The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

or MS coat are of a pleasant links green.
changing from his rudy lounging vest
ments the man who has a conscience as
well as a calling list to satisfy, arrays
himself like a grey friar, for a spring
afternoon roundup of visits. Coat, trous-
ers and waistcoats are cut from the same
piece of goods and that goods is apt to
be vicuna or beautiful smooth-surfaced
Scotch wool. The waistcoat is double
breasted and the frock coat very long
very full in the skirt. lined with grey or
black silk, and worn flaring open from
the chest, with one perfect white ca
mellia in the lapel White spats, as fair
as the camelia, are buttoned over the
black shoes, pale grey gloves of undress-
ed kid and rather low-crowned bell
shaped top hat are noticeable points = in
the afternoon toilet of the well-appointed
man who attends weddings and recep-
tions, or takes tea quietly with an agree
able feminine acquaintance.
Although the tailors, who are by special
selection the purveyors of dress to the
gilded twentieth century youth, insist that
this is the moment when fashions are sta
tionary, or. to put it more concisely, when
the masculine mode is between hay and
grass. the influences of spring are visiUly
predominatlng. The first of the negligee
shirts are to be seen In the piece and the
piece is striped, in pastel colors or strong
er tints, and, for use with them. there
is whole tribe of suspenders, striped to
exactly accord with the soft madras and
beautiful shirdng fiannels.
Last season the men whose dress is
always significant of the latest turn in
the lane Of fashion, were frequently seen
on the golf green's and tennis courts in
long trousers AS the snow melts off the
links and the number of players increase
lxar ar hpt
Masculine taste now leans to long grey
trousers for golf, and these are rolled
high about the ankles. A red cap and a
red wool wastcoat are the high notes of
color and che red coat suffers a decline
Too many mongrel red coats, of strange
and uncouth pattern, have appeared to
suit the taste of the fastidious and the
grey Norfolk coat has been revived. 1t
has come back to us with stronge yok-
ed shoulder in front as well as back
patch pockets and the pleats so laid that
they give comfortably to every movement
and resume Their shape when the players
shoulders are in a normal position.
The conservative men continue TO look
somewhat askance at fobs and have not
yet plucked up the courage to fasten
their neckties with the smart new Jew
eled Carleton clips that the jewelers. are
making up in divers attractive forms
Fobs, let 1t be known. by the conserva.
tive men are distinctly important details
in the evening regaia of the swels Col
den fobs, in the form OF two wicked
looking asps holding a scarib between
their heads, fobs from which depend large
choice crystals, or fobs that display one
or more antique jeweled trifies are all
hung from black RIB ms and serve. with
the jeweled waistcoat buttons, shirt studs
clips and rings TO relieve the dun mon
otony OF masculine evening dress In the
afternoon the tie clips patronized by the
ccrrectCst OF men show in the base OF
their central angle small white and very
bright diamonds or single perfect pearls
Sometimes a pearl and a diamond appear
at the base Of each clip and then the pin
Ia the necktie repeats this Advancement
though the men OF most fastidlous taste
venture occasionally 10 thrust in thei.
wide scarfs prs that are topped with
single small fro diamonds sunk IN a gol.
don gypsy band