The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-22

country coat, and a formal day dress coat
For all formal occasions it will be made or
black unfinished worsteds or yicuna; for
business wear Of the dark colorings. show
ing indistinct plaids, and for the country
OF cloths showing prominent plaid treat
ments. If the coat is black Ii will be worn
with trousers OF the same or different ma
terial, but If the coat be Of any other cloth
or shows a pattern 1t will have trousers
Of the same material
Rain coats will be worn very much this
be the noticeable things in dress. These are
very handy coats. and they are now made
in such attractive materials and styles
that they have greatly advanced in popu-
lar favor.
There lis an effort to introduce the COM
ing summer new idea for afternoon wear.
This is to bring the dinner jacket out as
an afternoon garment. The indorsers OF
this new idea claim that at the seaside,
mountain and watering resorts. such as
Narragansett Pier. Saratoga and Bluff
Point, the frock coat and silk hat are en-
trely too uncomfortable TO be worn and.
therefore. must be ruled out as part OF the
formal attire for day wear. The new outfit
would be made up of dinner jacket or
faced with silk, a single-breasted white
waistcoat with gilt or black pearl buttons.
a very neatly striped. pleated negiigee
hue, with an exceedingly neat pattern. Tho
trousers would be Of the same material a.
the coat, and the shoes would be low-cut
black silk with neat embroidery. The hat
would be split sennit sailor with q colored
ribbon. The point about this Ia that IL
would tend to make the dinner Jackets use
full.
One finds I'm the new shirtings not q few
things that are novel and pleasing. IL Is
all very well to talk about the dignity OF
neatness and quietness In mans apparel
but when IL is overdone. when one II con-
fined to black and white and gray. then
the advocacy of gentility becomes a cloak
for Puritanism and We men are likely TO
revolt; in which case our indulgence IN
color becomes marked. and we go from tho
extreme soberness to the extreme or nam-
boyancy. Therefore. after couple OF sea-
sons Of black and white and an white
shirtings, IL Is not at all surprising TO ind
a great many dark grounds and quite bril-
liant striped effects. In the new pleated
shirts which. by the way. have very plain.
vored. These are the new grays. sea green's.
blues and tans. The oxbloods and the
whites are not counted among the favor
ties in the smartest shops. In the plain
front shirts the striped patterns are used.
and Ii Is the plain front shirt which sells
best.
for spring and summer wear is the low, OF.
rather, medium-height fold affair. These
will have outer folds that almost meet In
front and that are well rounded on at the
points The fold collar and the soft shirt
will naturally go together and once the
top coat is laid aside they viii be very
much In evidence. The fold collar permits
Of the wearing of only two types OF cravat.
the tie and the four-in-hand: and. unfortu-
nately, the forms in these two types are
very limited.
The seasons tie will be perfectly straight
and with square ends. and win be from ~
TO inches wide. They viii be made up
softly and will be tied tightly. The effects
will be very neat and the favorite materi-
ais will be the new silk and linen crayat-
ings and the foulards-
The shoes will be cut low and laced with
medium width silk laces. The calf button
shoes will be worn with cutaways. but not
with strictly negligee suits The buttoned
russets will not be in good form. The new
est lasts reveal a graceful outswung curve
TO the sole and pointed toes. which have q
deep tip, with a neat line OF perforation8
at the broad end. The half hose VIII not
be loud. In fact IL Will reveal color that has
not been overused by the startling d.
signs, and the round stripes Win b sue.
ceedsd by various forms Of clockinGD a.
instep embroideries.