The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-17
The Best Dressed Man.
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Granted that q man has enc ar two
business suits, q frock coat cg vscnna.
ona or two pairs OF cashmere trousers
20 20 with IL. and an evening suit. and
his wardrobe h complete. Tfsss il rot
very much to take care Of Ne rocm
can be 10 small ~ BOT to afford az least
chest OF drawers OF q eiDshes-csoses-
II yea can spare the space, have q sep
arafa drawer for your evening salt A
clean Hsen towel over IL would protect
In even more from the possibility OF dust.
Two business xuisx caa easily 70 on one
shelf. or yoa can leave one cut, and have
. business suit and yoar visiting clothes
occupy sss sanae space. drawer b all
that h needed fer quite q quantity Of
underriothes. well folded. and the too
drawer should be devoted TO ties, hand
ksrchsefs and collars. Linen evening ties
are lust now very fashionable. They wash
well. ard are 20 he had Cor s cents each.
When you buy them tell the shirt-nAker
OF the hahertaSher or the furnishing man,
as the case may be. the measurement, Of
your collar. Some tradesmen have tses
marked fourteen. fifteen. sixteen and
seventeen. 20 suit the similar number Of
collar. otherwise you must measure by
inches The linen tia comes with square
or pointed ends. the former being the
share most Tn vogue. Dress shirts should
open In the front, and have place for two
or three shirt buttons. not screw studs.
You can buy very nice ones with cuffs
attached. al nearly any OF the large New
York shops, for from 81 10 s. | saw
some excellent ones In Broadway win
dow selling az six for s.. A dress or even
ing shirt should be perfectly plain. IL
you are very English and exceedingly
smart" and do not mind the yagaries
of washer-wonasn or the charges for
laundry, of course your collars and cuffs
should be attached to your shirt.
But today shirts are so arranged
that II Is difficult to tell the difference.
aud the economy I'm having detachable
collars. II not cuffs. Is quite an item.
Shirts should be put away by themselves
In a separate drawer or on a shelf. Every
night. when a shirt Is removed. care
should be taken To take out the sleeve
buttons and shirt studs. III a man goes
out great deal in the winter, oE Ii he
desires TO be extremely correct. ana fol-
low the rule of the fashionable ueR IN
London and New York, he viii put on
evening dress every day at candie-iight.
or. what is equivalent to this just before
the metropolitan hour for dinner. This
il. however not the custom IN many cities
outside of New York. "a cut-away coat
or a Prince Albert frock being consid-
cred the proper garment for informal
evening entertainments. the play, etc,
W
stick to the old fashion of early dinners
and tea or supper In the evening. at
which 1t is not customary 20 appear In
what is termed fun dress" A man.
however. can pay no greater compliment
TO a woman than TO call on her In the
evening, or TO take her to the play. wear
ing what society might In a homely man.
ner consider his best clothes" But this
is a depression, and when In Rome II Is
the best form to do as the Romans.
When a man is TO go out in the evening.
he can save much time by arranging bis
shirt with studs and sleeve-buttops. his
collar, his tie. and his dress suit before
ne leaves home In the morning. or. IL he
Is hurried then, the night before. It
takes a few moments, but when one
rushes home in great haste the getting
out of another suit of clothes. arranging
buttons. etc. seem to usurp nearly an
hour.