Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03

fronts are. of course. obsolete. The neck.
opening Is of fairly high cut. The waist
line is made rather high and with a slope
in 1t, the waist being nicely cut In, with,
out giving too much Of a barrel effect and
the skirts, though we'll draped, should NOT
have nearly much bell-effect as last
spring. The cuffs have four buttons, ana
single, the round seams being wcll
marked. This coat has no external pocket.
sometimes see one with the facings (wh1ch
reach to the inner end of the lapel hole)
of rich, dull silk. very good to look upon
A gray fancy waistcoat, singie-breasted ana
collarless, goes with this coat, and the loss
pattern it has in 1t the better. A f1eecy
sort of patternless wooden stuff Is the most
fashionable style, but 1t Is worn only by
the most correct people,: others wear
very pretty basket-mat cloth with spot
pattern. rather sparse, upon it, Braidings
or edgings mark the product or the reach
me-down" merchant or ready-niade cloth
Ter; they never appear on West End waist
coats.
Trousers and Shoes.
The trousers worn with this suit or
gray cashmere. preferably with a touch
Of silk. The tone should be on the side of
blue. and the pattern quiet, subdued, UNI
noticeable check. This, in spite of all you
may hear in favor of revived stripes, IS
going to be the style of 1905; and the kind
of cashmere most fashionable is almost
exactly the same weave as was used for
stripes last year. These trousers will be
shade fuller than the ones worn in the
flush of last autumn, and the ankles Will
be rather more reduced from the knee
measurements, though the difference is not
yet sufficient to give anything of peg
top effect. The silk hat to wear with
full dress outfit is of a nondeScript shape
this spring. Ii is slightly less belled per-
haps than in the spring of last year but
the changes in shape are insignificant. a
narrow mourning hat-band continues to be
worn in place of the usual riband-l Won
der when we shall get rid of this rather
silly custom? 1t has certain comeliness
to recommend it, because it reduces the APP
parent height of the hat, the greatest cause
of its unaeSthetic looks. If any one doubts
this let him take off the mourning cloth
from a hat of the present fashion and OBJ
serve how much higher it looks. Conse-
quently it is a moral and sartorial GER
tainty that when the band gives place 10
the riband, hats will be at least three
quarters of an inch lower in the crown.
Hence, no doubt, matters are discouraging
any change a lot of stock would be in
jured in value if a sudden abandonment
of the band occurred on the part of men.
Kid shoes and glaces now quite rank
with patent leather, and I think the latter
product is in for a period of depression.
l do not know whether mems feet are
growing more tender, or their love of COM
fort greater; but 1 do know that they
grumble a lot more than they used to about
the pain caused by patent leather shoes,
and the use of the other feathers l have
named is certainly increasing every month.
There is an attempt on foot to revive tn :
laCe-up style in place of the long-fashion
able buttons, but there can be hardly said
to be any definite fashion on the subject.