The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09
4 SUMMER MAN
IN GAY ATTIRE.
Brilliant Plaids and Crepe Ties are
Offered HIM as Well as Bands Of
Six and Iune tor His Hats.

The summer man is buying his trous-
seau- He VIII wed the sea goddess and
for this lie needs a bathing suit He viii
WOO the mountain nymph and, for the
sweet task, he requires knickers and
sweater. He viii stroll along the sands
and walk the green fields and for both
these pastimes he needs clothes.
But the man Who stays at home and
reads his ledger must also dress Il the
others need cooling garments he needs
still cooler ones. If the others delight IN
pretty things, fiannels of varied hues,
short coats and fancy vests, he delights
in them none the less because he must
wear them to work instead Of sporting
them by the sea
There lives no man this season with
soul too dead TO appreciate the new hats
They are making derbies of straw,
which, however, you are compelled TO
order, made IN advance for you, and they
are also making high hats OF straw, look
ing rather odd, you may be sure, but
cool and summary.
Until the advent Of the Spanish war,
and the first summer in the tropics of
Cuba and the Philippines, there was no
such thing as 4 helmet, except upon an
explorer or man Of eccentricIties- The
wearer of a straw helmet felt that he
must be talented indeed before he dared
fntrude such an article upon the public
gaze. Now they are wearing these cool
tropical hats every day in New York
and many men wear tulle around them
Net. tulIe. figured lawns and silk are
the favOrite trimming for the summer
hat Mems sailors have their twist of
eoIored tulIe: and mems soft Alpines are
decorated with = winding of gay silk.
The prejudice against feminine trim
mings is wearing off and you see them
all the time. There are silk searfs with
their traceries of scarlet and there are
lawn scarfs with their bands of bright
silk
The summer girl, be she sweetheart or
sister, SO long as she be a friend, can
decorate the plainest of last summers
hats very prettily. Let her bargain for
her work. 4 dollar saved is a dollar
earned and goes just as far in ice cream
sodas. With last years grey felt, and a
| little soap bark judiciously applied in d
solution of warm water, she can make
| a new hat
/ Or, if she be brave, she can dip the hat
in gasoline and gently massage II, in the
/ day time. until the spots are gone But
4 let her not do 50 by gaslight a. gasoline
| is a treacherous article to handle. When
| the hat has been dried and aired, until
/ it IS fresh and spotless. let her expend
a dollar upon the gayest silk scarf in
the haberdasher's window and not sickle
/ over a quarter or so IN price 1t is the
| best article which costs the most, gen
orally.
Let her take the scarf and, if It is too
stslinky," let her line it with erinoIine.
/ and with this hearty substance let her
| twist the hat until it is trimmed A
knot at one side concludes the trim
ming
If the man be disineIined to gay trim
| mings, what is the matter-in the words
/ of the younger brother-with a winding
/ of white tulle or even 4 broad fold OF
/ black taffeta which, by the way, is very
swell this year Anything to get away
| from the straight stiff sailor which is
not too becoming
! Sailors are made becoming by being
/ supplied with rather broad brims ana
/ trimmed with gaiIy colored bands of al
descriptions The brighter the band tbs
/ handsOmer the hat and the more ex
pensive, as a rule
The white trouseF is in Trousering:
come in beautiful linen duck, cut on the
newest lines. These articles bell around
the ankle and fit around the leg They
are creased and m0dish and quite diff
ferent from the linen trousers of childish
memory when all that was expected wa.
width and length, the latter even being
lacking after WertInG-
The correct trouserings include the
bluest linen, fine and soft. also tn,
coarsest of white duck. so heavy that /
becomes an army crash Men differ il
their fondness for these materials. man
claiming that the coarse variety hold.
its own the best in dampness and il
dust
If you are in your own business wherr
every energy is strained to do well 70
yourself. then cast thoughts of econon,
TO the winds. purchase a dozen sets o
washable summer suits and wear then
all the time That IS practically the I'D
vice of New TOrk's most famous physi
clan who declares that men fujure them
selves and destroy their gray matte
every summer by over-heating thei
bodies with unsuitable dress.
New York in summer runs parable
with Bombay in climate; in the forme
they wear broadcIoth and felt; in tn
latter nothing but linen
Chicago IS a little cooler. in degrees
than New York but sweItering enoug
sometimes. and for the South Their
; should be no argument Every ma
: should wear the thinnest he can find an
l rejoice that he has nothing warmer.
Shirts are growing fantastic. A me
: who buys a shirt Is asked if he viii bav
the stripes running up and down c
horizontal He Is questioned r1Don al
! tastes regarding blouse front: If h
! wants a soft bosom or a stiff one
/, whether he viii take a shirt in two ms
4 terials or in one This means that th
] race Of men have a wide latitude q
: ehosee and that the day OF the stiff
starched white terror is past