The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-04

THE HONOLULU
. fancy a0abie-hreassess wzssseoat yin.
| think. be seen tkfs summer The
Iroek coat has no particular variation
exceps that i Is CIT little icugsF
than hitherto. reaching ze 4hoat An
.neh below the knee. the Izpeis beng
six fronted 70 withsn one inch u the
edge
Fancy wsisssssts.
4 stole in the fancy waisteoar line
that seems 70 Be attracting q good
deal Of fzvcr Just now consists Ct q
garment made in some suitable shade
OF gray with spotted pattern Of min
ute stars in white silk OF Of small
ssrEpe-shaped spots. the stripes slant
ing alternately in opposite directions.
Il Is cut IN that peculiar y-skape.
double breasted al the top. single Al
the bottom Il closes high up in the
neck with no collar and Tearing bet
3 small expanse of shirt front visible
The edges are bound round with an
inch-wide bratding Of black ribbed
silk carried up the lapeis and right
around the neck The pockets are
four in number. with flaps edged in
the same way The buttons may be
any variety OF fancy metal or of plain
white pearl. and either fat or bail
SHAPED. The front comes down rather
tc. a point. really a couple OF points
formed by the crossing-oyer portion
This waistcoat is worn either with
the lounge suit or with the morning
coat For the frock coat the correct
thing Is the plainly cut double-breast-
ed waistcoaf. which. however. may be
in fancy material If preferred. or the
single-breasted variety either with or
without collar.
Gay Ties Not in Favor.
Although the season is well advanc-
ed there is as yet no sign of the
return to favor of the gay and festive
ties and shirts that prevailed last year
The pink and white linen and silk
ties have gone the way of the blue
and white silk shirts for the time be-
ing and are relegated to obscurity.
The correct tie this season to wear
with the frock or morning coat is one
of the soft. black finely ribbed silk
variety with white spots or stripes.
The spots may be of almost any pos
sible design. while in default Of a
riot of color, stripes seem TO have
made up their minds to display as
much complication in the way of di-
rectien and width as they can. A
good many ties are worn with the
stripes graduated in size, being
wide at the bottom and gradu-
being wide at the bottom and gradu-
ally narrowing toward the top. A
taste also seems to have sprung up
with some men to have their ties
made with slightly different pat
tern on the back to that on the front.
so that when tied in the cravat or
bow noticeable novelty of effect is
produced; in some cases this is car
ried as far as having the front of the
tie a very light gray and the back
a very dark. BY the way, as the
season advances the light gray var
iety will be more extensively worn
than at present. A novelty in the
way of color has appeared for cravats
in the shape of a new kind of blue.
something between the Oxford and
Cambridge, with a dash of gray in
It. With the dark gray flannel suit II
looks remarkably we'll BY way OF
placing the prevailing tints in order
of popularity l will put the black silk
with white or heIiotrope spots or
stripes first; the light gray W.T.
black stripes fvery finel second. but
gradually overhauling the first; the
heliotrope with black pattern third.
and the above mentioned blue with
a few other tints last. While on the
subject of ties | may mention that
the diamond scarf pin seems to be
coming back into favor after a some
what prolonged Punishment. ! have
noticed good few smart men lately
wearing them. the design most favor
ed being circular cluster of brilliants
with ruby or emerald in the middle.
Single Breasted Frock.
A desperate effort appears to be
pending to revive the single-breasted
frock coat boom of last year. It will
be fresh in the memory still how
some imaginative journalist saw. or
thought he saw. or saw primed by
some one else who saw or imagined
he saw. his present majesty King
Edward wearing the garment at q
garden party last year. In spite of
this august association. however,
somehow the idea never caught or
with the elect There is, of course,
no earthly reason why such a coat
should not come into favor. It can
easily be made TO look very smart.
and certainly it has superior hygienic
claims over its double breasted COM
rade for the hot weather Not a few
people expressed surprise last year
that il did not take on. I think the
real reason lay in the fact that. as I
pointed ont at the time. the whole tale
about the king and the coat was a
fake. and that. once discovered. it
was an easy transition for the man of
fashion TO persuade himself. somewhat
illogically, that the thing must be
tabooed
A new departure has been made in
the construction OF the Norfolk JAG
kes. II has been towering about. so to