Evening star., 1896-02-29

y ters, but. perhaps, her
environment had great deal to do with
her declaration. She lives and moves in the
domain of dress and breathes the atmos-
phere of fashion. and while she will pre-
serve the outward respect for the solemn
season of fasting and prayer. and will
sedulolsly regard its forms to the extent
of going regularly to service-at the fash
icnable church, of course-and carry her
prayerbook and hymnal with devotion and
the certainty that every one will see them,
she will yet give the moments between
time to the earnest consideration of the
spring styles. The postman will bring to
her door little packages of samples of new
goods, the fashion journals will arrive and
be eagerly pored over. and along about mi
careme she will begin consultations with
her modiste, and with the Easter time she
will burst forth resplendent as the Easter
sun.
What the Men Will Do.
1t is not the intention of the writer, how
ever, to indulge in a dissertation upon
what she will decide upon during this
period of piety. 1t would lead to such an
amount of bawilderment that no one could
find way out of the mazes. 1t is more
satisfactory and remunerative to indulge
In speculation about what the will be
doing at the same time, because the sterner
sex is nearly as much addicted to style and
fashion as its fair opposite. The men may
not lose as much sleep and temper over the
subject as the women, but they are none
the less anxious to be properly attired. So
The Evening Star will help them solve the
spring problem by giving few hints about
whats going to be what"
Ready-Made Clothes in the STYLES.
toll tl.n;-
with material for these creations and
glance at the stocks shows that there will
be more light colors worn this spring than
fer many previous seasons, while in plaids
and stripes abricS are shown that are in
some instances almost equal to fog horns.
The same styles and the same materials
which tha well-to-do viii secure from their
taIiors Will be also procurable by the less
aiiiuent from the merchants who deal in
Erst-claSs ready-made Clothes. For an in
yestigator of such things the wonder ever
grows at the remarkable manner in which
the best grades of ready-made clothing keep
abreast of the prevailing styles which fash
Ion DEGREES for its votaries. The manu-
1acturers of these garments have their
agents everywhere, who are men of con-
snmmate Judgment and great foresight
Ihey are the first TO. see the signs of the
coming styles. and prepare themselves ac-
cordlngiy. and so it is possible for any man
with the necessary money who sees a suit
upon some more fortunate brother who is
supposed to help to set the STYLES to visit
some hrst-claass ready-made clothing house
ard get suit identical with the other to
al apparent intents and purposes.
One-Button Getaway Frock,
an The one-button cutaway
A frock suit will be popular
for business men who are
broad of shoulder and
@NN generous in girth. The
N MN illustration of this style
ri {N gives an excellent idea of
/. ] ! ! .
III Ny its general effect. The
IsA L VA materials most favored
IN y IN MisI Will be cheviots and
+SANS m M tweeds, in grays, blacks
II 1NiF and blues 1t will be no.
III VIII tlccd that the trousers
IN WIN are of the ''peg-top" va
H0 H N rety. full in the leg and
W All iT small al the ankle. Their
III M width at the knee will
- IN De 1s11 inches. and at the
IIEf foot 161a to IL
IjVf This innovation in the
~ size of trouser legs will
probably be followed to
greater extent later on until the style will
become even more CONSTRUCTED in diuen
sions To the man with delicate feet 1t