Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-20
FASHIONS SUMMED! UP
Hints on Proper: Wearing
p Apparel for Men.
INDIVIDUAL TASTES
THE MODES OF TOWN AND coUN-
TRY CoNTRASTED.
The Gentleman is Never the Creature
Of His Tailor, Haberdasher or Boot
maker-Comfort Clothes.
From the Haberdasher.

From the Haberdasher.
Between what the shops show and what
well-dressed men wear, there is often 4
wide breach. Keep one thing firmly In
mind-the gentleman is never the creature
OF his tailor, haberdaSher or bootmake-.
They do not control his tastes, but. on the
contrary. his tastes sway them. The really
smart innovations in dress seldom come
from the tradesman, however good his
taste may be. but are the personal pref
erences and notions of men with the means
to travel and the leisure to observe. They
make study Of dress and it is their ideas
that the tailor takes and gives form to-.
1 am impelled to say this, because many
persons fancy that the tailor is the su-
preme court in dress. Heaven forbid!
Leave 1t all to your tailor and it's pounds
to pence that he'll make a guy of YOU
Direct him intelligently and you get the
results you seek. All this is merely pre-
liminary to consideration of summer
clothes as worn In town and out in contra
distinction to what seemed likely to be worn
at the beginning of the season. For there
are always changes or notifications of
fashions In the process of their adoption
and then. too, there are the fads to be
recokoned with. 1 notice that many we'll
dressed men favor fannels for country
rieunging in preference to homespuns. serg-
es and tweeds. These are cut very full and
loose and the jackets have broad, rounded
low-lying lapels.
For Town Wear.
When suits are intended for town wear1
the jackets show a bit of shaping In at
the waist In the back, while the f1annels and
tweeds which belong distinctly to the open,
fall straight from the shoulders. The prac-
tice of turning up the bottoms of the
trousers when a belt is worn, to which 1
referred some months ago. appears to be on
the wane. except for outing. the field and
the links. 1t is a practice founded upon
sense and comfort and one that 1 would
be sorry to see extinguished. To avoid the
dragging of the trousers hem upon the
ground, trousers are cut shorter and trifie
narrower at the bottom, but not what is
coarsely called ''peg-top." This is the badge
of the vulgarian in dress, of the person
who is never content unless he is caricatur-
ing fashion. Turning up the bottoms OF
ones trousers serves a three-fold purpose.
First, the edges do not scrape the ground,
then they do not catch in the back Of
low-cut shoes and, finally the heat some
times affects cloth In summer and stretches
It the fraction of an inch. All these draw
backs are surmounted by turned-up trou-
sers. which besides cooler to the
ankle and do not keep the wearer forever
Juggling at his waistband.
A Smart Bath Gown.
smart bath gown intended for travel
ing when the ordinary cumbrous article
would be unserviceable is made of silk and
cotton, light brown in shade, and the col
lar. cuffs. belt and the broad front stripe
are very light yellow. with fine polka
dots Of black. There are two patch side
pockets and two pearl buttons at the top.
This garment is noticeable for it's graceful
cut and modish air. being. indeed, fashioned
as carefully as a tailor would fashion a
coat. In passing 1 must refer to the great
err attention that well-dressed men are be-