Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-25

silk muffier folded simply in the middle and
without the least ornate touch. But the
muff1er 1 have described Is a pretty form
quite away from the conventional. For golf
and the winter games silk handkerchiefS, of
English Macclesfield twills, are largely
worn around the neck. These show hair
line checks and neat stripes, as well as
brilliant mixtures in green, purple, red and
gold. Fine white pongee handkerchiefs,
% inches in size, with woven inside tapes
in wine, blue and ecruline, are approved
for formal day dress. The evening hand
kerchef-it may be linen Silks always
plain white. The newer handkerchiefs to
carry with evening clothes have applied
brocade borders. So-called "black steel
is a fresh and fetching handkerchief hue
and / may also mention wine grounds. rose
gold. drab, indigo and bluette. Charvet of
Paris, an acknowledged master of the mode,
recently brought out handkerchiefs with a
rough finished surface, and these are in
for run this winter.
Fabric Gloves.
Several months ago 1 chronicled the bud
ding vogue of fabric gloves for men, and 1
expect to see them very generally worn
next spring in place of leather gloves.
Light leather gloves while favorites in
England, have never won their way here;
the American seemingly will only take
heavy leather walking gloves. Silk gloves
are capitally suited to spring and summer
wear, they leave the hand free and I'M
cramped and do not induce. perspiration
always the fault of the thick leather ar
ticle. Hence the pliable chamoiS glove in
troduced several seasons ago and now the
more pliable silk or Isle glove. 1t is gray
or white and faStenS with one large pearl
button, never with clasp, which is al
ways the mark of the lOw-clasS article
For some reason channels gloves have
proved unacceptable for general wear, and
their sphere is now the field and the coun-
try. The silk glove steps into the breach,
though of course. 1t is purely a handcover-
ing for late spring and for summer. I'm
less my memory betrays me, it is fifteen
years since the silk glove has enjoyed any
measure of vogue among well-dressed men,
and Its return exemplifies what / have
often maintained-that fashions disappear
only to reappear. constant course OF
come-and-go. take up and discard is in
progress. with notifications to place and
period.
"Club Jacket"
Some confusion results from the multi
plicity of names given to the garment popu-
larly called Tuxedo coat" OF course,
Tuxedo coat is vapd and pointess and
has chung merely because nobody has
evolved a better name. Evening jacket"
is, strictly considered, the best term for
the garment is literally jacket short
coat for evening wear. But many men.
kindly to evening jacket" and the logical
substitute then is club jacket The gar
ment is now virtually restricted to club
wear, to gatherings of men alone with
cigar to smoke and story to tell. Club
jacket seems to me to have point and
pith aud to fit the garment as the skin fits
the grape The gray club suits mentioned
here few months ago are simply fad
and do not carry with them the indorse-
ment of conservative men. When we
swerve from black and white in evening
Dress, We open the door to dangerous in
noyations that spell chaos. These two col
ors, and these only are sanctioned and
rightly So for they express the highest ele-
gance in dress and mark the truest refine
ment. Periodically there are mutterings
from young men. who fancy that they fix
the fashion, against the simple severity of
formal evening clothes. but nothing Is done
and nothing will be done to change it,
Well-dressed men are granite-like In OPP
posing every attempt to strip evening dress
of its plainness. Once in while some
young featherhead may set UP his own no.
tons as the fashion and take liberties with
evening dress, but the stony stares Of dis
approval ieveled his. way soon bring hlm