Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
MEMS FASHIONS.
Tatlor's Heart-to-Heart Talk With O.
Customer About Style.

From the New York Mall and Express.
A man who for one reason or another
had not worn evening dress for several
years casually remarked to q New York
tailor the other day that, though his suit
had been IN storage q long time, It was
new when he put 1t away and was proba-
bly, as good as ever. That's where men have
advantage of women" he counplacently re-
marked. "A good. well-made broadcloth
suit will last a quiet man who doesn't go
out, much at least ten years Broad
cloth!'. said the tailor, trying not to grin.
why, yes" returned the customer in sur
prise Il never heard 1t called anything
Then the tailor, who gave a splendid ex-
hibftion Of tolerance under the circum-
stances, explained that hroadcloth was OBJ
solete. True. the material which had
served its purpose for general tons had be-
come SO identified In the minds Of older
men with the masclllineI evening garment
Of polite society that they uDconsciously
chung to the term. But broadcloth had
been finally called in about twelve years
ago, and the man who wore it today would
be an object of cur osity As for doeskin
trousers, winch had long, been the invaria-
pie accompaniment of the broadcloth
swaliowtail,' no one wore them nowadays
but the second men, In domestic service.
The tailor further explai ned that even the
material which succeeded broadcloth had
been reiegated to limbo some half dozen
years ago, and that the evening dress suit
OF TO-DAY is made Of very fine unfinished
WorSteo Tor younger men, while the older
generation wears the more expensive crepe.
-,- AT least you will admit that that Is the
one exception. said the customer, some
what mortified. There Is nothing else
winch was in good form ten years ago
which l could not wear today without be-.
Ing badly dressed. OF course, I do not
mean fashionably dressed" We'll, said
the tailor, thoughtfully, probably only a
tailor would see any difference in the trou-
sers, and likely as not you could wear the
same sack coat without being detected by
one man In thousand The frock coat
Wouio pass muster, too, and only men who
pay good deaf Of attention to dress would
notice mat the cutaway coat, II you had
one, was not along the latest New York
lines. Getaways are not worn much now
VI course, there has been a great change
In the appearance OF overcoats, which today
are mace loose and flowing, as every bedy
Knows. Sun. If your overcoat was the old
Iashloned conventional sort, without any
current kink OF fashion incorporated in its
make, you might wear 1t and maintain
prosperous look
THOSE who keep track Of these things say
that the noticeable changes in the cut Of
LienS clothing are insignificant within the
past decade. and that a business man at
the Chicago worlds fair looked very much
the same as he would look today. 1t Is
only the extremes Of styles which would
appear out OF place year hence But
men are better dressed, say the observers;
mat IS TO say, the standard of what to wear
on certain occasions has been raised FIT.
teen years ago weI-bred man could at
tend the theater in Boston Of an evening
clad In a business suit, without feeling that
ne was doing anything unusual. Ten wears
ago, in some of the big western cites. even
Ing dress was an uncommon garment, ex-
ceptlng at balls But that Is changed