New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18
SHIRTS FOR HOT WEATHER.
THE NEGLIGEE GARMENT. COMFORTA.
BILE AND UNCOMFORTABLE READY
MADE AND TO ORDER.


1t usually comes with the first warm wave. but
in hating and timid way. The sales in the
retail stores are small, and the shows in the
windows attract little attention; but when the
weather settles down to business and the days
come when men drag friends into Railways and
dark corners and ask. rs it warm enoueh FOR
you?" then the negligce shirt comes to the front
with bound and rush driving all other shirts
before IT, The white boiled shirt is crowded
out Of position and favor. and the men who
wear it become conspicuous and in many III
stances look uncomfortable.
The nesllsee shirt made for comfort has not
always been a comfortable garment said
well-known haberdasher. and even today
there are some styles Of summer shirts which
would be just as appropriate for winter wear
The fact that a shirt is blue or green Scotch
plaid does not make it less warm and uncom-
Portable i'm warm weather than white shirt
If the garments are alike in texture and finish
and are Numbered in the same way. The
starched bosom. collar and wristbands If the
boiled shirt are the elements Of discomfort. and
years ago We had shirts for summer wear in
which no starch was used at all But the collars
looked fabby, and gave men who wore them the
appearance Of factory hands This was overcome
the next season by making soft-fnished shirts
made of the same material. detachable and hard
finished Then came the white collars and cuffs
for the coored shirts and then the shirt fronts
were starched People sweltered in shirts made
Of heavy colored material. with hard-fnished
bosoms. collars and cuffs. and wondered Why
they were uncomfortable. The most absurd
style was the shirt with the stiff double stand
ing collar. It took many years TO bring about
the change. but the style in negligee shirts at
the present time is in keeping with common
sense. The shirt made of soft-hnshed ma
terial. with no starch in the bosom, and made
for detachable collar. is the popular garment"
The material used is usually cheviot or ma
dras. and these goods come in colors and styles
L. suit any taste. The white negigee shirt 9
more popular this season than ii has ever been,
and shirt makers say that the reason for this
is that many men cannot accustom themselves
to wearing white collars and cuffs with colored
shirts and wear the white shirts to avoid loud
contrasts a
The particular man is much more fastdous
about his neglieee shirts said a shirt maker,
than he is about his ordinary white garments.
The make and style Of the latter he leaves 10
me. as the average customer leaves the matters
of detail to his clothing to the tailor But The
man who orders negligee shirts wants comfort,
and in most instances he knows more about
what Will suit him than the shirt maker. He
wants his shirts cut low high according 70
his notion. and is particular as to the length
Of sleeve and the whole gives the shirt
maker much more trouble than the white-shirt
customer
But We pay for it," said customer who was
pointed out as one of the "fncky" kind, and
have the right to ask for our moneys worth.
". 4 III for hfrts fcb rail
made for 81 30 to 50. The man for whom a s.
shirt is good enough pays 81 for neggee shirts,
and, considering the price, he thinks that he
has ample right to insist on getting what he
wants"
But the made to-Order negligee shirts are only
a small percentage of the whole number sold.
More than nine-tenths Of all the summer shirts
sold in New-York made in factories and
sold ready made The material is good in the
better grade OF shirts the workmanship and
the trimmings are equally good. but the fit is
poor in many instances. To the purchaser these
ready made goods look tempting They are
folded and put up in neat style and are sold on
their looks No man ever thinks Of opening
or unfolding a shirt before he buys it, and if he
did wish 10 do the clerk would stop him.
What more do you wish TO seq the salesman
would ask You see the material you know
that the shirt is made for your size collar. YOU
can SEQ the style of cuhs-and there you are
The collar size is really the manufacturers
only guide and while that may be right the pur-
chaser never knows until he gets his shirts home
and all the pins out whether the sleeves are too
long or too short. whether the collar Will come
high up on his neck and make him doubly warm,
or whether it will come below or to the proper
line. In fact buying ready made neggee shirts
hut ing fa.ftl
the leading manufacturers have studied the mat
,.r If ii, -, ,loSa1N thar there are fewer blanks