The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-24

LONDON, Dec. 10.-If the women
dress for Easter the men dress Tor the
Holidays. A woman chooses the gaia
Sunday in April to come out in the
new clothes of the year. A man, act
ing on the manly order of doing Things
the other way, selects the last week
of the year for his new clothes.
The Prince is in London-1n spite
of his Knee and his years-the cor
rect thing; the fashion model; tne
idol of the chappies; the desire OF the
middle aged men and the envy OF the
old. When the Prince appears IN
new f1eur de lis waistcoat, all the Lon
don haberdashers get out their designs
in f1eur de lis; and the factories OF
Scotland and Ireland, where most OF
the good old English cloth is turned
out, get their orders for the Design
within a few hours.
The Prince is most generous In
these matters He does not come out
too often in a new pattern, ana ne
designed little rounding vest, whlch
he will wear Christmas week Will also
appear upon him during January ana
February; yes, and on into EasteI
week he will wear it, and no douDt next
summer you will see him with the same
waistcoat ON during the height or the
London season. The Prince has many
clothes, but he alternates them. He
loves to wear, to-day, this, and to-
morrow, that.
The latest design of the Prince is
a dice-dotted Waistcoat, which he has
worn on several recent occasions. It IS
g. pale gray cloth with four black dice
dots, inconSpicuOusly and simply con-
nected by trailing line of black The
vest is finished with a treble st1tch1ng
of black around the neck.
When driving the Prince wears a
necktie to match. It is of pale gray
he substitutes white string tie OF
satin or lawn.
Viceroy-elect Curzon, who is all the
rage now, is almost as thoroughly
copied as the Prince. He is a little
stouter than his former pictures show
him, and he dresses little better
for good dressing has never been laid
to Mr.. Curzon's door up to this time.
! At recent public occasion he appear
| ed in one of the new dress suits with
a broad, round satin collar turned over
| to form a smooth, shiny lapel His
shirt was dead white, polished and
| though it goes without saying-beau-
tifully Numbered; but there was no
! gloss upon it. His necktie was of
white satin, tied in stock fashion, per-
fectly fat and broad, suggesting just
a little the made-up bow.
The London winter overcoat is of
| heavy dark cheviot, black, very deep
| blue or invisible brown, with a prefer
| ence for the brown. CheviOt is par
| ticularly a gentleman's cloth, for, be-
ing rough, it catches lint and re-
QuireS the careful hand CT the brusher
every time it is worn. A man who
keeps no valet, hesitates at sight of
the cheviot, unless he be a LOndOner
of patience who is willing to put in ten
minutes himself doing his own brush
ing.
The double breasted Prince Albert
is worn under the cheviot which, in
turn, is worn open on mild days. The
oVercoat of the season is single breast
ed, buttoned straight down from the
chin, with four OF five large buttonss
When thrown back a large boutOnniere
is worn over this as the sign that it
is a pleasant day and the Londoner
is out enjoying himself. Upon the lapel
of the Prince Albert another bouton-
Mere is worn; and this sign goes to
show that the LOndoner is very gay
indeed.
The very up-to-date Prince Albert
is double breasted with two rows of
buttons, four buttons each. The coat
reaches almost to the knees and is
three inches shorter than the over
coat. Its color is a dense. beautiful
black.
becoming to them are having these
frock coats made in all colors. One
worn by the Earl of Stanford was of
pale gray, made to order, of course
with trousers to match. The buttons
were smoked pearl that almost match
ed the cloth.
The Duke of Marlborough, who is
a very correct dresser, wears a frock
coat of snuff brown under an overcoat
of black cheviot.
The London silk hat is high and
bell. The bell gives it the appearance
of being a little low, but on actual
measurement it is higher than last
season. It's brim is broader, but more