Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12
w HAT MEN w EA r
SINCE BREASTED FROCkS AND
WHITE EVENING WAIsTCOATS.
White Gloves Are the Thing After
Three-A Prince Wears WOrsted
to Protect Them.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The jewel box Of the well-dressed Amer
lean man Is overfiowing with costly but
tons. To specify in detail, he must now
wear star sapphires in his cuff links. The
stones should be large, graceful ovals, in
gold or silver. gypsy settings, and of per-
feet gray blue, distinctly showing white
stars in their centers. Star sapphires, to
match the cuff links in color though round
instead Of oval in shape. must also be used
to fasten the double-breasted front of the
full dress white wa!stcoat Eight Of these,
set in thread-lke frames of gold suffice for
the gilded dandy who has some difficulty in
spending his lavish income; for the young
man who wishes to keep up with the fash
ionable procession, but who cannot afford
the sapphires, cabochon moonstones answer
almost we'll. inexpensive and very milky
0pals from Mexico, more cloudy than moon
stones, but family dashed with opalene fire,
are also worked up into smart waistcoat
buttons and on the white surface Of the
low-cut, double breasted garment appear to
the happiest advantage.
The twentieth century cotillion leader and
opera box caller frankly acknowledges that
three dozen pairs of white gloves will barely
take him through his season with clean
hands. He Is deeply distressed over the
expense entailed in the effort to appear
we'll gloved in the evening He frankly de-
tests naphtha-washed glove, and he is
driven to various economic eXpedients with
view to saving his snowy kids from I'M
timely smudges and Streaks The Prince de
Croy who is something of a glass of fash
ion, but no spendthrift withal, has proven
himself the benefactor of his sex and set by
thriftily wearing white worsted gloves over
his fair kids when fitting about town in
cab or car. The worsted protectors are
wrought in fancy stitch. with long, elastic
wrists, and they not only keep the glace
gloves beneath them free from tarnish but
or cold night prove an unmixed comfort.
Just after pulling a door bell for an after
noon call or entering a play house lobby
the wooden goods are whipped off and
tucked into the topcoat pocket.
White or pastel gray gloves have been
worn all winter to weddings for late calls
and for receptions In the afternoon by the
men whose frock coats are single breasted
and whose waistcoats are white. For the
theater their hands are covered with an ex-
ira heavy cream white kid that has no high
glace finish. Tan gloves lined with wool.
though they are very costly, ranging Inf
price from $3.50 up. are very popular for
everyday use this winter, and the excuse
for their tall price Is their remarkable dura-
bility.
A few years ago every man received
among his Christmas gifts big white silk
muffiers for evening use. They are now
laid reverently away until the fashion of
wearing white evening muff1ers replaces the
present use of the wadded and carefully
shaped evening dress shield. The new
shield Is a very comfortable and perfected
detail Of evening dress. 1t hts the neck
snug and fat. showing an inch above the
square ends to fold fiat over the shirt
BOSOM A black silk shield, lined with
white satin, Is in very good taste; SO also
Ills shield Of richly but soberly colored