The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

class bootmaker.
Light trousers worn with a dark gray
sackcoat produce rather a neglige effect.
Ushers at wedding should wear gloves
OF either pearl or white kid which match
exactly those worn by the groom, but it
Is not necessary that his should be the
same as those worn by the bride.
All the very latest tweeds from Scotland
are mixtures of green and fawn color, and
green is in evidence in all tweeds.
:, Men who do not leave the City during
the summer should wear lounge suits
until dinnertime. Tan shoes, straw hat
and colored shirt with white collar
haze SO long been in fashion that it is pre-
dicted they will shortly be banished.
However, the question arises, What will
take their place? Perhaps the bootmakers
have surprise in store for US.
Not few of our beaux will spend much
OF the summer arrayed in knickers and golf
toggery.
Men in mourning when in evening dress
wear ties of black silk, not black satin
ones.
When driving four-in-hand a man is
always supposed to wear afternoon dress
hat-lt is perfectly allowable to wear in
stead gray driving coat with large but
tons and top hat.
For tennis, trousers of white duck or
hannel are worn with a sackcoat. Madras
or silk shirts are in good style. The daz-
zlingly bright blazer has vanished. let us
trust, forever, as / can distinctly remem-
Der, when 1t first was in vogue, the appall-
ing figure presented by a youthful New
Yorker when arrayed in one having
stripes of orange and black.
Men who have grooms should see to it
that they do not wear jewelry, it is such
bad form, and when servants are put into
liveries it is certainly worth while to have
them correct, otherwise those whom you
most desire to impress favorably will be
highly amused instead.
The New Yorker continues to regard q
display of watch chain and seals as vulgar,
so | admonish you to keep them out of
sight.
Him" announces that he has read in
an English fashion journal "that apple
green silk waistcoats with white spots and
vivid green tweeds have been exhibited"
Fortunately for us many things are ex-
hibited which are never even given a
passing thought by the men who set the
fashions, and such will in all likelihood be
the fate of those waistcoats; however,
there certainly is a decided tendency to
brighten up our somber garments.
Toilet articles in tortoise-shell or ebon-
lied wood with gold monogram or crests
being really suitable for women only. This
reminds me of how horribly unsuitable
turquoise ring looked on a mans finger
whom met few days ago.
When preparing for summer, it would
be well to glance over the following list
given by Vogue:
ORDINARY OCCASIONS.
Morning-For casino, beach or walkine-A
lounge suit, cut short and almost square be-
hind, all one material, cheviot, tweed or
Scotch mixtures. Morning suit A modi-
fed lounge, all one material, black cheviot,
Afternoon-For garden parties, driving, in
formal recept1ons.-Frock coat; material, vi
cuna; color. brown, gray or black; Fancy
brown, gray or striped. Top hat. A less formal
suit. Morning suit, as above, with new cut
away away coat; material eheviots, vicunas; color,
dark brown or gray, Straw hat
Evenlng-Informal.-Ja coat. Suit all
one material, smooth vicuna; color, black.
Black tie. Straw or derby hat. Formal.-White
waistcoat single or double breasted. Trousers
and coat all one material Smooth yicuna,
black. White tie. High or crash hat. Inver-
ness cape coat.
SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
Travelling: By sea-Lounge suit, tan shoes
and HON bourg hat or cap; Madras shirt. By
rail-Same dress, colored shirt Short Jour-
neys Sack lounge suit, covert coat, bag,
walking-stick, umbrella.
Yachtlng-Blue flannel for morning, and
same dress as on shore for dinner and evening.
Golfng: For field = Material, tweed; no
waistcoat; jacket and knickers snd cap all one
material; leggins. For clubhouse-The club
uniform is formal dress on ali occasions in the
afternoon or evening.
TenHis-White duck trousers. white Madras
shirt; white flannel coat, plain or finely striped
Bathing-Ocean, two-plece suits, all one
trousers just to the knees; house, bath-robes
Cycling-Same as golf, but no spats or Leg
gins.
Riding-For afternoons, short black yicuna
cutaWay coat, long trousers strapped under the
shoes, top hat gloves; for morning, whipcord
breeches, coat of same, fancy waistcoat, brown
derby hat, boots or leggins, dark gloves.
Driving-Afternoon dress. frock coat, top hat,
light trousers, light dogsKin cape gloves or
Q. gray driving coat with large buttons, top hat,
light gloves. &C.