The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-30

very few men correctly dressed, you know.
AS soon as thing becomes popular we
discard 1t. A man can't be what | call COR
rectly attired unless the element of ex-
clusiveness enters into his garments.
In the matter of dress and business
suits everything is the rough, unfinished
surface. AS yet that is not vulgar because
it is new. The well-dressed man to-day,
you know, can be told by his rough coat
and his smooth hat. The shiny coat and
rough hat-but why speak of those kind of
people?
"Now, if you really want to see style you
want to go to Burlingame or the Country
Club and see the outing suits. dare say
great many men in this City think they
wear knlckerbockers, but that is their mis-
take. 1t is, as some Western humorists
would say, horse on them. Only a very
few people wear knickerbockers. l can
remember most all of them, think. Let
me see, there are Walter Deane and ]. G.
Agar, A. Borel, Webster Jones, Ben
Murphy, d. F. Murphy, Fred Webster, c..
R. Winslow, T. A. Franks, George A.
Pope. George Newhall, DIR. Lorini George
and Eugene Lent, Orestes Pierce, w. Pierce
Johnson, F. S. Moody, A. Page Brown,
W. II. Taylor of Oakland. w. H. Howard,
Ward McAllister Jr., Edgar Mills. w. s.
Kittle, George D. Boyd, Elliot McAllister,
Frank Carolan, viii Croker, A. b. Ford,
Marshal Bond, Captain Wainwright of the
Burllngame Club, you know, Henry
Croker, Vladimar Artsimovitch, E. l..
Griffith. W. B. Tubbs, George E. Hail. G..
w. McNear Jr., Fred McNear, II. N. Stet-
son-and-well that's nearly the list. Per-
haps there are half dozen more.
Now, these gentlemen have the real
English knlckerbocker, and they don't
wear sweaters with them, either. They
wear negligee flannel shirts and the hot
staff waistcoats. These are in very large
checks and in bright colors blue and black,
for lnstance-the waistcoats, | mean.
"How do they make the knickerbockers
Well, they're made of handmade home
spun Scotch cloth, with narrow boxcloth
bands to fasten just below the knees. They
are quite full above the knee. The patterns
are very pronounced and the colors are
olive, brown or tan. The double breasted
jacket that goes with them is made with
out lining.
you wear the Scotch homespun stock
ings with these MISUNDERSTANDING call
them golf stockings, which is very i'm
proper. In Lunnon they are worn for all
kinds of sports. These stockings are i'm
ported. They have a diamond check of
one or more colors and fancy top. which
is turned down from the middle of the box
cloth band below the knee. These Scotch
stockings-if they are the real things, you
know-are quite fashionable in our Set.
"You ought to see Will Crocker's riding
suits. They are Summers. saw pair of
his tan riding boots to-day for polo play
ing. and l really think they are superior to
anything in San Francisco. They are
very stiff and hard in the leg, but at the
ankle and just under the knee they give.
All the riding breeches, you know, are in
drabs and tan.
"By the way, there's no harm in me
telling you that the correct thing in livery
for driving is white buckskin breeches.
really think every gentleman ought to
have his servants properly attired whether
or not he is himself correctly dressed.
Black top boots with white tops go with
the breeches. ] have only seen two liveries
in this City like this yet, but can assure
you they are the correct thing.
DO you know that they are making the
swallow-tails now Of rough-faced cloth