Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-02
LATE STYLES FOR MEN.
New Wrinkles That Are Com
ing Into English Fashions.
SMALLER ORAVATs WILL BE WORN.


Evening Socks Are No Longer Plain.
New NegIigee shirt For Spring
wear-Jsrful Garment For Cyclists.
Latest London ONercont-No Change
In Collars.
Cravats will he smaller, thanks to
the great popularity of the high band
ed turn down collar and the colorcd
shirt. In all forms of ticahle cravats
the idea will he To get proportions that
Will admit OF their entering harmoul-
ouSly into the scheme made up hy
craNat aud collar one must hang 10
the other perfectly. The H. and Is
inch ur-in-haudS and the new broad
end ties will 20 well with the high
hauder. 81 will the small knot. flowing
end. imperial and the once over. In
all forms borders will Ice the favori'"
effects. In fourin-hands the hurd"rs
are of moderate width. in ties they ar"
quite neat and in impcrials they are
huge. In all solid colorcd CraVatS the
new shades appear. These Will form
no inconSiderahle part of the season :
sellingS Where units are used they
are small and closely spaced. and in
finer goods they are ShadOwed In
looking over the best lines yuu.Wlll find
that in the finer grades neat effects
prtdOminate and in the lower priced
grades bold effects are most popular.
Stripes viii hc very good. They are
shown in groups, in hair lines and in
great broad bars.
The sale of white ncglig"e shirts
made of fine madras with white effects
or of mat oxford or linen has been
very large. This shirt promises To hc
the feature of next springs business.
They are made with Il linen neckhand,
neat single plait in front and cuffs at
tachcd. The cuffs are 81. inches deep
and have rounded tips. In fancy neg
ligcc, the UP and down stripe has the
field almost exclusively. There i>auutll-
ing that seriously contests its great
predolninancY.
Evening socks are no longer plain.
but. on the contrary. the proprietorS of
one of the smartcSt sundrics houses In
| London are precisely the people who
are showing the most violent patterns
and colOrS. \ pair of silk socks in a
/ strong but most agreeable red. with a
/ thin and infrequcnt white line, par
/ ticularly adOrns their show window.
In, Il if
also won my esteem, writes CORE.
/ sponIrut of The IIahcrdashcr. Else.
where myrtle green. with tiny old gold
NoWer-dc luce ana gold 81 ,clS, and
plain myrtle green with only white
/ clocks were well liked by fashionable
men Even our day socks, which no
body sees. are breaking out into biz
/ patterns.
/ 4 very useful garment lately worn
! by some men in England who Still aG-
here to cycling as paStIme and also
| by country doctors who find Il wheel
genuine help in ohcying emergency
calls Is sort Of compromise between
riding brcechcs and gaiters 1t Is. in
! fact. a pair of trousers cut very SNUG
to the legs below the knee and extend
ed over the shoe, so rs to form gaitcrS
| aud to buckle under the sole by means
of straps exactly like those on ordi.
nary "spatS." These things are much
smarter looking than knickcrS and
stockingS-thcy are warmer, and they
make ii quite easy to wear under
pants, which is hardly to be accom-
pliShed with knickers and stockings
! or course ordinary shoes can also bt
worn with them, while in stockings
anything but low shoe looks awk
ward But. indeed, the few smart
men who now ride a wheel are prac
tically never seen in knickerS. They
use riding brecchcS and box cloth leg
gipgs. just as for horseback.
The particular coat which is coming
into London styles is made of a fairly
dark check material, with some greer
of subducd kind in the mixture
There is large overrunning patterT
formed by lines Of darker brown
than any of the mixture yarns or elS'
of red. These lines run vertically anC
horizontally and form outline square.
of three inches or so side. They are
not unduly conspicuous. The cloth
though soft. is rough in texture. The
coat is very long. so as to protect th,
legs we'll 1t reaches to within foo
of the ground and buttons well up a
the front. 1t is single breasted anC
sleeveless. furnished with large patel
pockets and covered by huge flaps
The cape is full and reaches to the
wrist when allowed to hang over the
straight arm--in other words, II falls t
a line some inches below the hip. Th'
pockets do not slant. The cape is fix
ed. 1t does not come off, and it is but
toned down by n tab on the middle o
the back. There may or may not b,
cloth loops inside to put the arms
through in rough. windy weather. Thi
point will depend on the fancy of th'
wearer The lining is of dark, plaiI
cloth. The name of the whole gar
ment. "Macfarlane."
There has been but little chang
since last season in collars. The polk
Is the favOrite for SemidreSS. the lal
front stander for evening dress ant
the high bander for informal dress
And the dress cravat is the broad ent
tie. just as it was year ago, and TIN
once over Ascot. or the Ascot tied in th
regular form. is still the best for after
noon wear. For wear with the higl
bander the imperial or the marrow
four-in-hand and the bat wing are good
In all the minor points. or. rather, al
ticlcS of dress. we stick very closely t
the forms that prevailed last winter.