The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-24
FASHION FOR MEN.

The man with a reputation to main
tain for careful and modish dressing is
having heavy white linen trousers made
at his tailors', to wear with dark blue
REFER coats and waistcoats or with
pongee upper garments. Handsome lin
en- is exceedingly expensive and, for
this se-son at least, these garments
promise to be the exclusive property Of
the gilded youths who revel in a nov
city. Not up to date has the American
man, unless be is a naval officer, found
it possible to bury bis prejudice against
the white linen coat and accept it as
a part of a complete white suit The
linen coat smaCks too much of the res
taurant waiter and the barkeeper to
find favor with the landsman, though
very pale, almost cream, pOngee, being
light, cool and washable, is nearly the
most comfortable and fashionable habit
for use in the country during the dog
days.
White damask, figured percale and
linen are some of the newest ideas for
summer shirts, their bOsOms laid in
three tiny box or side Dleats to right
and left of the button band, and the
cuffs and collar done in heavy, plain
linen; the collar, of course, high roll
over, showing a tiny red butterfly tie
between the rounded ends in front.
These shirts are not to be Numbered
with starch IN the bOs0ms, however
much may be put into the cuffs and
collars. The slight damasked figures or
lines in the linen surface lose in gloss
when hardened with starch and the
washWoman must be instructed to dip
l.
as dry as possible, and rapidly press
with a very hot iron. By this means,
body and gloss is given the linen, along
with all the stiffness necessary in a,
negligee shirt.
Thirty years ago the fashionable
young man carried a straight walking
stick of very highly polished wood,
tapering to the ferrule end, while the
handle showed a handsomely decorated
cap of fine gold. An inch or two below
the cap the stick was pierced, the ends
of the hole bored in the wood were
finished with gold eyelets, and through
them ran a cord Of dark silk, the ends
fastening together and concluding in q
full silk tassel. Now the wheel of fash
ion has turned and the above is a very
fair description Of the stick that the
fashionable man carries when on gar
den parties, afternoon teas and formal
calling bent. Sticks of this type in eb-
ony, teak, mahogany and fine cedar
wood are produced with gold caps that
are distinctly works Of the highest art.
Nearly all Of them show Louis xiv. and
XVI. designs done in gold, and three
and even four COlOTs, the decorations
appearing elaborate in the extreme and
a few very beautiful ones are finished
in the form of the capitals of Greek
4zs4NE1 s =,
or Ionic caps.
In the morning a switch cane, made
from root that grows in South Africa,
and because of its intense blackneSS
is called the Kaffir is the proper light
weapon. Light and pliable as riding
switch, bent like a crook at the han
die. and tough as tempered steel, these
are excellent combinations of crop and
switch, and are used very much by
hOrsemen. Not a touch of any metal
should show on these pliable reeds.
Silk and Isle or silk and wool is the
proper mixture for the most expensive
summer underwear. and with white
trousers and white shoes in the after
noon, pastel blue silk hose, with gray or
black polka dots, are regarded as eX-
ceedingly smart. The body undergar-
ments come in every one of the new
pastel and faded tints, as well as the
richer mulberry reds, corn flower blues
and aggressive yellOws. Pale gray, pin
striped in yellow; mulberry red, barred
with green and two shades of blue, are
not uncommon combinations in silk
underwear, while very warm shrimp
pink, seal blue and pollen yellow, in
solid tones, are some of the select
styles in pure spunsilk or Isle for use
with evening dress.
BEAU BRUMMEL.