The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-02

FOR THE SUMMER MAN.



New York, July 1.-The fashionable man
OF the summer OF 90 wears suit which
can be washed, or as his laundress ez-
presses II, dome up" Happ.uis he who
is not done up himself In the process.
for anything harder than a mans suit 10
laundcr 1t would be difficult 10 find.
The linen checks are the most fashions
able materials there are. They are made
up as sack suits and as cutaways. and, in
either style. they are very desirable. From
a distance OF four feet you can not tell
linen check from wool check; yet the
linen Is cool; and II is for this very rea-
son that the linen check has become popu-
lar. No man loves to be conspicuous. and
1t is an undcniable fact tina. the white and
tan wash suits can be seen long way OF.
This. however. does not deter the man
of fashion from dressing In white. II q
mans occupation is such that he can
consistently do so he should wear white
duck, white linen or white pique suit
all summer long. Such changes as he de-
eires In his costume he can obtain BY
his shirt and tic which can be as vivid as
he desires.
The white duck suits are now cut to
AZ man. so are the trousers. Time was
when every white coat fitted every imam,
and pair of white duck trousers could
be made to do duty on little fellow or a
big one by simply turning up the legs
more or less. But that is obsolete
White pique with the tiniest rib run
through il yary M for sI,ifc
The pique trousers, with the white rib
look almost like white cloth. They are
little more expensive though than the
duck; and where you can get a pair OF
duck trousers for 50 you must pay lit
tie more than SO for the pique. The pique
coats are simply beautiful. New York
tailors cut them TO order on a mans meas
urenent; and you can order your suit
Monday morning and get 1t Thursday.
Three white suits in duck, plquo and fan
mel respectively, will carry man through
the summer, for there are rainy days when
he wears a dark suit.
White flannel is worn moro for outings
and less for business, etill one sees 1t a
great deal Such business men as Henry
Clews. Addison Cammack. S, Y. White and
d. o. Mills dress in white for business;
and SO do such dudes as Freddie Gebhard
and Berry Wall. 1t is only a matter of
getting used to H. for after man has
else. He feels SO clean in his spic and
span suit.
The pink flannel man is seen only at
the beach; so also the blue flannel speci-
men. unlegs 1t be for the tennis and cro-
quet grounds where they abound abund-
antly.
Men who like to wear the frock coat
can be accommodated this summer with
"A new style of frock. 1t is cut little
shorter than the black frock coat and is
single breasted. 1t is not lined but is
simply faced two fingers deep down the
front and along the edge. Its lapels are
faced with silk and the sleeves are cut
rather short.
They are making this frock coat UP in
outing fiannels such as gray flannel in
ali shades and even In striped flannel.
gray flannel frock suit had coat and
trousers alike. The trousers were worn
trihe short. which Is fad this sum
mer with thoee who do not turn tho
trousers up at the ankles. They were
beautifully cut and belled 10 a nicely at
the instep, while the back of the trouser
leg escaped the heel
The coat was cut in at the waistline
and was huttoned with very large dark
gray buttons OF pearl This coat was
unlined and had Its deep facing of silk.
It was double breasted and was very much
like the new styles In frock coats as de-
scribed for other goods.
The patent leather shoe Is so pretty
that it has led TO its close imitation, the
enamel. They are selllng-but q man OF
any ingenuity can make one for himself
"a little board with a wire loop on each
end. A cloth is run through the wire
loop and man by placing his foot on the
board can catch hold of each end of the
cloth and polish his shoes in a jiffy. 1t
is less degrading than the backing brush,
and very much easier than the polishing
rag,
Men who wear gloves in summer are
choosing the castor gray, which are
very thin and cool looking. They are
stitched down the back and are fastened
with one large clasp. Those who are great
dudes have their monogram engraved on
the clasp There are certain New York
men. and probably some outside of New
York, who have their gloves made to
order.
Horace Greeley once said that man
of this kind was past praying for. but