter oi
a dollar. They may bo found ready
made. but the man who would wear
them would shrek with glee At fu
neral.
These ties are very hands ome, and are
nearly all of white material, with vo
let or beliotrope figure or stripe. The
few that are colored are Of violet ano
dark blue.
Use your own discretion about scarf
pin, or tie pin TO be perfectly correct. Yor
will be all right II you sport one. and yot
will be all right II you don't Carry cane
of natural wood without the siightes
bit of ornamentation upon At, and yor
will he as much mould OF form" a
His Roval IIhness himself.
As long as the ladies have lingerie
column, the men might have at least al
eighth of column on underwear Th
haberdashers show just as beautiful
things There are suits I'm pale pink
blue and white silk that would attract
even Southern congressman's atten
tion. But they cost from $50 TO SlOO
suit, ana opine that there will tie M
startling rush for them. Still there ar
many line things in silk ana wool o
wool so fine that it looks like silk, an,
these come in reasonably REASONABLE
prices. Socks do not have clocks, bu
they have fine white lines aud hgures II
them which give the prescribed blacl
silk material very cool ana light al
show them, either IL you cross your leg
the right way.