The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-19
Styles Fcr nlodisb. men.
Decline and Fail Of Dinner Coat-New White Waistcoats
For Dress Occasions Correct Gloves Fer Every
Hour OF Day-Cut Of Fashionable Trousers
-Necktes and Shirt Studs.

| There has been no article OF mascu-
line apparel more thoroughly abused
than the little bob-tailed dinner jacket,
known in England as the Cowes coat,
and on this side as the Tuxedo. For a
number of years now, men have been
forcing the comfort of the Tuxedo as
far as they dared, appearing at the
theatre. in hotel dining rooms and even
at small dinners in the tailless garment
which is nothing more nor less in re-
aifty than a smoking jacket, and in
troduced for use only on the most infor-
mai and Bohemian occasions. This win
ter a stand has been taken against
any further excursions of the dinner
jackets into the realms of smart society,
and the man who wears one when he
dimes in public with women Or when
he dimes at home with any save his
immediate family, is we'll out of line
with the present rules of good dress
ing. At music hall. in the company
Of men alone, or at the club, dinner
jacket is appropriate; elsewhere its
appearance proves its wearer IS either
Indifferent or ignorant of the customs
of his sex.
From London have lately come a
fresh supply of white evening waist
coats. ornamented with gilt buttons,
and already few have been seen about
at the early theatre parties and din
nerS, but, as rule, the conservative
American man, as fefrful as an Adj
rondack deer of a bit of color u the
evening, ciings to his familiar duck
waist coat, fastened double breasted,
with large. white pearl buttons. though
there is every argument in favor of
the touches OF gilt in the sombre even
ing toilet
During the coming season white
waistcoats will be worn almost ex-
clusively at balls and at the opera, and
no man who knows anything of the
taste that now prevails over his ward
robe will dare wear gold buttons in his
immaculate shirt front. The perfect ex-
preston of current fashion, as we'll as
good Judgment, is a pair of medium
white pearls screwed into the linen A
smart man or two last year tried to in
troduce colored pearls. but the majority
derided the suggestion out OF existence
and a couple of handsome pearls so
fixed to the gold screws that no set
ting shall be visible is the acme Of ele-
gance.
AS good pearls cost more than the
average man is Willing 70 invest in his
evening toilet, a concession to economy
is still made with the white enamel
studs though it is admitted that the
jewelers. can and do sell imitation pearl
studs that defy criticism and that are |
within the reach Of any mans purse.
Relating to Trousers.
The outside seams Of evening trous- |
ers have been latterly undergoing an |
amount of manipulation that has left q |
good many honest souls wondering |
what the outcome would be. The whole |
matter has resolved itself into the con-
clusion that If you wish to affect the !
purely American taste I'm tailoring those
important outside seams must be |
Tapped, and extremely fastidious men
there are who approve and adopt this
quiet style. To announce yourself as |
extremely up-to-date by the fashions.
as issued from London, you must wear
two narrow lines of bright, black silk
braid down the outside seam instead