The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
FASHION FOR MEN.


 Styles.
 Beau Brummel missed a great deal by dying too soon, Had he lived until this year of grace he would have been able to please his fastidious fancy with q greater variety of attire than was ever dreamed of in his day, for 1t is generally conceded that the year 1897 presents the most tasteful and artistic garments for mems wear that have Vet been devised by the makers of fashions. But then there were no bicycles in Beau BrummePs time, and an eminent authority on the subject of dress says that the wheel is primarily responsible for the populariZation of comfortable clothing for business wear, and that never before were suits for day dress so conspicuously different | from suits for any other purpose. To begin with, the single breasted sack coat is to be the thing for every man who wants to dress we'll and comfort ably, and the style that promises to be 1 the most popular will be the three button cutaway showing just an edge of the vest below the lowest button. | There will be a center seam in the back unless the material is of light texture or a large plaid. The short collar of last year is to be superseded by long col- l lar, with the notch widths of from 13s to 11a inches. The roll will be about six inches long. There will be no out side breast pocket and the side pockets and ticket pocket will have flaps to go in or out,
 J,1.,, IOr,1 1,,sao aI sack will, as rule, be made from cney- iots in stripes, checks, plaids or their combinations; but plain dark cheviots for the coat and vest and fancy material for the trousers or the cheviot for the coat and trousers and fancy vesting for the vest, will be the most tasteful For midsummer wear plain serges, thin homespuns and white fan nels will be the favorites. The coat will average 301a inches in length, and will be the same in the back as the cut away. The collar will be extremely long and will be from 1& to ? inches wide; the lapels will be moderately peaked, and will be run from PA to 21a inches wide; the buttons will be from 51b to 6 inches from the edge; the pock- cts (there will be none on the breasD will have flaps to go in or out; the edges will be double-stitched ss inch wide, and the sleeve finish will be three button vent, or 8 seWed on cuff closed with three buttons. The covert coat and four-button cutaWay sack suit is to be one of the fashionable fancies of the season. The suit will be of plaid cheviot and the covert coat half box in style and from 33 to 34 inches long. The back is to be wider at the waist and there will be no underarm cut The trousers will not differ materially from the present style, except that they will approach more closely the "peg top" patterns, and Will be a little more tightly fitting.
 For summer white flannel will be in vogue again, and it Is needless to say that it will be natty and decidedly comfortable material for wear in warm weather. Its weight will be but few ounces. The coat will be built on the skeleton principle, with a long collar notch widths of IA inches and a roll o1 five. The fronts will be cut away anc well rounded to the bottom. The edges of the coat are to be single stitched and the pockets will be patched on | The vest for this suit may be double or single breasted, according to the fancy of the wearer. The white fan mel suit of this style may be worn bJ } men of any age, and will be becoming } to almost any figure. As to the frocl
 coat, the styles for '97 will be gracefu and handsome. You may have you , choice in three styles, the closely but < toned, double breasted, the single , breasted soft roll, worn open, and thu , single breasted buttoned coat, showing , the least trifle of vest. The double
 breasted frock suit should be vican; :, for the coat and a striped worsted fo the trousers. The coat lapels in tn I artistic coat of this style are wei peaked and 21a inches wide at the top , and the center buttonhole about l1 I inch lower than midway between tn . top and the bolton ones, to give lengtl
 to the roll; the silk extends to the but
 tonholes; the edges are prick stitched :, the skirts are moderately full at tn , bottom, and the sleeve finish is thre button vent or a sewed-on three-but | ton cuff.
 II you ldHCy du open Coot -tCShiiASaii . the three-button cutaway frock-yo Il will order a plain worsted for the coa
 and trousers. To be de riguer the low !, est button should be from to 315 inch
 es above the waist seam, and the sleev s finish should be a sewed-on cuff wit
 three buttons or a three-button vent The vest may be of any sort fanc, [ vestng. This will make an eXceedingl handsome suit, and well adapted fo
 slender figures. The buttoned singl - | breasted coat will be on the sam = general plan, with prick stitched edges T The vest should be single breaste . open from 1i1s to 15 inches, and it . average length 25ta inches. It shoul |, close with five buttons and have ( notched collar of ample width
 y The man whose caprice runs to fanc
 vests has wonderful array from whic Q to select-greater, indeed. than th ? dandies of the revolutionary period 9 who spent more time over the fit an 2 material of their long waistcoats tha |, ] tbey did OVer anv other mart of thpi