The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
Shopping for Lads
Now a Pleasure
Man Has Individuality In
Dressing.

The day when almost anything would
do for the lad between ten and sixteen
is past. Dame Fashion has laid down
new laws for these long neglected
youths, and the mother whose purse
strings do not loosen at the sight of
the dress accessories displayed this
season for her fast growing lad is GER
tainly not made of ordinary clay.
Everything designed for the youth
tends toward comfort. nattiness and
t~imness. From the first summer day
until the last, he need never don any
thing save wash garments. In the
morning he wears khaki or cotton ana
| linen crash. Trousers and loose coats
/ may match, or the trousers may he
worn alone with a soft, blousing negli-
gee shirt. For the afternoon or even
ing. the boy wears pure white linen or
duck.
There has never been a year when
wash suits for boys verging on young
manhood have been so common The
mother of two fine-looking young chaps
who will summer at Cape May has laid
In twenty wash suits for each of them.
This Is because laundry work at sum-
iner resorts is expensive, and she sends
their suits to town twice a week. A
boy in good circumstances is expected
to lay in not less than dozen suits.
With these wash clothes, the latest
novelty in belts, half an inch wide. is
worn. Black patent leather is popu-
lar for dressy wear and red leads
among the colors. This belt Is merely
a stiffened string for holding up the
L. -
ly. In the wide belts. boys of gayer
tastes like the untanned calf skin, with
the soft brown and white hair coloring
IL naturally.
For the boy who goes In for golf,
there is a new Jacket of bright red
cloth, cut in Norfolk style, with a white
red belt. and green facings for the coll
lar, cuffs and pocket flap. With this,
he wears white duck trousers, red tie,
soft white shirt, tan shoes and stock
ings, and a white duck hat.
The Reggie Vanderbilt shape leads
all corners in hats with the 1904 sum-
nIer boy. 1t is not unlike a campaign
hat, with round crown and leather
strap for a band. Some wear ii in
trim. smoothly-laid folds, others dent
1t or wear IL In a peak. Though made
from felt, Ii is lighter and cooler than
a straw hat, 1t is also more expensive.
Boys of ten have military caps in
leather, and, for dress, a flexible patent
leather hat, with belts and shoes to
match. The straw yachting hat. with
its soft. rolling brim, is also a favor
lite with the boys.
Bathing suits for boys come all in
one piece this year, and black is the
favorite color. If something brighter
is desired, the black jersey cloth is
relieved by bands or stripes around
the knees and arms, In Roman color
ings, or plain red, or green, or yell
low
Shoes are a mothers most extrava~
CANT item for the summer youth, and
in order to tempt a boy to care for
them shoe dealers are offering some
tidy little accessories. One of these
is the shoe tree. A boy should have
nearly as many trees as he has shoes.
for leather will crack less when
stretched over the tree, and shoes
which have been water-soaked will
take on their original shape If drawn
carefully over 1t.
Neat sets are offered for keeping
the shoes in a good state Of polish.
They include a leather case. holding
one brush for the clothes. and two
for the shoes. with a sunken disk for
holding the box of polish.
The novel feature of the new shoes
for boys lies in the fact that, for
morning wear high shoes have sup
planted Oxfords. They are of leather
or canvas, or leather and canvas
combined laced with rather broad
thongs A second strap for strength
ening the ankle comes around from the
back of the shoe. and is fastened in
buckle Just above the instep.
The correct evening dress for boy
al the summtr hop lis immaculate
white duck with patent leather shoes.