Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1906-01-08


leis IN the evening.
IL has indeed been said that "a dinner Of
eminent statesmen and politicians will
snow a surprisingly addressed lot. Bankers
and men Of large business affairs may look
letter because they probably have Wallets.
Nobody, OF course, expects to see correct
ness of attire in writers or artists With
Them, as with the statesmen, their natural
distinction is supposed TO counterbalance
any Irregularities in their attire.
IL is fortunately impossible for q man to
50 astray in the color scheme of bis even
ing dress. He Is bound TO stick To- white
and black. The furihest he can get away
from this combination is gray. but efforts
to make the gray dress suit popular have
so far met With very little success Prob
ably if il had not begun on the stage the
fashion would have achieved greater
popularity, but Americans generally hate
TO copy modes that actors wear
In the absence of variety of color, the
cut and design become the important con-
slderation in evening dress II might be
added that a Tuxedo or smoking coat, as
the taillcss coat has become known
throughout all civilized nations, is not TO
be considered dress Evening dress, in
the only correct meaning of the word, is a
long tailed coat, and convention almost
demands now the white waistcoat.
The dress suit of the present year shows
only the changes from the preceding sea-
son that the tailors find necessary 20 intro
duce TO interest their customers in new
garments.
The utility Of a second dress suit is not
TO be denied II is in the case of most
men, an old one also, for the majority of
New Workers do not buy two 10 once For
the theatre, for mems dinners and for in
formal dinners at home this suit is an ex-
cellent substitute for the best one which
should be reserved for dinners, the opera,
especially when one sits in box, and for
dances. The wear and tear Of q New Nor
winter is likely TO show itself ON the dress
suit.
Tho material for the dress suit affected
most this winter by the men careful OF
what they wear Is m undressed worsted
with a moderately rough surface Some
OF the more cnterpnsing dressers anxious
TO try new models are wearing dull black
cashmere ON which q small and almost
invisible shade pattern or stripe in another
shade Of black is woven Although the
difference between this style and some Of
the plain goods is scarcely noticeable the
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and have not generally been adopted.
The tails of the dress coat are this yeai
longer than they have been in some tim,
and should end at about the back of th,
knee. The lapels are notched and covered
down 20 the end with silk They are hroae
at the top, measuring about % inches al
their greatest breadth and about one incl
at the bottom OF the collar
The shoulders are only moderated,
padded and the coat is kept Throughout
free from any lining that might make i
unwieldy.
A dress coat must ft well in TO thu
whist. However loose the style Of wear
ing other coats may be, Il is considered th
best form to have dress coat cut in TO th
figure.
The tails at the bottom should not b
moro than four inches across The ts
buttons on the bottom of the coat are tire
inches apart.
A sewed on cuff with three small button
with the holes made no that they reall
open is the usual finish for the sleeves. N
braid Of any kind appears on the coat
although the black waistcoat is usual
finished with the same braid used alon
the stripe of the trousers.
Black waistcoats are made sinel
breasted with three or four buttons and ar
moderately N-shaped. hlacl, waistcoa
IL. all but useless, however, for any save
. dinner jacket.
The white waistcoat to accompany chi
coat is made with three or four small whit
buttons II single breasted and cut rattle
with a point than in the Y shape. and IA
ends are long and pointed. The collar
narrow
There are many varieties Of the whit
waistcoat however and the single hreaste
are perhaps the most popular Just at oh
moment. Some are made with only tw
buttons and cut with point One sty
shows no buttons at AL, the fastening
being hidden under a lapel.
Shirts are sometimes made ia piQue I
= match the material of the wnistcoat. nh
most careful dressers always see that the
have the same whites. That is 70 ga,
they have either a blue or a cream tii
Il predominating IN shirt bosom, waistcoi
"A and tie. II is necessary 20 secure the G,
= operation Of one s laundross however.
n accomplish this artistic result
i Buttons for the waistcoat usually mate
il the studs. Thus for pearl studs. which al
i always the smariesf that can be wori
o there should be mother of pearl huttoi
made In the form of regular white CHR
l. buttons for use. In the holes on the bu
I. ton there arc often little cords of gold ,
silver. Even small diamonds are admi
h sihle.
q For men who do not wear pearl stud
the mother of pearl buttons with the Ett
diamonds or the cords OF gold or silver al
good style, The cuff buttons must
course, match them. The same sets ,
buttons are used with turquoise sal
= phires, rubies and emenlds, but this pha.
a OF men lcwelry is too extensive TO /
J. dealt with casually.
The trousers for the dress suit are chi
= moderately broad iit more closely aroun
u the ankle and are finished with braid %
n the outside seam. There are many varitie
y OF this braid, ranging from q simple han
= TO very complicated effects interlaced am
Q crossed.
The more elaborate hraids are smarto
now for the dress suit trousers as we'll 4
for the dinner suit. Trousers for DIRE.
/, wear should never have a decided creas
down the 'front.' The stylo of ironing
- rigid crease down the front of the trouse,
has Disappeared for an kinds of trotseI
q worn BY well dressed men. 10 never b,
. longed TO dress suit
There is only one style of footrear prone
: for evening dress, although other kin6
are worn. This is pump made In paier
leather, which Is most mOdish when it
worn with black silk socks.
Men wear what are commonly calle
low quarter shoes IN patent leather. IN
buttoned shoes of the same Kind. me-
also wear pumps with other kinds of IN
socks than black But that does not nr,
vent the very best style from using bIac
silk socks and patent leather pumps.
For wear nc the opera and theatre the.
shoes are made with heavy soles. Il,
dancers the solos are Of paper weight. IN