The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
Styles for Men.


Men who cannot afford 10 discard their
white waistcoats after wearing them once
! or twice must remember to order that nc
| starch is to be put on them, and if even.
ing ties must be laundried no starch
should be brought in contact with them
and care should be taken never to wear
clothing which has just be cleaned with
| benzine, the odor being unpleasant to
most people.
This season all evening coats have
notched collars, the shawl and roll ones
being entirely out of date. Pumps on be-
ing removed should always be rubbed
with piece of flannel on which there is
some vaseline or melton cream. Pumps
and patent leather boots so treated will
last twice as long as those which are neg.
| lected.
am happy to state that russell shoes
ana boots with imitation mother-of- pearl
buttons have never been in fashion in this
country.
quite true is it that nothing so quickly
stamps man as not Sin it. as the wearing
| OF made necKtie"-that Is, one that's not
| settled.
Recently some one wrote to an Eastern
| paper requesting information concerning
| who pays the bills incurred by a weddin e.
| Ibis reply will doubtless prove satisfac-
Tory 10 several who have asked me the
same question::
| Inc bride pays her expenses and
.nose OF her attendants. The groom pays
MS expenses and those of his attendants.
All the expenses OF wedding fall upon
the parents OF bride-the church. the
J music, the wedding reception, the invita-
lions, the flowers at the house and the
collation.. If the bride gives souvenirs 10
her bridesmaids she pays for them. She,
o. course, does not give souvenirs to the
ushers. Inc bridegroom gives these and
pays ior them. The only flowers that the
bridegroom pays for are bouquets for the
bride and bridesmaids and boutonnieres
for the ushers. He also fees the clergy
men and he pays for the carriages
used to bring the ushers to the church.
The moment he is married. however, he
assumes the expenses of married life and
| he pays for the carriage in which he goes
| away with his bride. He has literally
| nothing to do with the wedding except to
be on hand to receive the bride when she
walks up to the altar. If he has ushers
and wants to give them souvenirs or a
bachelor thinner that is his affair. OF
course the bride has nothing to do with
that
If man has a crest he should wear
plain gold die-sunk signe. ring on the
little finger of the right hand.
The watch chains now in vogue consist
OF a very small gold-link chain, worn d.
rec,ly across the waistcoat from one side
pocket to the other. passing through the
chain-hole in the middle, which is be-
tween the button-ho es of the waistcoat
and is a vertical slit. Some men have the
chain pass from the watch-pocket through
| this hole and from there it is allowed to
| hang down under the waistcoat, the idea
being to show only as much of the chain
as is necessary. 1.-The chain is thus worn
| with the evening, frock and cutaway
| coats"
| When scarfpins are worn with four-in-
hand they are placed just below the knot
in the middle A plain pin should be
worn with morning or business suits, for
the afternoon the pin may consist of sew
eral or single jewel. A single pearl may
be worn at any time.
For walking gloves light tan and red
dish shades are correct. c. G.