Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18
FOR THE GROWING LAD
FOR HIM Is A GREAT
PLEASURE.
Stores Full Of All Kinds of Comfort.
able and Suitable
Things.

Written for The Evening Star
The day when almost anything would do
Tor the lad between ten and sixteen is past
Dame Fashion has laid down new laws for
tEese long neglected youths, and the mother
whose purse strings do not loosen at the
slght or the dress accessories displayed this
season for her fast growing lad is certainly
Lot made Of ordinary clay
Everything designed for the youth tends
toward comfort, nattness and trimness
FROM the first summer day until the last
ne need never don anything save wash gar
ments In the morning he wears khaki or
cotton and linen crash. Trousers and loose
coats may match. or the trousers may
be worn alone with a soft, blousing negli-
ge shirt. For the afternoon or evening"
the boy wears pure white linen or duck.
There has never been a year when wash
suits for boys verging on young manhood
nave been SO common. The mother Of
summer at Cape May has laid in twenty
wash suits for each of them. This is be-
cause laundry work at summer resorts is
expensive, and she sends their suits to
town twice week. boy in good circum-
stances is expected to lay in not less than
a dozen suits.
With these wash clothes. the latest novel
ty in belts. half an inch wide, is worn
blaCh patent leather IS popular LOT QTeSSy
wear and red leads among the colors. This
belt is merely stiffened string for holding
up the trousers but the boys like it i'm
mensely. In the wide belts, boys of gayer
tastes like the Unframed calf skin. with the
soft brown and white hair coloring it natur-
ally.
His Golf Jacket
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 collar, cuffs and pock-
ct flap. With this, he wears white duck
trousers, a red tie. soft white shirt, tan
shoes and stockings, and white duck hat
The Reggie Vanderbilt shape leads all
corners in hats with the 1904 summer boy
1t Is not unlike a campaign hat, with
round crown and leather strap for
band. Some wear it in trim, smoothly-laid
folds, others dent it or wear 1t in a peak.
Though made from felt, 1t is lighter and
cooler than 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 It's soft. rolling
brim, is also favorite 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 Ro-
man colorings. or plain red, or green, or
yellow.
Shoes mothers most extravagant
item for the summer youth, and in order to
tempt a boy to care for them, shoe deal
ers are Offering some tidy little accessor-
les. 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 it.
Neat sets offered for keeping the
CHI in, tato of iSb ~,
clude leather case, holding one brush for
the clothes and two for the Shoes with
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 supplanted oxfords They
of leather or canvas leather and
canvas combined, laced with rather broad
throngs. A second strap for strengthen
ing the ankle comes round from the back of
the shoe, and is fastened in buckle just
above the instep.
The correct evening dress for a boy at
the summer hop is immaculate white duck,
with patent leather shoes.