Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
FASHIONS IN LONDON
GREEN TO BE THE FASHIONABLE
COLOR FOR MEN.
Romance Of Admiral Sir John Baird
Gossip About Princess Margaret's
Forthcoming Marriage.
Special Correspondence CT The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence CT The Evening Star.
LONDON, March g. 1905.
Green is to be the fashionable color for
mems attire this season-green in all it's
shades. ranging between the aggressiveness
of the cats eye and the subdued palor Of
the brusse sprout. Should the competent
predictions of the tailor be realized, the
London streets will be a seething mass Of
"greenery-yallery. Grosvenor gallery, head
in-the-air young men,
The shops already indicate the change
from the present somber black and brown
which even the smartest men affect. Olive
green Hombury hats and motor caps, and
even dark green bowler hats, confronts one
in the hatters windows, and greenish
tweeds and still more pronounced green
flannels are to be seen at most of the
fashionable tailors establishments.
Mr. Vincent, the editor of the Tailor and
Cutter, said this week:
Things have been rather bad in the hat
trade of late. There was the objection to
hats at Oxford, for instance and growing
Discrimination the part of sporting men
to wear anything but caps. Something had
to be done. and the hatters did it,
Mr.. Vincent, whose finger is ever on the
pulse of the young man who seeks effect
changes to tell Of Toppers and bowlers
have to undergo a radical alteration In
1868 they must be deep as to the crown
and narrow and curly as to the brim.
The lounge coat lengthenS apace. Fashion
has decreed that it shall extend quite two
inches nearer the knee than last season, and
the waist is to be so tight that the man
who wishes to live up to his coat must
model his figure by the advertisement
columns of the ladies' papers. The neither
garments, too, will be much tighter. The
general tendency is to make the thin man
resemble green lamp-post and the fat
man an overgrown cabbage.
A wel-known tailor of esthetic tastes.
who is displaying some ultra-green
heather mixtures for ordinary country
wear. was enthusiastic. Men," he de-
clared, ARE becoming tired of blacks, grays
and drabs. The colored dress coat is
bound to come in time, and then bright
colors for day wear will speedily follow AS
it is. mems ideas in dress are broadening.
The waistcoat or the tie that is simply
smart today would have been horribly
vulgar last year.
Then the tailor unfolded from his imagi-
nation a panorama of London streets
peopled with men in blue and maroon and
green tail coats on which brilliant-hued
buttons shone.
THE DASH" he said. that's the thing. If
we could only persuade our customers to
make a dash!" And he heaved sigh.
Still. the green of this season ls a step IN
the right direction"
Noted Admiral Married.
An interesting romance ended In the
Church of st. Paul. Knightsbridge, this
week, when Admiral Sir John Baird was
married to Miss Constance Clarke.
The admiral is seventy-three, and the
church was full of naval contemporaries,
among them being Sir John Burgoyne. who
brought the fugitive Empress Eugene to
England in his Yacht. There was a. great
gathering too of his Scotch relatives and
friends. Sir David and Lady Baird, whose
useful wedding gifts had been a check and
a pony carriage; Lord and Lady Cavan, on
whose yacht the pair had first met; Lord
and Lady CasSilliS and Lord and Lady
Alexander Kennedy The brides relatives,
the friends from Devonshire included Miss
Yeo and Sir Bourchier Wrey, and others pres
ent included Miss Hilda Stanley and the
Dowager Lady Inchiquin. The gallant ad-
mirars best man was his cousin. MT: hugo
Wemyss, and equerry to the grand duchess
of Mecklenburg-Str
The brides dress was of opalescent sllk
covered with old lace. delicately suggesting
a wave-fecked sea. and she defied supersti-
ton by wearing a pale sea-green hat.
The newly married pair intend to start
on a yachting cruise shortly.
Among the presents were many fttlngs
for a yacht, while Lady Ormonds gift took
the form Of an enamel brooch, composed
of flags The DoWager Lady Iddesleigh
gave an enamel brooch set with pearls
and silver salver came from the tenantry
of Pennington, where. 1t may be recalled
Lady Hflda Mcneil lost her life In a heroic
effort to save drowning boy last summer.
The reception was held by the brides
brother and sister in the palm garden at
the Hans Crescent Hotel, where string
band played, and the $50 presents were set
forth on long tables.
Princess Margaret's Wedding.
The Duke of Connaught has benefited
greatly from his visit to Egypt and his
cruise In the Mediterranean. Accompanied
by the duchess and the Princesses Marga-
ret and Victoria Patricia his royal high
ness is paying visits to most of the his
torical islands in that sea. Royalty Is rare
" seen in Cyprus and other outlying sta
lions of the empire, and the dukes visits
have had the happest effect.
The wedding of the Princess Margaret and
Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden will
be the greatest event of the season. 1t
will, it is understood, take place at the
Chapel Royal, st. James, where the Prince
and the Princess of Wales were married.
The curiOusly inaccurate statement has been
made in many quarters apropos of the en-
gagement of Princess Margaret, that her
marriage will be the first example Of an
alliance between the English royal house
and the Bernadottes, now seated on the
throne of Sweden.
Prince Charles of Denmark, husband of
the kings youngest daughter, is Berna-
dotte through his mother, who was the
only child of King Charles XIV of Sweden.
Under the old regime she would have sue
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