The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
LATE STYLES FOR MEN.
From the Hadberdasher.l

IFrom the Hadberdasher.l
CravatS will be smaller, thanks to- the
great popularity of the high-banded
rundown collar, and the colored shirt.
In all forms of tieable cravats the idea
Will be to get proportions that will ad-
nit of their entering tremendously into
the scheme made up by cravat and col
lar. One must hang to the other per-
fectly. The 175 and 17s-inch four-in-
hands and the new broad end ties will
go well with the high bander, so will
the small knot, flowing end, imperial
and the once-over. In all forms borders
will be the favorite effects. In four-in-
hands the borders are of moderate
width, in ties they are quite neat and in
imperials they are huge. In all solid
colored cravats the new shades lppear.
These will form no incOnSiderable part
of the seasons settings. Where units are
used they are small and closely spaced,
and in finer goods they are Swallowed.
In looking over the best lines, you
win find that in the finer grades neat
effects predominant, and in the lower
priced grades bold effects are most
popular. Stripes will be very good. They
are shown in groups, in hair lines and
in great broad bars.
The sale of white neglige shirts made
of fine madras with white effects, or of
mat oxford or linen, has been very
large. This shirt promises to be the
feature of next springs business. They
are made with a linen neckband, neat
single pleat in front and cuffs attached.
The cuffs are three and one-half inches
deep and have rounded tips. In fancy
negliges the up and down stripe has
the field almost exclusively. There is
nothing that seriously contests its great
predominancy.
Evening socks are no longer plain, as
for so long. On the contrary, the pro-
prietOrS of one of the SnarteSt SundrieS
houses in London are precisely the peo-
pie who are showing the most violent
patterns and colors. A pair of silk
socks, in a strong but most agreeable
red, with a thin and infreQuent white
line, particularly adorns their show
window; and a very blue pair in the
same design. also won my esteem. Else
where myrtle green, with tiny old gold
fleur-de-liS and gold clocks, and plain
myrtle green with only white clocks
were we'll liked by fashionable men.
Even our day socks, which nobody sees,
are breaking out into big patterns.
I saw some pajamas the other day
which were made for man with ideas
of his own on dress The garments
were of the finest quality of silk in
shifting patterns. The stripes were
very deliberately decorated with
odd effects in raised cords, The jack
cts were made to button on the side,
and had military collars. The effects
were in blues and white, hello and
white, and reds and white. The frogs
were of a special design and were made
of heavy black silk cord.
A very useful garment lately worn
by some men in England who still ad-
here to cycling as a pastime, and also
by country doctors who find a wheel a
genuine help in obeying emergency
calls, is a sort of compromise between
riding breecheS and CATERS 1t is, in
fact, pair of trousers cut very snug to
the legs below the knee, and extend
over the shoe, so as to form CATERS,
and to buckle under the sole by means
of straps exactly like those on ordinary
'spats." These things are much
smarter-1ooking than Knockers and
stOckings-they are warmer, and they
make it quite easy to wear underpants,
which is hardly to be accomplished
with Knockers and stockings. OF course
ordinary shoes can also be worn with
them. while in stocking anything but
low shoe looks awkward. But, indeed,
the few smart men who now ride
wheel are practically never seen in
Knockers. They use riding breeches and
box-cloth leggings, just as for horse
back.
The particular coat which is coming
into London styles is made of a fairly
dark check material, with some green
of a subdued kind in the mixture. There
is a large overrunning pattern formed
by lines of a darker brown than any of
the mixture yarns, or else of red. These
lines run vertically and horizontally,
and form outline squares OF three Inches
or so a side. They are not unduly con-
spicuous. The cloth, though soft, is
rough in texture. The coat is very long,
so as TO protect the legs We'll. 1t reach
es to within a foot of the ground, and
buttons we'll up at the front. 1t is
single breasted and sleeveless, furnish
ed with large patch pockets and cover
ed by huge flaps. The cape is full and
reaches to the wrist when allowed to
hang over the straight arm; in other
words, it falls to a line some inches be-
low the hip. The pockets do not slant
The cape is fixed; it does not come off,
and it is buttoned down by a tab on
the middle of the back. There may or
may not be cloth loops inside to put
the arms through in rough, windy
weather. This point will depend on the
fancy of the wearer. The lining is of
dark plain cloth. The name of the
whole garment, a 'Macfarlane."
There has been but~little change since
last season in collars. The poke is the
favorite for semi-dress. the lap-frout
stands for evening dress, the high band
er for informal dress. And the dress
cravat is the broad-end tie, just as it
was a year ago. and the once-over
ascot, or the ascot tied in the regular
form, is still the best for afternoon
wear
For wear with the high bander, the
imperial or the narrow fOur-in-hand
and the bat-wing tie are good.
In all the minor points or rather, ar
ticles of dress, We stick closely to the
forms that prevailed last winter.