The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
NECKTIES.
A Haberdnsher'a Criticism ON the Ties 0he
Buss and the Way She ArranEes Them.

A Haberdnsher'a Criticism ON the Ties She
Buys and the Way She ArranEes Them.
The nccktie Of the average woman 10 likely to
distress her male friends under all circum-
stances. though the reign Of the shirt waist has
accustomed men to its vaRaries. There is In
particular one fashion which win be long in
getting o word of commentator from any
man. That is the wearing OF the large. fat.
| ready.madc~p lastron ncckties which a long time
ago went out of fashion for men.
"Whon they were worn several years ago."
said a man who feels deeply on tho subject,
their edges never showed under q wais coat
and they were partly concealed. But a woman
with ono of these scarfs on, with nothing to
cover it up, while it flaps In the breeze as she
walks. 10 q sight to move a man to tears. The
fashion has been o godscnd to the haberdashers,
who as soon as the women began to wear these
things had only to unpack the old stock that
The women bought the ties, with avid!ty. and
tho result was tho painful sight of women
wearing old-fashioned scarfs intended 10
There we're grounds FOR hoping that they would
disappear from view when the winter months
in a permanent winter form will make the flap
pins tic y reality for several months to come.
time yet. Just think of hav ng it continue all
next sumInor! The only mitigation OF the pres
emit situation is the fact that in winter. women
wear Jackets over their cloth shirt waists, and
that improves The look OF the ties SO long as the
women are out of doors. But inside the house
the old necktics still cover two.thirds Of their
bodies and flap back and forth as they walk
There are women who can tie u scarf as we'll
as u man, but there arc not many OF them. Tho
same quality which makes them poor judges Of
the kind OF neckties TO buy prevents them from
tying them well. Women select u necktie for a
man either because its color seems beautiful to
them or its quality good. These consid erations
neck wear n. and a man realizes "a this When a
woman buys him a pink crepe de Chine scarf
merely because The shade Of PINK - per,
effort after tho general effect that they make
rather than tho wcll.tied scarf; In most cases
they wear their lies too long. Their necks are
smaller Than mon's, but. nevertheless. they buy
men, sizes in neckiies. which always results In
q painful superiority of scarf. The ready-made
ties which they wore last summer. SO much to
the distress OF the men who saw them, got their
first vogue with women because they were al
Think that oil women had better get ready
e @aae i Issre a srld too an few Tp' of Iht ha0 %ho sa se mpe;
arrange ,brrn a tie properly y,bo sith0 %Ea d ! %lil ad nj
ought to look at tho picture OF Maude Adams
aat scarf is tied. John Drew could notdo better
course. be slammed by al men who make
SSny pretencs 70 s..t O9 'hiG, well dresssa'
They cannot be made to understand how much
depends on the attention TO small detaiis. and
inch shorter Y something they can never apprre-
ciate. Tho stiffness and necessary ~primness OF n
WelI tied scarf IS another tnins Whlch never
comes into their minds Us Of any particular i'm.
portance. They will labor oyer a ribbon bow
TO make 1t meet their ideas. But they never
take 80 much time when " is a mans tie, he-
cause they do not appreciate the differences
which look realistic and hook in tho
back suit them better, Nowadays these are put
tloy had mol Deen tied by The wearer.. They can
b. Fad In Ascot scarfs, tour.in.hands. and the
narrower ties. But 1 think that some man
ought to go along with a woman even To pick
out these. II possible she will get one that
hasn't the least resemblance 10 Tho right Kind
of tie. Masculine ncckwear, whether IL Is for
herself or somebody else, il ono point on which
romans judgment will go astray II 1t possibly
can"