St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-01-11
COLLARS AND CUFFS.

In a mans consideration of the
question What shall | wear?" col.
lars and cuffs play an important
part.
Just now, for general wear in the
morning and for business, one has a
good deal of latitude in his choice.
So many styles are in quite good
forIn" that man can without diff
Guilty find among them some that are
becoming to him.
Y He NAV, if he wishes, wear a turn
down collar. This should be rather
high in front, and should fit the neck
easily but snugly. The latter is a
very important point. A collar must
fit-that is it should sit closely about
the neck. Nothing is uglier than a
collar, either standing or turned
down, that is ha 1T an inch wider thas
the neck all around. A mans neck in
not a very beautiful object to look
at, and the more of it he conceals the
better will be his appearance.
In speaking of rundown collars, it
may be remarked that one came out
some time ago that seems to have
gained small degree of popularity.
1t is as high as an ordinary standing
collar, the distance between the ends
in front being about half an inch all
the way up. A butterfly or club tie
must be worn with it, as it does not
sit well over fourth hand.
| hardly think that this collar will
ever be very generally worn. There
is little to commend it. 1t is neither
neat nor pretty, and is so striking in
appearance as to insure its being i'm
mediateiy adopted by that most OBJ.
jectionable class, "dressy young
men"
The standing collar with the points
turned over and ironed back is a very
comfortable, and, as a rule, very
becoming collar for business wear.
1t should be of a moderate height,
two inches and a quarter perhaps.
and the wings" should not be large.
A collar worn a great deal at pres
ent, especially by young men, is
very high standing collar, the points
OF which lap over u little way in
front, and are then bent slightly out
ward. This is the collar that should
be worn in the afternoon with the
frock.coat.
For evening wear only a high
standing collar is permissible. This
may be straight up and down, the
ends barely meeting in front, or the
points may lap over and be bent out.
Whichever it is it should be as high
as can be worn comfortably.
About cuffs little need be said.
They must be fastened with links, of
course. Buttons are not at present
worn. 1t is always better to have
the shirt made with cuffs attached.
Where detachable cuffs are worn,
they should be about four inches
wide, and of not too large a size.
The cuffs should be ironed fiat, so
that when the links are put in they
will have fat, oval shape. The
points of the cuffs should be sharp.
A word about the laundering of
collars and cuffs. 1t is better, if poss-
ible, to have the linen done up at
home, as it is then washed clean, and
does not receive that high polish in
ironing that so many laundries put
on, indeed, over the dirt very often.
The linen of a well.dressed man
never shines. 1t should be simply a
dead white. If one has to send his
linen to the laundry, the laundry
people should be told that the polish
is not desired. Almost all laundries,
if they are requested to do so, will
iron linen with what they call do
nestle finish, = Harper's Bazaar.