Evening star., 1901-02-16
WHAT A SMART MAN WEARS
HIS SPRING GOLFING TOGs MINUTE.
LY DESCRIBED.
He is a Thing of Beauty When on
Calling Bent-CIips and
EObs.

Written for The Evening Star.
The cheerful influence of the game of golf
has made itself felt straight through the
masculine wardrobe and the persistent
smoker wears. In his den. a coat as red
as the reddest rose that ever blew. This
vivid garment is toned down trife with
collars and cuffs of black velvet and rather
heavy black silk frogs. Within red or
white satin Innings are adopted, and some
times when the wearer is a devoted golfer
as well as smoker the cuffs. collars and
frogs OF his coat are of a pleasant links
green
Changing from his ruddy lounging vest
ments, the man who has a conscience as
well as calling list to satisfy arrays him.
self like a gray friar for a spring after
noon round up of visits. Coat, trousers and
waistcoat 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 gray black silk, and worn
faring open from the chest, with one per-
feet white camellia In the lapel. White
spats, as fair as the camellia, are, but
toned over the black shoes. pale gray gloves
of undressed hik and rather low-crowned
bell-Shaped top hat are noticeable points in
the afternoon toilet of the well-appointed
man who attends weddings and receptions.
OF takes tea quietly with an aSreeaDle
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
uonary, or, to put it more concisely, when
the masculine mode is between hay and
grass, the influences of spring are visibly
predominating. The first of the negige
shirts are to be seen I'm the piece, and the
piece is striped, in pastel colors or stronger
tints, and. for use with them, there Is a
whole tribe of suspenders, striped to eN-
actly accord with the soft madras and
beautiful shirting flannels.
Last season the men whose dress Is al
ways significant Of the latest turn in the
lane of fashion were frequently seen on
the golf greens and tennis courts in long
trousers. AS the snow melts off the links
and the number of players Increases knck-
erbockers are few and far between. Mascu-
line taste now leans to long gray trousers
for golf, and these are rolled high about
the ankles A red cap and red wool
waistcoat are the high notes OF color and the
red coat suffers a decline. Too many mon
grel red coats, of strange and uncouth pat
tern, have appeared to suit the taste OF the
faStfdious, and the gray Norfolk coat has
been revived. 1t has come back to with
a strange yoked shoulder in front as well
as back, patch pockets and the pleats 80
laid that they give comfortably TO every
movement and resume their shape when
the players shoulders are in normal po-
s!tion.
The conservative men continue to look
somewhat askance at fobs and have not
yet plucked up the courage to fasten their
necktes with the smart new jeweled Carle-
ton clips that the jewelers. are making up
In divers attractive forms. Fobs, let 1t
be known by the conservative men, are
distinctly important details In the evening
regalia Of the swells. Golden fobs I'm the
form of two wicked-looking asps holding
scarib between their heads, fobs from
which depend large choice crystals or fobs
that display one or more antique Jeweled
trif1es are all hung from black ribbons and
serve, with the jeweled waistcoat buttons,
shirt studs, clips and rings. to relieve the
dull monotony of masculine evening dress.
In the afternoon the tie clips patronized
by the correctest 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
in the necktie repeats this arrangement,
though the men of most fastdious taste
venture occasionally to thrust In their wide
scarfs pins that are topped with single
small fine diamonds sunk in a golden gypsy
band.