Evening star., 1901-02-16

is enjoying high favor was submitted to
my inspection at a leading Bond street
house the other day. The body of the muf-
fier consists of finely ribbed silk, and the
pattern is composed of clusters of six
square patches of spots, nine in each patch
The spots themselves are about one-slx-
teenth Of an inch in diameter, and the
patches they form are one-half inch square,
Each patch is Joined corner-ways on to the
next one, the six in each cluster being ar
ranged in two rows of three. The clusters
are about four inches apart from center to
center, the effect being to make the pat
tern stand out very prominently. The
patches Of spots are woven in two colorS
which alternate with each other, but In
some cases the alienation is confined to
two rows, all the top row being one color
ana all the bottom row another The lead
ing colors are dark crimson with white and
lighter crimson spots, and dark green with
white and red spots.
Yet another popular line in muffiers con-
sists OF a thirty-inch square of dark red-
dish-brown silk, finely ribbed and lined
across with double rows of alternate gold
and light blue stripes. Each of the lines
IN the gold double rows Is one-quarter inch
wide. with thre-Quarter-inch space between
them The light blue lines are very much
finer, as fine as possible, in fact, but with
the same separating space. The distance
between the two colors Is much greater,
however, approxmati ting to two inches of
more. To make 1t clearer there are in the
whole silk squares five double dows of the
gold color and five of the light blue.
Two QlstlnCt nOVeIIleS are threatened IN
connection with the double collar. In the
first the turned over part, instead of COM
ing right down to the lower edge, reaches
only abodt half way down. The idea is to
allow the comfortable use of the twice.
round sailor knot with the double collar.
A few men appear to have ordered 1t by
way of experiment, but l think 1t will
amount to no more than passing whim,
Later on, when the weather gets warmer
and men begin to wear the bow tie again,
the innovation will be found to be worse
than useless. However tolerable 1t may be
to wear the sailor knot high up In the
neck, 1t Is certain that men will not wear
their bows stuck at the top Of the collar
AS q matter Of fact, the future of the bow
tie Is much more likely to be affected by
the second Of the two novelties mentioned.
This does not alter the present shape and
style Of the collar, but consists merely OF
two vertical sltts cut in the front, like big
buttonholes, through which the tie is to be
passed instead of round the collar and
then tied in the usual way. At the time OF
writing this ingenious idea is confined to
the show case of a prominent Oxford street
firm whose manager informs me that Il
emanated from your side 1t is quite i'm.
possible yet to safely prophesy as to the
reception it is likely to meet with from the
smartly dressed man. Meanwhile the ordi-
nary double collar, in depths varying from
two to three inches, the top corners meet.
ing closely together and the bottom corners
slightly rounded, still enjoys an almost uni-
versal favor
A pattern In foulard cravats, which is
novel as far London is concerned. was
shown to me yesterday. The body of the
material is plain finely ribbed silk, and the
design consists of clusters of small squares,
two in each cluster, interaced at one cor.
ner The squares are one-quarter inch in
size and hollow, being woven In one
sixteenth-inch lines of light blue or white
silk. In some of the specimens shown to
me, however, one of the small squares was
woven in silk of the same shade as the
body of the material. but of q more glossy
surface SO as to show up we'll The clus-
tiers are not arranged at equal distances
from each other, but are scattered on the
surface at distances varying from one inch
to one and a half inch. This does not
amount to much when seen unfolded, but 1t
adds to the possibilities of artistic taste In
tying.
The latest thing in cravat jewelry con-
sists of fine gold ring in either single or
double wire, twisted together, and termi-
mating in the front in kind Of knot from
which depends small pearl set in min
ute gold socket. The ring is worn round
the lower portion Of the sailor knot when
tied, and as the pearl hangs down on the
with the motions of the wearer, producing
very neat and pleasing effect. A few
men have returned to the old safety-pin
affair with small jewel set in the center
of it, Instead of fixing 1t diagonally or
vertically in the tie. however they wear
it horizontally and pinned just across the
joint where the knot finishes and the apron I
begins.
Spats which at one time were viewed !
with mixed feelings by the elect of mas
culine fashion, are now pretty extensively
worn. Ultra smart they will probably
never be. but the old sentence of banish-
ment from the best circles has long ago
been repealed. Colors are confined to black
or very dark gray and brown. The depth
from top to bottom is from FIVE to six
inches. -Four buttons of the black beaded
variety are used in fastening them, while
the usual black strap, Of course, passet
under the boot The bottoms are left rigid
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very fine almost invisible, double stitching,
The extent to which they spread over th6
boot Is confined to q projection Of not mora
than an inch beyond the bottoms of the
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