The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-04-26
MEMS SUMMER CLOTHING
Checks In Dark Blue and Brown Ar
the Shades TO Use.
STYLE OF SACK And CUTAWAY COATS.
some Hints which should Be oh.
served BY Those who wish 20
Dress According to Correct Mede.
scotch Make q Novelty.

To the man who would be always well
dressed the change OF season suggests
little more than change in weights. That
is to say, the clothes that a well dressed
man needs in the summer are practically
the same in kind that he wears In the
winter, except that they are adapted only
in texture to the different seasons. The
average man, OF course, finds very much
less occasion for full dress In the summer,
and for that reason, says the New York
Sun, the frock coat and the dress suit are
never matters OF much concern during the
summer months. The clothes OF interest
to most men in summer are the suits
which they can buy for every day use.
We have q style of summer dressing in
America which is distinctly our own. The
negligee shirts, the light colored shoes,
the. straw hats, are outgrowths Of Ameri.
can life and planning. While these incl
dentals of summer dressing originated
with us We look to England for our style
in cloths and cuts.
American customers Of English tailors
have already received the usual punches
Of cloths which show patterns that will be
worn this summer by the right sort of
ptople over there. These goods. are prac-
tically all checked this year, and the ma
jority are dark in color. One rarely sees
In England the very light suits which we
wear here. The checks this summer are
in shades of brown and dark blue, re-
lieved and defined by threads Of lighter
color. The check is often defined by lines
from one aud half to two inches apart,
so that in small samples the check shows
very little. These goods are Scotch In
make, and are practically novelty. They
differ from the familiar Scotch tweeds in
having rather smooth finish. The sam
Piles that have reached this country
run Ia browns, dark blues, grays and al
most steel, but the colors are neutral in
tore and so thoroughly blended that one
gets no impression of distinct pattern.
The same goods have been sent over in
solid colors. II comes in black and blue,
coarsely woven, and intended for sack
coats or double.breasted blue coats. In
these colors it cannot be recommended.
The objection to the goods at best is its
tendency to pull" as tailors express It.
A coat Of this goods when very constantly
worn is likely to lose it's shape within q
short time. The blue is especially adapted,
however, to double. breasted coats, as it
gives the needed roughness to such gar
ment.
Practically all the cloths this summer
will be checked, even goods in which any
pattern is difficult. will he noticed on
inspection small check outlined by a
thread Of red or blue or some color which
tones with the prevailing shades in the
pattern. Even the cloths from which the
trade will make what are known as
"trouserings" show the same invariable
tendency to checks. Sometimes there ia
a thin stripe of color, but it is never pro-
nounced enough to change the general
effect, which Is always that OF an unde-
fined check. AS usual we still wear this
summer what are known as sack" and
GETAWAY" coats. The coats in the
former shape will be somewhat longer
than they were, but not extreme. The
present style is conspicuous for it's avoid
ance OF any extremities in cut. Men who
have their summer suits made with the
cutaway coat must remember this when
it comes to the tails. The best London
men are making them of medium length,
not so SHORT as they were several years
ago, nor as long as those some OF the
tailors have tried this winter. The skirt
should be rather full and the coat made
with three buttons. The trousers present
graceful mean to an exaggerated full.
ness and narrowness. AL of them are
shaped to the leg. growing narrower to-
ward the boot.
A well fitting shirt is elementary and
about the most important feature of q
mans dress. A shirt with the upper side
longer than the lower, which causes il to
roll out, is something impossible tor well
dressed man. After he has learned how
to wear none but well fitting shirts man
can sfford to look at their style and color.
As usual, colored shirts will be popular,
and the best makers show them with
stripes running up and down. The latest
brought over from London are in narrow
stripes of dark blue or red close together,
but each broad enough to be plainly de-
fined.
Spring gloves for men are almost as
varied in shades rs those that women
wear. For afternoon use the pale gray
and tan suede are the newest. The kid is
light in weight and without the heavy
stitching that has been worn lately.
They have simply three lines OF thin
stitching on the back. Colored handker-
chiefs are worn only with a checked or
colored suit and never with irock coat.
The most colored OF them all show mar
row band Of solid color or few colored
figures along the four edges. Fine linen
or silk go with full dress.
There was q revolt last summer against
the extremely broad-rimmed straw hats
which bad been worn for the two preced.
ing years. The indications are that this
wear crowns will 20 up in height and the
brims become much narrower. This is
news from London. where until last sum-
mer a straw hat had never been seen on
the street; but the extreme hot weather
drove manila into adonfina xrbat ,b, - call