The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-25
MIDSUMMER STYLES FOR MEN
STRENUOUS EFFORTS MADE no
FORCE THE BROWN STRAW
BOWLER.

Smart Little Sailors of japanese
Struggling With the Gray AIoina
for Supremacy-French Bathinr
Clothes That Deserve to Win r.,
vOr From Conservative Men-uo,,
High TO Wear a Hot weather Col
| lara New White stock That Is
Distinctly Fashionable.
New York, June 23.-For the dog 4a,.,
and iounging at home loose silk coats aro
| beyond all dispute the coolest and the mo-,
presentable negigee jackets possible. Rib-
bed Japanese silk, that will wash like
teacup, makes a coat that is wondrousr,
| comfortable when the thermometer is es
tablishing a record every minute Tbas.
coats are made up on this side of The
water or come from the hands of Japanasa
tailor taught the art Of them by English
men out i'll the East. who give a deaI ~
attention to dressing with reference 70
the climate. The silks they are cut from
are usually in light summary tint and The
shape of the garment is that of the lonr-
tried and never found wanting blazer
French Bathing Clothes.
Last season a manufacturer bethongh.
himself seriously of the incongruous am
pearance of his sex on the fashionaaa
beaches. and tried to push suit made ~
a stiff green and white striped goods thor
more nearly resembled bed ticking than
anything else in quality and no man couId
justifably bring himself to the point NJ
wearing it. At one or two places this
season have been seen what ara caI1oI
worth adoption. F0-''''
The elastic dark blue breaches ara MT
at the knee DV rough
like those of the eighteenth century. roll
up over the knee and curl back 10 cover
the elastic circles necessary for keenina
them in place. Some distance below the hips
falls tunic of rough dark blue flanna
short sleeVed, with a smallish collar roll
ing away from a vest of stripes and held
at Its point by white sailors necktie
ms tunlc may or may not be worn with
a broad flannel belt, and it surely deserves
no oe De t iHItroquGed at every sea beach where
The Brown Straw bowler.
The straw hat season came in without a
flourish and few novelties Over i'm Eng
Iand they nave been trying TO introduce a
f eroWn straw straw bowler" as the Britisher
er Is far cooler than the flat sailor with
its nearly alright crown, to which wa
GGlng on this, side, and perhaps; If the
Prince of Wales would consent TO crown
his royal head with comfortable dome OF
cigar colored straw, men on two sides Of
the Atlantic would follow his cue.
nshlng, cycling, driving contingent of the
male population seem to prefer their very
lightweight pearl gray Alpines, to the new
smart Japanese cane sailors that seem the
one venture the manufacturers have al
tempted in deviation from the conventional
tough yellow skimmng dish affair.
Many or the straw hats have their
crown belts of black grossgrained silk
drawn al the side through perfectly fiat
black enamel slides, and a considerable
showing has been made of the blue band
ed cream StraWG and sba
exactly like the German fiat cap. The
crowns of these last are done out of
cream flannel, the broad vanished visor
comes well over the eyes, but such a COW
ering IS rather intolerably hot for our
summer suns.
Correct Hight for Collars.
Two and a half inches is the lawful
night for collars, though men with long
three-quarters inches high. Against
short necked men this collar ruling goes
hardly, especially when evening dress is
worn, for then the collar must stand up
quite straight, measure trhe deeper in /
front than at the rear and the points I'M
DER the chin can be pressed out and apart
points, have, for all save evening hours,
pushed the single band out of usage. Men
even dress for afternoon weddings in dou-
PIE collars, wearing them usually at wed
dlngs with waterfall ties of soft silk in
two stripes and those dark blue and white
most often.
Everybody is buying and wearing
quaint little stock evening tile that is one
Of the most unreasonable small novelties
ever brought out. Ii is made of white
lawn of the sheerest dimity. long enough
10 pass twice around the neck and a hall
inch wider at the middle than at any
other point. There is a button hole in
the center of this widest portion and that
Is made fast to the front collar stud The
ends are thrown back, crossed at
the rear, brought forward and drawn IN
front into the typical evening bow. or
course, this folding and refolding of even
the finest lawn gives the neck bulky
appearance. but the argument is that by
such an intricate device the tie is with
held from ever slipping up or. even in
moments of intensest excitement, from
vanishing under the wearer's ear since
neckte side pins have proven but an
abomination of desolation to men who
have tested their possible good offices.
Beau BrummeL