The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-02
Sane STYLES
In Mems Clothing Will Prevail This
Winter-Freaks Have Passed.
cleveland Plain Dealer.)


Trousers. to begin with, the most
essential garment are getting back
to saner principles. 1t will be far
cry from the grain sack "peg top
ped' monstrosities, inaugurated by
the college boys several years ago. to
the trousers to be worn the coming
fall. For several years trousers have
been big at the top and small at the
bottom. Now the pendulum is swing
ing back the other way; the bottoms
are to be made larger, the knees
smaller. AS early as last spring this
| tendency was noted In the East. and
, extremists We're to be seen occasion
| ally on Fifth avenue with trousers of
an almost saiior-like effect.
As for coats. the long double
breasted sack is to be extremely pop
ular for business wear. There will be
no retraction from the very great
! length noted in these ceats throughout
, the spring and summer, and it may be
a puzzling problem, before the winter
is over, to distinguish some of these
elongated sack suits from frocks. The
deep split in the back will still be pop
ular, but two splits at the side are
considered better than the single one
IN the middle for winter wear.
+ Fancy waistcoats bid fair to con-
tinne popular. in spite of the outra-
geous advantages taken of this style
by persons lacking in taste, who have
vested themselves in gaudy, checker
board effects. There is positively no
excuse for a fancy waistcoat or any
but the most modest, unobtrusive pat
tern.
Coming to the outermost man, the
overcoat is naturally consideration
of momentous Importance. Tailors
say that long, loose, roomy coats of
the ordinary Chesterfield variety
will be the thing this winter for ordi-
nary business wear However, they
will have to divide honors with the
"skirted' coat. which has of late
years been making big Roadway
among men whose avoirdupois is not
too considerable to admit the greater
prominence of "lines" which this
kind of coat bestows. Corpulence in
a "surtout' is likely to excite the
public's disabilities TO an uncomforta-
BILE extent, and no fat man outside of
the theatrical brotherhood would
have the hardihood to venture it.
/ The belted or "steamer coat has
gone, and gone for good. Indeed, the
belted coat was ever proper coat
for city wear, its real function being
for travel and for country wear. Tt
was such a durable, easy fitting gar
ment, however, that it gained no lit
tie popularity among the college boys.
In Chicago and the West in general it
was even seen with evening dress. But
fashion cried out to the skies at this.
and the belted coat will linger not
much longer to shock the sensibilities
of the fastidious.
In brief, all men s garments will be
constructed this winter along loose,
flowing lines. with grays and browns
the popular colors. Regarding the ac-
cessories to man wear haberdashers
state that wing collars are to attain
greater popularity than ever before,
except for evening dress, with which
thew will be eschewed: that brown
derbies are making a vigorous bid for
popularity Soft hats, which are to
be tabooed, excepting for country
, wear. will be decorated with modestly
eolored ribbons and will be worn fat.