The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
FASHIONS
FOR MEN, YOUNG AND OLD.
The Beautiful New Styles Into Which
Linens and F1annels are Made for
bot Weather Wear

The Prince Albert is worn with very
gay trousers, the loudest checks beng
allowable There is cloth of gray
with startling black dashes in it which
goes very we'll with the all-gray Prince
Albert coat.
1t has reached the season when all
trouser legs should turn up. So light
are they, so periShable as to shape,
cleanliness and color that man is fool
ish indeed, who does not take advan-
tage of the prevailing fashion. If the
trousers are made extra long, to pro-
vide for the turning up, then nothing
is gained. The usual length should be
turned up, then the result is cleanly
shortness.
The very latest agony of a Saratoga
dude was a bright scarlet satin facing
inside the ankles of his gray cloth
trousers. The result was brilliant, and
the effect upon the piazza of ladies very
satisfactory. He was voted the dude
of the season. one can easily see that
such an innovation has its good points.
The lining of bright red was much more
pleasing to the eye than the bare hem
There are two remarkable hats in
this country, both of them in New
York They are alike, but it is doubt
full if the wearers have ever met, and
even if they know that their mate ex-
lists, for each boasts that he has the
only hat of the kind that was ever i'm
ported.
The hat in question is a straw plug
PONDER 1t ana imagine the SlIlS uleAA AIJ =
Fancy a high hat of straw with the
regulation high hat band upon 1T and
the conventional brim! Yet 1T IS not SO
startling when seen, for the high hat IS
of black straw, very fine weave ana
at a distance is not noticeable AS you
approach you notice the tile lacks Ius-
ire and then you see that 1t IS straw
This hat is coming in vogue in England
where every business man must wear
a tile and where the use of the hot, tan
hat is producing headaches and even
paresis, so the London physicians
claim.
The nattiest blazer suits of the sum
mer are not meant to button. 1hey
have rolling fronts, and are nneu WIN w
their own material Ihey nave pIS,
natty, outside pockets that suggest the
presence of fish lines and other summer
tackle, and there is, on the riShI Idpel
of many, a flower buttonhole Just large
enough for the stem of roSes very
sweet these suits are, in pale flannel OF
pink, blue or buff, with preference
for the buff, which is so fashionable
this year.
out of countenance the first of the sea-
son have gone in hiding, and the pale,
cooler tones have taken their place
The crease is maintained IN these
trousers with the greatest difficulty, a
constant pressing being necessary. The
very latest and most ultra Wrinkle IS a
stitching straight up and down the
front of the leg running as nearly TO
the belt line as possible rms MARKS
the line of the trouser crease, and helps
to preserve it. This is seen upon not a
few of the new blazer suits
The college hatfor outings is fashion
able. 1t is sailor shape, with broad
brim and high crown, much the shape
of a girls hat. The college colors are
worn on this hat or the colors of ones
best girl The girl who affects violet
can suggest a violet and white band for