Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21

The trousers will be cut straight and full.
there being plenty Of cloth about the hips
as well as about the Calls. Trousers will
be creased or not just as the wearer sees
fit. as this is one OF the minor details OF
dress upon which man may use his own
judgment without fear of transgressing the
mode.
The Cutaway in Favor.
The cutaway coat will be more popular
than ever. 1t has now been generally ac-
cepted as business coat as well as a
country coat, and a formal day dress coat
For all formal occasions it will be made Of
black unfinished worsteds or vicuna; for
business wear of the dark colorings, show
ing indistinct plaid /, and for the country Of
cloths showing prominent plaid treatments
If the coat is black it viii be worn with
trousers Of the same or different material.
but, II the coat be of any other cloth or
shows pattern 1t will have trousers Of the
same material
Medium-Length Jackets.
Jackets will be cut in the medium length,
that is. they will not be as short as the mil
itary affairs nor as long as the type which
was so common just before the very short
jackets came in. The new Jackets will be
cut to fit the figure quite closely. The side
seams will have plenty Of spring to them
and the backs will have opened seams,
center vent or no vent whatever. The dou-
ble-breasted jackets will be very popular,
and will be made with narrow collars and
large lapels. The three-buttoned style will
undoubtedly be the best. These handy gar
ments will be worn with fancy or same ma
terfal as waistcoats. In outing suits, those
designed strictly for the country the single
breasted jacket, will undoubtedly be the
favorite. These suits will be made in fam
nels, Shetland homespuns, fancy worsteds
and In serges. In flannels the grays, plaids
and the loud checks will be favored The
will no do with,
turnups, that being pure matter of taste
The plain gray flannel suits will undoubted-
ly be very popular. l am not sure but that
they will be altogether too popular to ad-
nit of eXclusiveneSS, and therefore desira-
bility.
Top Coats.
AS for top coats the skrted affairs made
of dark gray OF slate, or of the conventional
tan coverts, will be very smart. These
coats should have quite narrow collars,
large lapels, close with three bone buttons
which show through the cloth and are not
hidden in fly, and with the pocket cut on
slant In the front Of the skirts or about
where the trousers pockets would be If the
coat were not worn. The regular covert
coat cut short and full will also be popular.
1t will have the medium width collar and
lapeis, the breast pocket and all seams will
be strapped. This coat will be made en-
t:rely of the tan covert cloth. For dress
or the fly front Chesterfield will continue as
the best models.
Haberdashery.
I think chat rain coats will be worn very
much next spring; they and the fancy
waistcoats will be the noticeable things In
dress These are very handy coats and they
are now made in such very attractive ma
terials and styles that they have greatly
advanced in popular favor
In haberdaShery there are one or two
things worthy Of more than passing notice
The round point wing collar Is now engag-
Ing the attention Of the best trade, and !
nave seen them on some of the best dressed
men in town These collars are worn with
English squares tied in the once-oyer form
the knot being pressed in very small so that
the cravat presents pear FORM These
squares have bias effects and look very well
with business clothes.
Old Summer Favorites.
There is no doubt that we will return to a
great many old fayorites when summer
comes around again. The two-piece suit
is sure to be one Of the prevailing favorites
and it will be worn with the plain front
neglige shirt, the fold collar, the fourth
hand, and with either russell or calf shoes.
The shoes will be cut low and laced with
medium width silk laces. The calf button
shoes will be worn with getaways, but not
with strictly negiige suits. The buttoned
russets will not be in good form, nor can /
see any reason to predict any other fate
for cloth top shoes. The newest lasts re-
veal a graceful outsWung curve to the sole
and pointed toes, which have a deep tin.
broad end. The half-hose will not be loud
in fact 1t will reveal color that has not
been over used by the startling designs and
the round stripes will be succeeded by vari-