Evening star., 1902-08-09
: of quality and the ever valuable influence
The Bathing Suit.

OF subdued colors.
The Bathing Suit
Since athleticism has been 50 universally
accepted as an ordinary and desirable con-
ditiop. fashion has ceased 10 frown upon
bathing suits that gave to the limbs OF an
active man that requisite freedom insepa-
rable from perfect enjoyment Of health-giv-
ing sport. The bathing suit Of the period Is
very much abbreviated affair and much
more slightly than the garments with the
ill-htting sleeves and the long. baggy draw
ers. The new type is composed of two
pieces. the shirt being in bold horizontal
stripes and the drawers or trunks in a solid
color. The shirts are sleeveless and made
on the rowing or athletic model. the stripes
being in contrasting colors, such as blue and
white, blue and red, red and black. red and
White and maroon and white. The trunks
are of the predominating color in the shirts
and are made very short, coming not nearer
than four inches OF the knee. For men who
really swim II is necessary that trunks be
snort and that shirts be sleeveless. so that
the new type is most acceptable to all except
the prUdish hSbitues of the beach The old
style suits with the striped quarter sleeves.
with shirts striped about the ends and long
drawers striped at the knees. are stnl worn
by elderly men and also by young men. but
they are not very popular with swimmers.
Another good bathing suit Is made up Of
striped or solid color sleeveless shirt. with
solid color knit trunks. The latter have
belt loops. through which either a broad
leather belt Of rumchunda square is pass
ed. The shirts are tucked into the drawers.
This makes very slightly as well as a
very comfortable suit.
Handkerchiefs and Belts.
Some of the new linen handkerchiefs are
very pretty. specially so are those showing
the narrow hem In solid colors These have
borders In old gold, ecru, maroon. blue and
red. Other new handkerchiefs show broad
block plaids in all-over treatments in vari-
Gus colors, and others are in colored centers
with white hens. These colored handker-
chiefs are worn with outing suits only and
sometimes with the business suit. but for
the latter only the very neatest effects
should be chosen
Black bride leather belts with gilt buckles
have been very popular this summer. as
have the severely plain pigskin affairs Very
few or the fancy belts are seen on men
who really know how TO dress, and as vet [
have failed to find any one, who was any,
body, bold enough to wear a sash. The
squares. however, are affected by a few
men, principally golfers. 1t is, however, a
belt season, for every one. even the unfOr-
tunates who cannot get along without sus-
penders, wear them. The narrow belt, that
about an inch wide, is the faEorite. / have
seen on young men who delight in extremes
very narrow belts. These do not look well,
and, Furthermore, they are not very COM
Portable
How Not to Dress.
IHeIe nave been many 1aQS IN the dress
Of young men this summer The wearing
OF large wing collars, very narrow four-in-
hands. enormous Panama hats and peculiar
forms in Norfolk jackets have been the
most prominent The mode, needless to say.
does not sanction this sort Of thing The
well dressed man of the period sludiously
avoids anything in the way of apparel that
makes him at all conspicuous. The de-
sCription of a type that is very prevalent
may not be amiss / Will describe il, ii for
no other reason than 70 explain how [
think a man OF taste should not dress
The hat is a Panama, with the brim
folded down to height of about three
inches. The brim is very wide and is curled
up in the back and turned well down in
front. Under this is very weak face with
a very large pipe stuck in it. Next comes
a huge wing collar, with enormous wings.
This surmounts percale pleated front shirt
and very narrow plain black four-in- hand.
The coat is a Norfolk with the belt dam
Cling loose. 1t may be Of black cloth or OF
some fancy check stuff. Then comes a very
wide pair of trousers turned up at the bot
tom. These are made of hOmespun or fan-
mel. They are supported by a half-nch
leather belt, and a leather watch fob, with
an old baggage check on the end, bangles
from the waist pocket. The half-hose are
highly colored, and the shoes are low cut
calfs with big soes and big heels. This is
the dress affected by men who imagine that
they correctly portray the mode in their
apparel. i hold that they ridicule the fash
ion, and are frightfuI examples of men af-
flicted with sartorial insanity. 1t is a type
freely used by the artists who draw for
the ready-made clothing advertisements,
and is far from being a true and unexag-
gerated example of the fashions as accept<
ed by gentlemen,