Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31

patterns and in pure white and white and
Biz sem hhskl or mas;ic shade. Reds and
| oiues are always used in connection with
| white. and black is one of the favori,e coil
ors Tor relieving white grounds nevu
Soior used In conjunction with white is a
hght gray. somewhat like the color Of tho
suede gloves. All linen shirts I'm white
corn and in white with relief colorinvs in
the most modest stripes are also good The
soft shirts will be worn with fold collars %
moderate height. with either a hatswtng or
| a four-in-hand. The cravats will be 81
oark tones. with neat relief effects 4. COL
ored shirts are worn. but IL the white shirts
, are worn then the more brilliant colorinrs
ana combinations are proper.
Collars.
The returns are now in and the showing
made by the wing collars is not exactly up
10 the expectations Of the most ardent adj
mirers OF that style. Wings have sold ex-
ceedingly well, but the demand has been
more or less local. and has not been OF
| that steadily increasing volume which gives
manufacturers confidence. The collar sold
better in fine goods than in the popular
| priced grades, and so far fine trade is
| concerned. the wing may be put down a. a
| success. II is generally conceded in fha
ilne trade that the wing collar is a good,
| legitimate winter style, and retailers sell
| ing the best trade expect the return TO IA
vor of these collars next fall.
Inc medium height fold collar will I'M
doubtedly have the field to itself this sum
mer- 1t VIII run from Ia up to 2Is inches.
IL VIII be made in the round as well as the
| square cornered type, with narrow and
with wide stitching. The round corners are
the faVorltes. and fine trade has given its
unaualihed Endorsement to the wide stitch
| ing.
Nearly all Of the new fold collars have
| the extension fronts. A few with lap-0ver
fronts have been made on special order.
| but so far. this collar has not appeared i'm
| any of the brand lines.
Cravat Talk
The season for rumchundas tWills or
foulards. whichever you may choose to call
them. is now On. and dividing the attention
of buyers, are the cotton cravatings and
hunting stocks. In the twills the most
prominent innovation is the new corn or
buff tint This is the novelty. as il is not
| taken up as successor Of all other co,ors
| or will IL be allowed to share the honors
/ with such good old staples as indigo blue
ana the very dark greens. The new khaki
! or corn shade has been used in units as
| wei as in grounds. I'm fact one finds IL in
4 every quality and in every assortment So
lar as designs or patterns go, the tendency
IN the single well the multi-colored
| designs is toward simplicity and neatness
| AS these twills are principally used for
small cravats the large and splashy designs
| do not look well. This seasons twills have
been brought out In the very best quail
| tiles. some of the highest cost cloths weigh
| ing more than anything heretofore sold in
| this weave
In the silk line there are many new ef-
| fects designed expressly for summer The
outlook for silk is very good there being
feeling in the best trade that the four-in-
| hands and ties. which will be almost uni
Versal VIII look best and wear best IL
made Of silk. There are new baratheas
| new armures. new tissues and new crinkly
WeaVes. as well variations in all other
| weaves adapted to light weights These
1 in ~
/ which are the new corn and the green
| tones Ombre stripes and stripes woven 20
| either edge or center of the hand.
| as well as solid colors and neat units may
| be found in an abundance of treatments
! In forms the new folded-in ties and four
| in-hands have the call I'm fine goods and
| the lined four-in-hands and reversible bats
| wings are selling well in all the medium
| grades.
The showing Of hunting stocks is by far
the largest and most extensive that has
ever been prepared. Concerns which have
heretofore made silk cravats only are now
making stocks.
Styles in Hats.
So far as styles in stiff hats are con-
cerned the high-crown, broad brim derby is
much affected by young men for early
spring wear. 1t shares the honors with the
| taper-crown narrow-brim derby that was
the pet OF fashion last autumn. Brown
derbies are emerging from a long retire
ment. but though they are seen in shop
windows 1t is not believed that they will
! be factor OF consequence this season.
Black in sim hats and black and pearl in
soft hats govern the mode.
Among soft hats, black tourists. raw-edge
tourists. stitched alpines, pearl tourists and
So-called golf hats are faVoriteS among
buyers. In straws. fine sennets. fiat brim
splits. rough sennets. soft mackinaws and
soft splits offer pleasing choice. Panama
soft hats may be had in the breezy wide
brlmmeQ. gracefully cnripd shane N
more modified styles. Then there is the
Panama alpine pearl. with a crown of the
stove-pipe effect encircled by narrow
black band.
The Faddist Incorrect.
Fashion condones variety in all things
designed for mems wear, provided II is re-
stricted and not too literally scattered. Va
r:ety. sartorially applied, does not neces-
sarily mean fiamboyancy or oddly. We
must take the word in its ordinary old
fashioned English sense, and not in the
sense it is applied to unlicensed inter-
mixture and constantly varying succession
of ideas. The man who must have the
oldest hat and form of craVat unlike any
others. and clothes cut very peculiarly
that every one looks at them, is not dress
ed fashionably. He is dressed to attract
attention. and from the viewpoint of gem
tility may be ranked with the flashy color
ed sports, who glory in paste, checks and
Satins.
The novelties prepared for the coming
summer reveal the trend toward simplicity
and neatness. Every article designed for
mems is just simple and plain as
1t can be made. Belts are narrow and de-
void of all ornamentation. Cravats are
small and cut very plain. while the silks
are noticeably quiet in tone and in design.
Shirts and shirtings follow the most firm
ly established standards. and in half hose
we find tina. IL is the neater effects that
have displaced the loud peculiar things
that sold so well a couple of years ago.
Croker Boss.
From the Kansas CITY Journal