Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
CORRECT SUMNER ATTIRE
Proper Articles of Dress for Men During the
Heated Term.
Suits VIII De Blue-Shirts and Neck
wear Will Not BE sLoud--Russct
Shoes Continue I'm Favor.
Fro m Harper's Bazaar.

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Summer was so long in coming that 1t
seemed as IL tweeds and overcoats would
be the fashion we'll into July. Tailors and
haberdashers and matters were in despair.
Bolts Of cloths were uncut, and the show
windows were filled with shirt materials,
summer ties and straw hats, but orders
were few. Now that summer has set in
and the watering places are in the glory OF
their season. one can begin to judge what
men are wearing-quite different thing
! from that which the shopkeepers would
like them to wear
Blue Suits Arc in Favor
There has been a reaction in favor of the
blue serge suit. This year they are most
popular. In cut there is much variation
The sack coat is either four button or three
button. with a roll collar made very much
like the Tuxedo or dinner jacket. Again
the double-breasted REFER of either rough
cheviot or smooth blue cloth is very much
worn. With white duck trousers this coat
gives man nautical air, which Is quite
! Fetching at the seaside. Rough cheviots
make excellent and very smart sack SUITS
and some men having their coats in
this material-the favorite colors being blue
and black-made into short three-buttoned
getaways. The blues are worn as business
or morning suits, and the black coats seem
~ the question afternoon dress IN
spring and summer. and to prove formida-
!, bic rivals to the frock, which is not an
agreeable garment in the warm season.
A material for sack or business suits
Thlch mas come into great favor IS a thin
rough cheviot of very dark blue or even
lack, with stripes of lighter blue These
suits resemble somewhat the older-fash-
Toned ones, still seen in cheap clothiers'
windows. of black with thin white stripes
The new material, however, is heavier and
for stout and short men the pattern is use
ful In making them at least look taller and
thinner.
Shirts Are Not "BriIIfant."
In shirts the very brilliant hues have
been put aside, and the blues, the lavenders
and not too vivid pinks are the most worn
Solid colors have the preference over pat
terms, although white stripes are still ia
vorites Even for the warmest weather linen
is more in form than either Madras or pom
gee SILK. One sees fewer brown shirts
worn, and the semi-neglige, with great
mother-of-pearl buttons, has been reiegated
10 the bargain counters. So active has
been the competition among the manufac-
turerS that today very excellent ready
made shirts are being turned out and Of
Tered for sale at very low prices. These
are well made, with narrow cuffs and two
TO three button holes-either number now
being fashionable. Colored shirts with de-
tached cuffs will never be in the wardrobe
OF any well-dreSsei man. Detached collars
are permitted, but false" cuffs never. 1t
Is needless to state that all .colored shirts,
except iannelS, have cuffs of the same
material, and white collars. The collar in
vogue this summer is the ali-around turned
down. There are numerous variations of
these. many of which are excellent In
buying or having collars made, be careful
as to the quality of the linen, and see that
1t Is of medium thickness. Do not have
the wings SLOPE but that they are
almost rectangular. The straight standing
collar Is worn with evening and semi-even-
ing dress, and its height is undiminished.
Collars with turned down wings at the col
lar button, otherwise standing, are not as
high, and for men with short necks are
comfortable and seemly.
The hannel shirts especially those Of tar
tan and plaid patterns, has come into
fashion Tor travelling and midsummer ex-
IRENE neglige. One must have with these
white linen collars and cuffs. The collars
are usually detached and in this one in
stance, where there is some uncertainty as
TO good laundry work, the detached cuff
may be permitted. There is a raiscn detre
for it.
No Change in Neckwear.
In ties there Is absolutely little change in
fashion, shape, or in effects. One may
wear those OF last summer, If yet fresh,
ard be quite up to date. Shopkeapers are
pushing the hunting Ascot or stock-the
latter a misnomer-and have christened it
the golf and bicycle tie. The Madras
and liEen Ascots attached to a white Mad
ras band, to button around the neck, like
a Roman collar, are certainly neat, and
with neglige shirt have good effect. but
they lack GOODNESS. The club tie, square,
an inch in width, to be adjusted by ones
self in a plain neat bow, will remain the
favorite neckwear of the season. Foulards
in the Old inevitable dark blues, reds,
greens and black, with the familiar polka
cot or diamond, crescent, crescent and
star, leaf, or flower patterns univer-
sally worn. The designs numerous, and
the combinations all artistic and in excel
lent taste. Cotton linen and Ma iras lies
VIII also be worn, but the foulards arc al
ways i'll good form, and it is difficult TO find
a substitute for them. There are a few
novelties in ties. One is in pattern only-a
dark blue, green, or biaci: ground. with
large poika-dots of Two contrasting sha les.
Thus white and light blue on a darker
ground Again the London ha5er,lashars
have sent to this country large consign-
nients of yiolet-purple and brick-lust red,
but there are not many bold spirits who
have ventured to adopt them.
With the Tuxedo. which will be worn n
great deal this summer, especially at hotel
ana watering-place hops, the black silk or
satin ties are smaller, and quite square in
shape. Although supposed authority has
been quoted to support the theory. it will
never be good form TO wear a white waist
coat and white tie with Tuxedo. Some
fearful sins against the canons of good
taste and form have been committed re-