The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01
New York World.

woman's.
Many men wear silk undergarments and
make a change every day in the week.
The suits come in different tints. One suit
will be light blue, another a delicate sal
mon tint, another red, another brown, an
other purple, etc. Each day, of course,
the tint changes and if the wearer he q
careless man about dates he may easily
keep track of the calendar by having Mon
day blue, Tuesday green, and so on. Men of
such esthetic inClinatiOns are also likely to
wear socks and garters to match their un-
dersults and to change these first two i'm
portant articles of apparel as regular as
they change the last. This is necessary in
order to preserve harmony of colors.
It seems an expensive habit, vet men
who have plenty OF money and whose ar
tistic sense is highly developed would feel
torlorn if they should by some mishap be
obliged to wear a green undersuit contem-
poraneously with ochre socks and maroon
garters. Money might be spent in worse
ways than in preserving the unities.
But it is the men, usually the young men
who intend to get married, who are lavish
spenders on their lingerie. at one of the
most fashionable haberdasher's BRIDE
groom-to-be recently bought underwear to
the cost of $4,000 in one day, and then
sighed because he could not invest further.
He had, however, utterly exhausted the
resources OF n1DerQaSDery.
A reporter of the Sunday World was
permitted to examine several of the arti-
cles which had been selected. This pros
pective Benedict prefers nightshirts to
pajamas, and he had chosen two dozen
of them, all Of silk and no two of pre-
cisely the same tint. The entire two dozen,
hung up in a row, would present most
delightful chromatic effect. 1t will be in
teresting to young women who may read
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ments was of the very finest and softest
KIND and that the embroidery had been
done by expert workers in silk. Some of
the shirts had roses embroidered down the
front, the natural colors of the leaves and
petals being copied as closely as possible.
Others had violets or pansies or vines, all
executed in the most beautiful fashion.
The price of these garments was $50 each.
1t was said at the store that not one OF
them had been made to order 1t is GER
tainly remarkable that such quantities of
these elaborate goods should be kept in
stock. This appears to be convincing evil
dence that they are in demand.
The investigation revealed the interest
ing fact that it is no uncommon thing for
young women of fashion to personally
select the underwear of their future hus-
bands. The latter probably think it wise
to submit to feminine dictation in this
matter. In one case woman of fashion,
who married a member of one of the oldest
families in New York Gan old Dutch fam
ily). purchased for her future spouse set
of dainty nightshirts of the most costly
linen, with lace openwork in front and
ruff1es on the sleeves.
The underwear selected by the bride for
her intended was entirely of silk, each suit
of different shade. The socks were also
of silk, of shades to match the undergar-
ments. Unfortunately this young woman
neglected to add mems garters to the
trousseau but bought pair of the ordinary
circular pattern. The mistake was, of
course easily corrected.
The haberdas hers shop above mentioned
is situated on Broadway. 1t deals almost
exclusively with members of the so-called
-Four Hundred" and with men of fastid-
ious taste. One of the patrons of the es-
tablishment is man known as diamond
JIM" He deserves the epithet. He wears
diamonds on almost every part or his
clothing and of his paraphernalia to which
they may easily be attached He has a
brilliant solitaire at the point Of each garter
where the rubber bands come together.
The buttons of his undergarmcnts are
each studded with a diamond lie has a
bunch of diamonds in the handle of his um-
brella, and another in the ferrule. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that his exterior
person is literally loaded with brilliant
gems. There are 700 many for good taste.
The man is opposed to storing these stones
in safe deposit vault and he has such an
abundance that he is bound to wear some
of them on parts of his wardrobe where
they are never exposed to the vulgar gaze.
Diamond Jim" is enormously wealthy,
eminently respectable and somewhat OF a
philanthropist. 1t is said that, having re-
Gently learned how to ride bicycle. he has
contemplated inserting brilliant pair OF
gems in the ends of the handles.
Diamond jim" wears pa jamas OF an ex-
tremely curious pattern. They are unlike
any others ever heard of. They are fash
ioned much after the manner of the haggv
trousers worn by the inmates OF Turkish
harem. They are extremely full and OF
the most delicate silk. The legs are deco
rated with paintings, evidently the work
of skillful artist. No two suits are OF the
same pattern. In fact, all fastidious men
seem to have horror of sleeping twice in
the same environment.
One of the favorite methods OF spending
money at this fashionable shop Is In the
purchase of bath robes and lounging suits.
There appears to be more reason in this
than in expending vast sums on garments
which are seen by none save chosen few.
The average price is about $780, but OF
course you may spend more if you insist
upon il. The prevailing colors just now
are blue and white stripes for the outside
and pale blue satin lining.
The lounging suits are to be worn only
In the house, and are more expensive than
the bathrobes. They come in suits-coat,
waistcoat and trousers-and are admirably
adapted to smoke in. One suit of a sort of
purple check which the reporter saw had
just been packed ready for shipment to an
elderly gentleman of means. It cost $40,