Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-02

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New York, March 27.-To Mrs. J.
Rodney -Clayton-Dear Louise: Spring
is very tickle lady and you can never
| quite depend upon her until the middle
of April. Little peeps of her are seen
now and then in bewildering array
of bright colored organdios bengalines,
mulls, gay lowered silks, wreaths of
roses and violets, suggesting the girlish
| head, and an endless variety OF straws
OF brilliant hues But second look
at the shop windows shows us quite
| plainly that all the vanity of Easter is
not the exclusive right of the fair sex.
Every woman interested in the frivo.
lous subject of gowns and bonnets for
| this festive season has husband, a
brother, or father, or, maybe sweet
heart, Just as deeply engrossed in
spring clothes.
Clothes for work, clothes for play,
clothes for state, clothes for neglige,
clothes of every kind except old clothes,
of which no right minded person wants
to hear at Easter.
The changes in mems apparel are by
no means so sudden and pronounced
as in women's, but they are more
subtle.
To begin with. the dress suit. There
is no special difference this year. The
ordinary cloth collar, with a silk or
satin lapel, is the best style, in spite
OF the fact some ultra men tried to in
| troduce the velvet collar. Dress coats
are being made very short. waisted.
White waistcoats are invariably worn,
being double breasted. A single braid
| is worn down the trousers leg.
But the frock coat. my dear! That
Ia the coat like. A man, to my think
ing, never looks so well as when at
tired in good-cut, wellfitting frock
coat But it is a coat that must, OF
necessity, be built by good tailor.
In London, they tell me, the John
nies" wear nothing else These coats
are made very tight in front, but do
not flare as much in the skirt as
formerly.
The long.tailed cutaway is decidedly
being given the cold shoulder by men
OF good style. 1t is worn much Bhorter
and depends on the fit and the way the
front OF the tails lie for lis style.
Men can never get on without the
always fashionable sack coat. 1t ia
made, as usual, with three buttons,
showing a considerable amount Of short
bosom and fitting closely to the figure.
The rough, fuzzy materials remain
au fait for this coat, but have become
passe for dress suits or fiock coats.
The atutfs now used are smooth, but
not shiny. The double breasted sack
coat, made without lining and worn
without waistcoat, will bu in vogue
for summer.
The Tuxedo coat is now made with a
pointed lapel, instead of the rolling
collar of old, and is quite the fad for a
summer dress coat for semi ceremonial
affairs.
Nothing seems too loud or bizarre for
the horsey or golfing man this season.
But, my DEAR man is never well
dressed, be his trousers and coat ever
so fine, unless his tie and collar are "the
thing" 1t is impossible to lay down
any rule for collars, each man must
drcss his neck as best becomes him.
Tho high dudes collar is still au fait
on long throated fellows, but the stand
up turnover collar has come to stay.
As for the tie, it is now bad form to
wear large folding tie with joweled
pin, except on state occasions. The
bow knot tie of many colors, made to
look as much aH possible like the wings
Of butterfly, is the favored tie to- day.
These ties should match tho shirt in its
principal color. The soft bosom shirt
il tho proper neglige one this year, the
little pait5 of last season being entirely
abandoned. Wash silk shirts, with the
linen collar and cuffs are the fad of the
hour of London swells and will be seen
at Newport this season.
And now, my deaf, | am sure l have
spent all my spare space telling you
what | have seon in the best shops and
haberdashers for that dear husband of
yours, and | must wait until next week
I N fpI Faf Il
things for your dearsef. Yours fonclly,
Betsy Knickerbocker.
WHISPERS TO THE sTERNER SEX.
The best English patterns for cut
away coats show all kinds of checks
and plaids, which invariably will cap-
tivate tho heart of the dressy young
man.
Tho bell CT, wn style of hat had
short life. Tho fashion this spring is
an almost perfectly straight crown and
very moderate brim. The not hats fol-
low the same rule.
The tooth pick pointed shoe is very
bad form. The London boot makers,
who are world renowned, insist upon a
wide capacity for the toes of their Gus.
toners. So the best form, this sum-
mer, will be sensible round toe for
your boot
The tan colored shoe will be more
popular than ever. Laced boots and
Oxford tics are in good style, made of
this dark ian leather, but buttoned
boot of tan is in very bad form.
For evening wear there is nothing
smarter than the patent leather pump,
with black silk sock.
There is no part of gentleman's at
tire which more truly announces the
well groomed man than his boots and
shoes.
The style for straw hats, this sum.
mer, will repudiate the large brims of
last year and come back TO much
smaller brims. Bright colnred ribbons
will be the style for young men, and
who has not many club colors to select
from.
The au fait glove for this spring will
be the. light gauts de suede, in pearl
gray colors.
The fashionable walking stick is an
ordinary stick without ornamentation
OF any kind.
No jewolry is worn by the best dressed
men IN summer, unless it be ring.
SUITS OF linen crash will be popular