The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-03

New York, March 3f-A tendency
that grows with every year is to allow
men more and more variety in their
choice Of dress, especially at this sea-
son. For man, as we'll as women, Eas-
ter is now recognized as beginning a
period when new and gorgeous hues
may make their appearance. To be
sure he is and must always remain a
lcnS way behind his sisters in this re-
spect, but the young man who follows
London or even New York, in selecting
his spring outfit viii be permitted a
range of colors that would put to shame
Jcseph's celebrated attire.
AS TO UNDERWEAR AND SHIRTS.
To begin at the beginning, which is
underwear. The kind that the fastidi-
Gus young man viii wear this spring is
dark in color, seal brown or blue. with
fine horizontal line of white or green
or dull red. Its material will be gov
erned by his means, and may be any
thing from fine cotton to silk
The individual who designs hosiery
has let his fancy run free, and there is a
bewildering array of checks, stripes
and dots in every possible combination.
Some men insist on clinging to plain
and modest black, and their taste can
never be called in question. Still, there
is no reason why a man should not in
dulge his artistic taste in the selection
OF hose, if he viii do it in moderation. A
good rule to follow is never to wear
hosiery that Will compel the gaze, if
by chance it becomes exposed to view.
With a woman it may be different, but
a mans lower eXtremities are seldom
so pleasing to the eye that he can af-
ford TO call attention to them.
In shirts the greatest range of color
is allowed. Last season London set the
hold 10 of Il fr~sle- inc
stripes running across the bosom, and
the fashionable shirtmakerS are show
ing cloths of similar design this spring.
But the prison stripe has taken in this
country only with the sporting frater-
nifty, faddists, and men who order their
shirts by the dozen. The modest man
still prefers a lengthwise stripe of blue
red or heliotrope, in which plenty of
variety of patterns can be found.
In selecting a spring suit a man
should be governed somewhat by con-
sideration of the extent of his wardrobe
If it is limited, and he is under the ne
cessity of wearing the same suit several
days in the week, he would do well to
avoid certain patterns. which, though
attractive in themselves, become promi-
nent by too frequent wearing. 1t is in
convenient for a man if his friends and
fellow citizens can always identify him
by his clothes.
THE COMING SPRING SUIT.
The prevailing shades for business
suits are brown and gray, which are
to be had in close checks, loose checks
and plain mixtures.
They come in both rough and smooth
finish, but in the lighter cloths intended
for summer wear smooth goods seem
to be reasserting their supremacy. The
sack suit should be made up with three
buttons, and only the two lower side
pockets. The little change pocket has
followed the upper breast pocket into
Oblivion. Coats are cut to medium
length, not quite as abbreviated as last
year.
A novelty that some of the extremists
have adopted for sack and cutaway
suits is a rough Scotch cloth, known as
heather. which feels as coarse as
bran bag. 1t is seen in loose checks of
striking dimensions, for it is a London
invention. They will probably last no
more than month or two.
Another new thing which was fore
Swallowed last fall consists of indistinct
stripes. perhaps a quarter or half-inch
wide. In this combination there should
be no contrast, and the nearer the two
shades approximate the better.
The blacks with very thin red or
white lines. that were worn last fall, /.
are distinctly out of date, but the stripe !
effect can be had in plain black by
means of fine rib. It produces a neat {
effect when made up in French wor-
steds. But the rib should not be too 4
pronounced.
The cutaway, as a semi-dress gar