Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11

artistic taste of the tailor. since II Is all
but impossible to perceive their charac-
teristics without almost microscopical ex-
animation. With this amount Of license In
the air 1t is more than ever necessary to
report the kind of selection which finds
favor in the rarefied realms of best fashion.
The Jacket Suit
The jacket suit hardly needs fresh de-
scription on this occasion. 1t is worn with
a colored knot with no pattern on it, and
admits of fancy shirt, though for the
semi-dress occasions which now receive
the jacket uncomplainingly a white shirt
Is better. Touching the make of fancy
shirts, cannot forbear to quote an anus
ing paragraph which appeared several
weeks ago in a smart society paper called
The World: Yesterday. on returning to
London, l made the second entry in my
diary This time it was an evening shirt.
1t lay, with spotless effrontery, upon the
counter of my shirters shop. / instantly
had palpitation of the heart and my hands
rushed into my pockets. l thought. agi-
tated as / was, that l might be so far
carried away as to make gestures. which
are rotten bad form. Listen to this, and
sit tight if you can. The foreground of the
picture was of pure batiste pleated forty
times, graduating from small to medium.
The background was silk. At first my in
sularity tugged at my coat tails. My an
ceStorS ratified in their armor The lions
on my escutcheon became more rampant
than ever Although clothes are, rightly,
a hobby of mine. the Saxon blood in me
pales at the mere suggestion Of effemf-
macy. 1 told the Shirter to take 1t away.
Suddenly 1 remembered that one of my
grandmothers was French and yelled TO
him to bring it back. Twelve of EN- are
now lying in state upon my chest of
drawers. For a whole week shall devote
my evenings to dress rehearsals. But on
Tuesday night the 2Sth inst. l shall dine
at the Savoy and occupy a stall at the
Comedy Theater clothed on in pleats. Men
have been knighted by their sovereign for
less than this. My reward will be far, far
greater I shall have. like D'Orsay and
John Burns the satisfaction of starting
a fashion. D'Orsay's waist is his monu-
ment. The SLOUGH hat will be Burns.
Thank goodness. my cabinet minister 1.
about being the only member of the fam
lily who will be handed down to posterity..
What do you think of this bit of fooling?
The Frock Coat.
Frocl coat suits to begin at the top. are
still of just little higher rank than
mornings; but there is no occasion, unless
one is invited Cor commanded" as we
call it here ito call upon the king. when
a morning coat cannot be worn. The
frock coat of this season exactly fulllls
the expectations which l described here
some time ago. 1t is best made without the
rolled lapel, but is worn unbuttoned, with
q high fancy waistcoat. No coat flower.
Trousers are dark aud generally blush in
tone, with a check pattern; they are MADE
a shade narrower in full dress outfits than
in the more sporting suits, which, of course,
is reversal of the usual rule. The waist
coat is always single breasted and without
collar. the edges being plain. wing col
lar with rounded points Is worn-in fact, the
sharp-pointed wing collar is now never seen
at all any more than the military or poke
shapes and either a soft, full cravat or an
Ascot is worn. The soft .scarfs are tied
from large loose-ended Spitalffelds squares,
the single puff being the usual form, though