The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-02

SOCIETY


The shirt waist movement for men
folk Is attracting vast deal Of sttsO
ton everywhere. and as xe are Fath-s
important sdiuncts in our own estirnz
| ton at least. and obliged 20 accoupan,
them in their various smusemsnts. an
also to help bear the brunt Of tn
| criticism leVied AZ their unfo-tu1z''
heads. think IL high time to say
word or two on the subject Il se=rai
TO be z fashion rather well feyoret
here. judging by the coatless yonnt
men see constantly on the business
streets. We seem 10 have stolen :
march on the other cities in that re-
spect 1t Is not often that we can bs
quoted as being before the times, out
waist at least. / do not see why ths
men should not be comfortable as vel
as ourselves. / wonder how far Homo
lulu will carry out this new fad.
In the evening IL would be a BIT odd
IL a coatless man should appear at our
dinner table. and how strange a theater
would look with rows Of young men
and old in their shirt waists. | think
that some young men and perhaps older
ones will take to this new fad-for
that's all il is-rather too easily, and
become even more careless than ever
regarding their personal appearance
One surely ought TO be comfortable,
In the tropics at least, and ! wish our
men would adopt some style OF dress
that would conform TO the climate, for
the dress coat and stiff shirt must be a
trifie warm. to say the least, and il is
certainly ugly. The genius who will
evolve this will not only receive for
tune, but the thanks OF all woman
kind.
For those who will not be among
the first to accept bare throat finish TO
high neck gowns there are made trans
parent choker collars of lace or net-at
the edge is tied band of black velvet
or some bright touch of color. Some
such addition is necessary, else the
transparent collar would seem to thick
en- the neck unduly. Then there are
wire collar frames TO set in no-collar
gown ana hold up a lace scarf. When
the scarf is in place in stock fashion
about the neck the frame does not
show Neither the bare throat or no.
collar finish is necessary. Bodices pre-
pared with collars Of conventional sorts
are as stylish as ever. On two new
dresses of the latest models have seen
recently the neck finish was not
in the least new-fangled. And there
are hosts like them in this respect.
Another dress was OF red challie fig
ured in pale yellow. The skirt, yoke
and lower part of the bodice were yell
low satin covered with black lace and
banded with black ribbon. The ribbon
also edged the sailor collar, which in
closed collar and V Of the satin. The
midway section of lace-covered satin
was the gowns striking feature, For
this there is full fashionable induce
ment, but only for very tall woman.
Short folk should avoid such sectional
devices as they would the plague. An
other dress was of the jaunty tailor
made ducks. Turquoise blue was its
color, and the trimmings were bands
and upper rundown collar of white
pique.
These suits are as jaunty and hand
some as broadcloth tailor suits, if only
they are carefully made; but-and
here's the rub-the making costs just
as much. Happily woman whose flg-
ure is not hard to fit can In these days
send away and secure satisfactory
suits from tailors whose charges are
within reason.
The bolero designs are novel and
more numerous. The smartest one was
recently worn over. brown foulard
upon cream ground. This |
little bolero was made of batiste and |
lace cunningly used In combination and |
fitted to the figure by shirrings at top |
and bottom. 1t was a front bolero |
only and was held by narrow black |