Evening star., 1902-08-02

Mr.. Finney had copied the costume from
one ne saw at garden party near London,
worn by the greatest swell, as to clothes
| IN England Among all the loud and ex-
| treme styles shown on that particulsr occa-
sion, the blue and white stood out cool re-
lreshing and becoming in its simplicity
IN the old days men gave careful atten-
tlon TO the quality and cut of their gar
ments, both in suits and underwear but
there was never such variety of beautiful
and expensive things in the trifies that give
Characteristic touch and tone to a mans
appearance The most eXtrayagant and
senseless prices are paid to fashiona bic
haberdashers for ties and stockings and
| belts and other articles that make a mans
costume either correct in detail or the very
opposite.
There is rebellion on the uart of every
conservative man as regularly as a new
style comes out, and each man pronounces
the innovation outrageous. But after the
OLD saw-''Flrst endure, then pity, then em-
brace each man as regularly gives in and
meekly adopts the condemned novelty. Golf
and bicycling have done lot for the new
man. and after the first tiraid venture he
went in for knickerbockers. soft shirts and
belts and all the comfortable accessories of
an outing costume to such an extent that
he became scandal and could not be coax
ed back into boiled shirts and regulation
dress. The fact that men of the smart SET
men who could have any sort of clothes
they please. led the way has established
the corr ectness of the fashion, and now
men htdItS i've III SO4A COStlIHe- AL any
rate. it is no longer correct for men to
wear full dress after the close Of the sea-
son. except al some occasion of great for
mality. and at the smarteSt places one sees
only an occasional tuXedo-while nearly
every man keeps to his tweeds and fan
nels. There is almost as much variety in
the materials there is in those used for
womens dresses. White is the favorite. in
wool, cotton or linen, for out-of-town wear,
but there are many lovely Erays and
browns md blues with fine hair lines that
are worn for morning by the best dressed
men in town. very popular flannel is
light gray. with lines of green and darker
gray. worn with white and black striped
cotton shirt. a white stock and patent
leather shoes The belt is of patent leather.
too. and there is opportunity for buttons
and pin to suggest the costume in design.
The trousers and shirt look well together
that many a man is happy to go about
minus CCat with the heat for excuse.
Stocks are not as popular as they once
were. Men. for some reason, seem to cling
to stiff collars-from habit, perhaps-and
stocks are certainly not cool, for it is
necessary to have them very thick in order
to make them keep the proper shape. The
darker fl9nnelS for business are very smart,
but thev are soft and catch dust and lint.
so that sPrgeS are very much better, and
it is hard to improve upon a dark blue
serge for service and appearance. The
correct accompaniments are the conven-
tional straw hat. colored shirt, high turn
down collar. dark tie and patent leather
shoes. Worn without waistcOat, the same
suit is correct for very hot weather. with
leather bet and soft shirt. The best style
ties are foUr-ic-hands in foulard and other
soft silks. and green, brilliant. unsoftened
green, is the most fashionable thing in ties.
The most ultra combination is a four-in
hand with wide ENDS, worn with blue
suit.
The dress suit is always the same, with
muslin tie. high, straight collar, white
gloves and patent leather pumps The
oil Gbpnil ALWAYS he np3rl
white-never. by any chance. cream white.
But there is no need to keep the dress suit
about at this season, and somehow when
man does wear it. unless his figure Is one
of those built on model lines, the marking
line between guest and waiter seems faint
er than it does in the winter.