Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-17

ers to match. They are worn with calf
shoes with tan spats. or without spats, and
with fancy shirts. 1t Is the only skirted
coat that can be worn with stif hat II We
which are worn this winter are made OF
oxford, madras or flannel. The latter have
SIX stripes and have cuffs Of linen. Tho
collars should be either Of the wing or fold
variety, and the cravat should be a folded,
In four-in- hand not less than one-and-severt.
eighths OF an inch wide.
Waistcoats and Sticks.
The fancy waistcoats which promised to
be such q feature In business dress seems
to have been dropped These waistcoats
ought to go well with spring suitings. They
form natural part Of q two-piecs summer
suit. The fashion Of wearing them in win.
ter was not sound and naturally failed, I
look for the return Of these very attractive
garments next spring and feel that they
day dress.
Men are now paying more attention to
walking sticks than they have for many
years past. The new sticks are very sim.
pie, the best showing no metal trimming
Whatever. A new stick that 10 shown by
one OF the crack uptown haberdashers Is OF
sycamore, finished in a dull moss gray,
showing Irregular whitish spots. This stick
mas q very neat silver nose piece and
swedge The stick Is properly a part Of
the formal dress outfit and should be car.
ried wherever one is going to accompany q
lady on the street, either during the day
or at night.
Marking Linen.
Marking ones haberdashery is now con-
sioered one OF the most necessary requires
ments Every man who has the means to
indulge his fancy in expensive raiment
should pay some attention to its marking
1t is the haberdashers duty to be prepared
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it. There are particular rules governing this
not unimportant matter. The handker-
chiefs. underwear. half hose and collars and
shirts. as well as gloves and cravats. may
be marked. I saw a complete set recently.
that was prepared for one Of the young
millionaires OF Gotham. The white hand.
kerchiefs had the monogram in white en-
proloer'u or dish about the size of q
quarter OF dollar. The fancy handker-
chiefs had the monogram in color. The
colored shirts had the monegrams on the
body near the edge Of the bosom in colors,
while the white shirts were marked in
white. The undershirts had the initials in
RED Just at the end Of the silk facing, and
the drawers were marked in the same way
near the upper edge of the left-hand side
Of the band. The half-hose had the initials
In contrasting color about a half inch
from the top, and the gloves had small
pieces Of silk sewn inside the wrist upon
which were embroidered the initials. The
cravats were marked inside the aprons by
initials embroidered In color that contrasted
with that of the cravat The goods were
all bought at once, and the marking bill
was told came to something over $500
Some of the new shirts brought out for
business wear show a leaning toward more
brilliant colorings. The treatments are
neat. but they do not lack life. Black and
white and other somber combinations do
not look well in shirtings and I never
thought that the craze for them would last
hny f}rp hot
while bright are not loud. Stripes are small
and are well separated. One Of the newest
fabrics is a cord weave showing stripes or
cords of alternating blue and white, green
and white, tan and white. and red and
white. These are made up with white linen
cuffs.