Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05

can see Of my American friends clothes !
should judge that YOU are having trousers
rather wider than usual with you this sum-
mer. Ours are of a moderate looseness.
The important thing to be noted is that we
are making trousers looSer in proportion
over the thigh than the calf.
For full dress occasions In London n
black frock coat lis essential and gray
one will be needed for garden parties, IL
any of the latter are to be attended The
gray of this summer is true gray. made
of gray yarns. not of mixture of black and
white yarns as last year Worsteds are
the most Fashionable. A light brown frock
coat Is, however, quite allowable Where
there are trousers to match the light frock
coat, a fancy watstcoat can be worn, aud
there is no great objection to one otherwise,
though for visitor 1t is perhaps safer 10
wear a waistcoat matching the coat. be-
cause the style in vogue changes "a good
deal and sometimes suddenly.
Etiquette of Travel
+ One point needs to be kept in mind II
is very bad form here to travel by rail tun-
less one is going to some one-day gather
ing. and is to return straight away to Lon
dom in formal dress. That is to say. ore
may go to race meeting in frock coat
and silk hat (and il is wise to have
light dust overcoat, which can be carried
over the arm on the course>. but II one Is
about to visit country gentleman at his
home. one must travel in town jacket
suit, with a derby hat. and preft rably with
brown shoes. j know of nothing which
marks inexperience like travelling in fun
dress You must bear in mind that ex-
cept for the very longest Journeys every
one travels on the railroad by day in TINS
country. instead of always trying to make
much Of the journey by night as IN
America, where the distances are so much
greater.
visitor to this side is pretty certain.
at this time of the year, to be invited 10
u f,,
suit. and sport OF this character Is not "A
free-and-easy camp life. but Is combined
with quite smart and dressy house parties
You breakfast, a rule, in shooting dress.
Then the men accompany their most ana
his keepers to the coverts or the stubbe
and lunch out of doors. In the evening
they dress in evening dress just as formal
as the evening dress of town, and after
dinner there will be music. billiards or
bridge.
One thing which l would like to impress
upon visitors is that they must not expect
to inform themselves about matters or
dress by looking in the shop windows OF
even our most fashionable thoroughfares
have explained this before. but l make no
apology for repeating the caution. because
without it some of the readers OF the Han
erda sher might easily be led INTO grave
error which could be bad for business
after their return home. The best shops
can and will. tell clients and visitors what
is being worn. but they do not publish an
they know by means OF their snow WIZ
dows.
The only approach to novelty IN cravats
that ! have seen this month is "A line OF
printed crepe de chine cravats. ernanatnS
q believed from Greenlaws the grounos
are dark and the designs are in rounded
diamond spots with light centers. rms IS
the type of all cravat designs. but KNOTS
are only worn with jacket suits. ana the
rule established is. that If the suit is sell
colored. the cravat may have deSish'
but it may not otherwise