Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-31
FASHIONS FOR MEN.
Rough Woolens, Checked Trousers
and Buff Caters Among the
Proper Things for Mas
Cul!ne Wear,

The rougher the goods the more adj
mirable the suit is advice tailors are
giving now to their customers as they
roll out the widths of new Bliss and
Bedford tweeds, pilot serges and Wit
ney mixtures. The surface of every one
of these is rs rough as wool can be COM
pounded and grayS of every graduation,
toned with half invisible broken plaids
in mingled dark blue and red and green,
are the fashionable fabrics for the fall
and winter morning and business cos
tune. The linen of the men who are
wearing these gray suits is colorcd solid
ly. That is in one uniform shade of
dull lilac. in dove gray. in cadet blue and
Il pleasant one of buff. The bosom and
cuffs are colored, but the high turnover
collar is white.
The tie today is almost anything that
individual taste leans toward Change
able silks that turn in the light from
ruby to red to greenish blue and reflects
tones Of rich purple command Il large fol
lowing, and it is noticeable that good
neckties bring bigger prices every year
Five dollars. for instance, is paid for
Il stretch Of heavy soft satin-faced ar
mure in rich naval blue bearing small
brighter blue damasked figures. and
more than ever is it the fashion for Il
man to buy his necktie in the form of Il
straight piece of silk and fold and knot
it himself for use, invariably employing
Il rather snowy pin for the center of the
knot. Rich white silk with dull sur
face finish and perhaps Il few damasked
white figures thereon, is esteemed fol
afternoon use by the gilded youth at this
moment, while he utterly abhors a white
satin tie, and most especially one that
shows any color on its white surface.
+ he oil l. Df IL
1900, clear gray and white checked. not
gray striped trousers. are the orthodox
selection. The checks are one-fOurth OF
an inch square. larger and more daring
than any seen for many a day, and yet
because of the use of gray, instead OF
black, with the white squares. there is
nothing extremely conspicuous i'll the
new plaid. Exactly the same check
overspreads the new boX-shaped deeply
yoked Marlborough rain coat that has
been introduced from England. This Is
a pllable and not so heavy a waterproof
as the regulation macintosh, and with
its Raglan sleeves and big smoked pearl
buttons it is to all intents and purposes
a becoming and comfortable winter over
coat. servlceable in nearly all weatherS.
The soft winter hat has 4 somewhat
taller crown and smaller, more closely
rolled brim than ever before, and it is
made of gray felt as dull in color as
smoke, or warm chocolate brown. What
has more than anything else served to
freshen and enhance its appearance is
its rather festive crown scarf About
the crown not Il band of gros grain rib
bon is wound. but softly folded width
of twilled silk that is black with a satin
dot in it, or brown with a red thread
shining out at intervals, else a pigeon
gray fold with a dull blue figure here
and there damasked on its surface.
Men who ride and drive q great deal
affect Alpines with cheerful plaid crown
scarfs, and the new box-shaped buff-col-
ored driving coat has a strap-seamed
yoke that. back and front, extends near
ly to the waist line. Buff-colored CATERS
with buttons of the same color ornament
the feet. With well-polished black-laced
shoes the buff gaiter is omnipresent both
with morning as well as afternoon dress,
where in the latter instance the buff
spats are sometimes exchanged for those
of gray that matches the gray in the
checked trousers.-New York Sun.