The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-17

lars week can afford to buy. Just at
present all OF our styles for everyday
wear are sensible. A man needn't wear
Jewelry or expensive waistcoats or fam
cy Shirts If he does, he simply shows
that he is lacking in taste. The same
thing is true of women's dress. The
shirt waist costume Is simple and in
expensive, and yet 1t makes every wom-
an look like blooming summer beauty.
Why, IL woman were queen she
couldn't devise any costume more beau
tiful and appropriate"
Mr. Sanford spoke with enthusiasm.
"The trouble is" he said, "that peo-
pie put too many ornaments on them
selves. A man with tweed suit, a sin
gle watch chain and plain bow neck
tie is n swell. But when he gets red
shoes with blue tops, striped trousers,
checked coat and vest, pink shirt, red
necktie and white hat with n black
band around it, why, he's monstrosity.
And, besides, his clothes cost him twice
what he should pay.
"You know hundred years ago the
people of wealth and position wore the
fancy costumes, and the poor people Of
the servant class had to dress plainly.
How is it to-day? l board in house
right across from a swell family out on
the South side. The other morning
saw the girl come out. She wore a
sailor hat, light shirt waist, plain
belt, cloth skirt and English walking
shoes. No frills, no ornaments of any
kind, understand, but she looked like
an empress. In little while saw the
maid servant come out, and, say, she
had hat foot high, with bushel of
flowers on it, and more jewelry and
ribbons and truck than you could get
into n show window. It's the same
way with the men. A fellow who's
really swell hasn't any jewelry on him.
He carries plain bamboo stick and a
pair of gloves, maybe, and the only
color in his makeup will be his cravat
or his hatband. Then you'll see some
race-track tout come along with sill
ver-headed cane, n speckled vest, a dia-
mond pin in n flannel shirt, four or five
loops of a watch chain with big charm
on il. and pair of shoes that you would
use for cracking ice. Now, it wouldn't
cost that fellow half as much for clothes
| if he would initiate the swell, but, you
see. he thinks he has to decorate him
| self in order to impress people. l can
take nine-tenths of the men who are
walking the streets to-day in tailor
made clothes, lead them into depart
ment store or ready-made clothing
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appear better dressed than they are
now. \ man can't make himself well
dressed by paying large prices. It's all
in the selection of clothes and the avoid
ing of contrasts. For instance, a man
can wear light soft hat if his suit is of
one uniform color, but if he has Il light
hat of one shade, light pair Of trousers
Of another shade and fancy necktie
contrasting with both of these shades,
then the man is dressed like jay. 1
make ii rule never to wear more than
one loud or fancy article. If man has
n quiet hat and subdued suit of clothes
he can wear gay cravat, and it will
look all right. If he has dark coat
and dark pair of trousers he can wear
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trousers then he looks like bunko
man."
Mr.. Sanford was reminded by one of
the awed listeners that the show win
dows were full of the gayest and fan
ciest patterns of shirts and cravats.
'Why are they put on the market If
they're not the real style?" he was
asked.
They are the style-if used in mod
Grafton" he replied. NEARLY all of
our styles in fancy shirts, cravats, golf
stockings and the like are borrowed
from the English. These rainbow
clothes are intended for outing wear.
\ man who goes boating or wheeling
or who plays golf has right to wear
these loud clothes. They are really uni
forms, the same as our baseball uni
forms. But the trouble is that about
half of the young men in Chicago have
bought these peacock shirts and cravats
and are wearing them during business
hours. The result is-well, you can
see for yourself. They have come in
with an epidemic of loud hats and yell
low shoes, and the whole effect is some
thing horrible"
Mr.. Sanford spoke with much ear
nestness, and one of the listeners, who
happened to be wearing a notified blue
rSady-made tie against BACKGROUND of
red and black shirt, turned up his coat
collar and changed the topic of CONVEX
sation by asking the result of the ball
game.-Chicago Record.