The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-16

combinations, but in weave and text
ure. He never pays less than So for
socks whose fine weave will last only
comparatively short time. He will
pay from $12 to $14 for silk socks, with
a tiny flower or clock embroidered upon
1t. The well-dressed man scorns mon
ograms on his hosiery, as elsewhere.
He leaves such conspicuous tricks to
his imitator on the race track.
One well-knoWn Chicago man buys
nothing except navy blue socks in the
finest of silken texture, paying for
them $50 per dozen; and a certain New
Yorker confines his purchases to a
black silk hose, embroidered with tiny
flowers in natural colors, for which
he pays 500 per dozen. Socks done in
butterflies in natural coloring com
mand $25 pair, and are just now be-
ing sold to the smartest of dressers, not
in pairs but in dozens.
Handkerchiefs Big Item at SIS
Handkerchiefs are another big item
of expense in the sartorial equipment.
Here fneness of work and sheerness
of fabric add to the price. Seventy
five dollars a dozen is considered q
reasonable price for a handkerchief
as sheer and fine as chiffon. with hem
stitching so delicate that it can hard
" be detected by the naked eye. The
hsmming is done with the aid of mi
croscopes by old peasants in France.
II can neither be duplicated in this
country nor by the younger genera
ton Of needle workers abroad, so that
it is rapidly becoming extinct as
branch Of handwork.
These handkerchiefs must be or
dered at least year ahead. Mono
grams to match the hemstitching can
be ordered at the same time, and will
cost $40 each The late William
Whitney never used any other sort Of
handkerchief. and he would order
them three and four dozen at n time
for himself and his sons. Colored
handkerchiefs, no matter how deli
cate. are considered bad form by the
modern Beau Brummel.
Eighteen hundred dollars is said to
be fair price to pay for years sup
ply of underwear, which includes
three weights. light, medium and
heavy; twelve suits of the lightest
weight, and twenty-four each of the
heavier weights. For the best dress
ers a pure white silk mesh is pre-
ferred, but here a man may select the
pale colors, pink, lavender and blue,
without committing a sartorial crime.
A special weave OF white Japanese
silk comes for pajamas at $25 each,
and I'm order to secure this fabric or
ders must be placed from four to six
months IN advance. The paJamas are
pFain. with a small monogram or in
itiai wrought In the back Of the neck.
Both pajamas and the French night
shirts are made without collars. and
men who cling 10 the old fashioned
night shirts pay $3.50 apiece for the
fine linen shirts, buying at the rate Of
two dozen or more. Pajamas are
bought In relays. from six to twelve
suits at time.
Hundreds of Dollars for shoes.
No wel-dressed man would dream
of wearing a pair OF shoes not made TO
order. he pays from sl5 to SIS per
pair, and has trees for every pair. His
shoes are never polished, but boned,
IN order 10 bring out the natural oil.
A man who leads an active social life
can spend $3.50 a year on shoes and
not have a surplus stock on hand His
outing HhnaU riding boots and dane
Ing shoes alone furnish big sEnenss