Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-04-04
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Srccial CORRESPONDENTS OF Gazette and Journal.
Now York, March 30. There is no
plnce like IL in the spring. Each year
1t seems to breathe new attractions and
delights and Look upon tho woman
who does not go into ecstasies over New
York on bright spring afternoon rs
somewhat akin to being apart from
the rest Of Ere's daughters.
Dame Fashion is paying no regard to
Lent and walks around abroad In
raiment that causes every feminine
heart to flutter till Ii breaks the Tenth
Commandment,
We were sitting in ono Of these glass
covered cafes in the park the sun shown
down warm and luscious across the
broad entrance driveway. We see that
glorious wisteria arLor-O, you wAo
know your New York must know whore
the Cynic and | were dining.
what color Is it 10 be, Portia?"
was looking ct q lot of samples before
me.
Now the question Of the spring suit
is momentous one doubt not it IL
often mingled with the Lenten prayer.
What color shall it beP What style
shall my lady adopt this year? Look
frills and feathers, tho best.dressod
women come back to thor old love,
the tailor made suit.
There is fancy this year for suits
Of two colors. Thus. plaid skirt will
have jacket oil nlain goods, or light
brown skirt will have a coat of dark
brown. saw a marine blue skirt and
a natty coat OF tan with which as
worn a waistcoat Of white Clique with
blue dots. The effect was very Pleas
ing, but the best taiors whose word
can be depended upon will tell you that
IL spite Of the passing fancy for com
binations of this sort the swagger thing
is, after all, the suit OF one color.
There Is nothing in the long run
which is better form than the conven.
tional blue serge suit. Take q dark
marine blue without any purple in it,
being sure that the serge is OF that
quality that does not show the diagonal
twill-s cheviot serge 10 best, one that Is
a bit rough-and give this to tailor
who understands "out" and who will
follow the latest designs only so far as
good taste goes. Select a waistcoat of
his most exclusive patterns in piqre or
in the bright hunting plaids. And
right here lot me say n word in regard
to waistooats. There is nothing about
a costume which so quickly shows the
amateur as that part Of the dress. Tho
home made" waistooat has an air
that gives it away whereas, one made
by tailor who understands his art
has an air Of what our French cousins
call "bien arrive.'' To this add q
correct touch from the haherdasher , s
"a white cuff Ascot fastened with a
gold pin-a golf stick or coaching
horn, or what is newer yet, q gold head
Of your fayorite dog. Put this on o
well-built, healthy looking girl and
you have combination that would
have changed the current of st.
A uthony's life
In fact, think blue serge tho
lhic thing for your sex, too said,
cooking at the oynic
The feminine world, in its profouud
ignorance. is accustomed 10 think that
man has no weighty questions to
consider in order to be well dressed.
A woman thinks because all men wear
clothes more or less after the same
pattern, that sartorial problems for
men are simple things. That is all she
knows about it. The very subtlety OF
the gradatious that. distinguish the
correct masculine attire from tho in !.
correct makes irreproaohaple dressing
wearisome strain upon the ayeraa Q
masculine intellect and nerves Posi-
bly, it accounts for the harrassed ex-
preston common to the faces OF modern
men and ordinarily charged to dye
pepsia,
What does mere woman know about
the degree Of negligence necessary Ia
the tying OF tie to ba worn with a
dinner coat as opposed to the mari met
scrupulorsness OF the full dress bow?
Now, what il this 10 be?' | said,
looking ut u piece of Oxford gray cloth
"A frock coat, fancy. Be careful
1t is thu frock coat that makes Or mars
a man..
Yes, know, Portia; still an in
scrutable Providence has decreed that
a man must, on certain occasions, wear
a irock coat, SO, then, his tailor must
make the best of it,.
The flock coat. hal it is seen in
many styles floating about these days.
There have been so many variations
played by the CUTTERS scissors and the
tailor's needle on the old fashioned
| Prince Albert tune, that it has almost
lest its distinctive air. But to be per
foctly correct IL must now be very
much curved at the waist, big over the
hips, and long. The best styles are
made of gray or brown Oxford cloth,
with the long hair. tell you, they
are good looking things when the man
and coat fit, but when they don t,
lielas! They are impossihls The
tailor, keeps his own secret about the