Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-10
SUMNER STYLES FOR MEN

Wu WoheN Ulcb lNe olutf dlleIuuous
One was in her office, for she is a
member of the large army of those
who work. The other, who is one Of
her customers, is the wife Of a man
whose name is a symbol for millions.
How l wish / had kept on my
tailor-made, said the visitor, look
ing over at her elaborate gown Of silk
and lace. ''But women all dress so
much now in the afternoons that it is
| almost necessary. And you always
have such beautiful clothes. "
The other could hardly suppress a
smile. Her VISITORS gown hadscost at
least s400, while her own short
pleated walking skirt and coat had not
cost more than S6O
80 had paid $50 for the linen shirt
waist and collar though, she said
later, for ! have learned that
woman is chic in dress in accordance
with the degree of attention she gives
TO small matters. The wise woman
who has not endless money will devote
what she has to these details.
In measure the same rule will hold
with the dress of men, although there
is nothing of go much Importance in q
man 3 dress as its cut. If a coat is
not we'll cut nothing will make a suit
look smart. II is only the improve
ment in the work of ready made tailors
that could make it possible for a man
to rely on them for the details Of his
dress.
There are many ready made clothing
concerns that turn out very we'll cut
coats even if they are not made accord
ing to the measure. In such cases one
need only avoid the excesses. Young
men run up and down Broadway in
these spring days wearing coats that
are cut in the back to knee depth. OF
course, no we'll dressed man would buy
such clothes.
Clothes are cut better by even the
/ least expensive tailors than they ever
were before. Slight men Of good figure
/ are able to save money on their suits
/ in order to spend it on other details Of
dress. The reason for the improve
ment in ready-made clothes is the
prevailing looseness of the styles.
Take the question of the handker-
chief. There has been an undoubted
reaction from the highly colored styles
OF the past three years. The body Of
the handkerchief is now white with a
, border of not more than three quarters
Of an inch. This border in q pastel
shade of blue, pink, mauve or brown,
matches the shade of the embroidered
initials. 1t also matches with more
OF less exactness the shirt and the
socks. These bordered handkerchiefs
usually supply color enough nowadays.
Equally smart, however, are the
white handkerchiefs which have stripes
running across them in both direc-
tions at intervals Of two or three
inches. These have the effect of a
white ground checked by squares.
These handkerchiefs come in all colors.
In dark blue they look especially we'll
with the dark blue serge OF flannel
Of summer suits. Plain white hand
kerchiefs are practically abandoned
now for any but evening wear. They
come in very beautiful and costly
forms for full dress and have alto
gether supplanted the elk handker-
chief which is not possible with we'll
dressed men today, however expensive
il may be.
There are linen handkerchiefs,
striped with damask bands half an
inch broad. Then there are others
adorned with damask stripes that form
n square on the linen, diminishing
constantly and regularly in size until
the square in the middle of the hand.
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of damask and is not more than an
inch each way. Inside this middle
square the monogram is put. Some
handkerohiefs with colored stripe:
come in this same pattern, but they
have rather too much color for tn,
present style.
The most expensive white handker.
chiefs for men cost SS each, and are s,
fine they could be easily rolled NJ
and put into "a waistcoat pocket. Thel
have the initials OF the monogram il
the corner and sometimes they ar
, divided into squares by narrow threaC
OF coarser linen. Others are perfectl,
plain with only a line of hemstitcl
between the body Of the handkerchie
and the narrow border. In handker
chiefs like these, the monogram or tn
1 initials are put in the corner Tn
monogram in the centre of the hand
kerchief was nuance tried only will
the handkerchief divided by damasl
, stripes into squares.
l Nowadays there are socks TO be ha,
at low prices which combine colo
q effects that would have been possibl
some years ago, only in expensiv
p, hosiery. There are, Of course, n
! colors smarter for mems wear than tn
solid blues, grays and greens. The
. are still expensive in the best quail
= ties. Blue socks, for instance, ar
> always difficult to find in any but tn
d most expensive makes. Why dark blu
; socks should cost more than any othe
, color does not appear, but it is a fac
that a good shade of dark blue ca
b never be had in any but expensiy
a hosiery. In the cheaper lines, the
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i they fade entirely after the first wash
4 ing.
q Green and gray socks in the soli
y color are also expensive when the rich
' shades are desired and they are el
r pected TO wear. lt is the disadvantaQ
( of the cheap socks that they lose thei
/ color almost with the first washing
!. Their charming color schemes last fo
q very short time, but probably a
q long as could be expected from th
/. price.
a The very thin black socks that ar
!. to be as much the mode this summe
- as they were last are really the mos
% expensive investment in socks. as the
usually 60 through at the toes on tn
very first wearing. They NAV be wor
q again, but never with the origins
J, comfort. Silk socks, unless they b
!, OF the most expensive and heav
q weaves, are likely Go last only a shoI
g time. With any walking or exercis
+ they are soon punctured.
n Solid colors matching the shirt, ti
d and handkerchief in fine quality O
d Isle thread are as smart for day wea
n as any socks that are in the shops
e Open work of any kind is bad form 10
{ men. In the evening plain black sill
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