Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
STYLESFORM EK'SWEAR
A Forecast of the Fashions
For Autumn.
30 RADICAL CHANGES COMING.

VIII BE DISTINGUISHING Features
of Fall Dress-WinS Collars to He
Fav0rites-COrrectF Form In shirts
and Cravats The Proper FrOck
Coat.
More or less conjecture must enter
iato any forecast OF autumn fashions
Just at present The mode is in
plastic state, ready for forming. but
not yet formed. Radical innovations
ia dress l do not look for this autumn,
says a correspondent of Haberdasher.
1t will be season of brightness and
color, of richer tones and warmer hues,
but there are no signs that custom and
tradition will be Jared. If fashion
has card up its sleeve, it Will pertain
to details rather than essentials. The
well dressed man of autumn, naughty
three" will show the same regard for
the niceties of attire that have long
distinguished the American gentleman.
He will studiously avoid anything that
renders him too conspicuous, and he
will continue to shun the popular as
he would pestilence.
With the donning of more formal at
tire wing collars will be fayorites. The
long narrow wing has given place to
smaller affairs that fit the neck rather
snugly and give tidier effect. The
best model of wing collars will be some
what high. have narrow stitching and
less space between the tabs. Square or
round points are optional, though l
fancy the square will be more sought.
Round points have never really passed
beyond the fad stage, and this, joined
to the fact that they are featured by
low priced shops, tends to render them
unacceptable to many men. Poke col
lars for evening and formal day wear
should taper gracefully from the neck
outward. POl1es with SIMPLY points
are odious. Standing collars with
fronts just meeting and straight stand
ers with overlapping fronts are correct
for formal occasions. Fold collars are
out of it from a strictly fashion point
of view, as they are really a summer
style. However, they will be worn to
business, and both square and round
points are permissible. All collars will
have soft, dead white lnsterless finish.
Coming to shirts for informal wear,
the plated garments are good. Plaits
are somewhat narrow, and the grounds
Colors are bit pronounced, in har-
mony with the general tendency of
autumn dress toward more sharply de-
fined effects. l do not think that the
bosom shirts made up of two fabrics,
one in cuffs and bosom and the other
in body and sleeves, will go with the
best trade. Cross stripe bosoms are
mooted, but conditions just now are
not favorable to their introduction.
High class custom shirt makers have
shown them tentatively and, so far as
can be determined, without encourage
ment Dress shirts have undergone no
change. The very simple affair with
plain bosom is correct.
In cravats it's q season of large
shapes. The wing and poke collars
look we'll only with cravats of generous
widths. For business wear big squares
and broad fourth hands will be prop
er, while for formal day wear the ascot
promises to hold first place. Narrow
four-in-hands, small ties and skinny
cravats generally are passe. Brilliant
designs are favored in cravatings, and
the lover of brightness and color may
give free rein to his taste without
transgresSing the proprieties. OF course
exclusiveness of pattern counts for
much, and the we'll dressed man will
go to any length to obtain it. Four-in-
hands will have moderately tight, full
knots, while ascots will be adjusted
with a freer and more flowing effect.
SO called dress protectors are not to
be thought Of The smart muller will
be the big thirty-six inch shape in
~
lures. In both cravats and muffiers in
dividuality of pattern and plenitude of
fabric are the marks of the upper class
article.
Venturing into the domain of the
tailor as contradistinguished from that
of the haberdasher, the frock coat for
a man feet 8 inches high will be
forty inches long and made of worsted
vicuna. The lapels will be long and
medium width and will be silk faced
to the buttOnhole. Jackets will be
made without the long roll which has
come to be the badge of the ready
made garment Square cut double
breasted jackets will have three but
TONS The two button affair has been
relegated to the sartorial bone yard.
Round cut jackets will have the same
cutaway effect in front which distin
guished spring garments. The slight
military flare in the back is still in
vogue, and the jacket will have CEN
ter vent. Trousers will be moderately
wide at the hip. twenty inches at tho
knee and seventeen inches at the bot
tom.
Evening dress shows but slight
changes. Coats are the same length,
with tails trihe more peaked and Ia
pels silk faced to the edge. Cloth. not
velvet, collars are correct. Trousers
measure twenty inches at the knee and
seventeen inches at the bottom. The
evening jacket has a narrower lapel,
with a longer roll. The waisteoat is
three button and U shaped. So far as
Oyercoats go. the covert top coat. rather