The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-05-05

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The Well Dressed Man.
The John J. Mitchell Company. of
New York City, who are pre-eminInt-
!ly correct in matters of style in mems
attire have the following to say in
their SartoriaI Art Journal, Of recent
date:
WooIens.
a very close inspection of the
goods carried by the leading WOODEN
houses for the spring and summer
trade of 1907 reveals such an aston
is,line assortment of materials de
signs and colOrings That we can en-
| phaticaliy declare that no finer stocks
were ever shown IL the world than
those on which the tailors Of this
country have drawn FOR the incoming
season.
''Gray's have figured so largely in
mems clothes for several years. that
/ they i,ave become decidedly mOruI0n-
Gus. Season afte.. season We have
1 been surfeited with them in various
! sIa0es. with a few blues thrown in
| for luck: but beyond these few dared
To venture. True, Il strong demand
! set in asst autumn Tor brown tintS,
IuJ ''llIDl luudlelN 'Ht iISllA SldutS
were lacking, and nearly every house
| o. importance was caught mapping
| But rs if partly to atone for this. lie
coming season will find everything
with brown in it, II quote happy eX-
| preston from a Leading hOuSr and
buTs, drabs. green's, plums. purple.
mouse colors,. blues and ,gYays VIII all
vie with each other III popularity.
Suitings.
The popularity of WOrSted5
! promises to increase during III" in
coming season, aud .fannels and
scrges VIII be as well liked as hereto
fore: but cheviOts viii not be mucI:
worn except for travelling, outing and
sporting purposes.
The variety in WOrsteds fabrics,
hOti: IL shades and patterns, seems
endless. The assortment is sim ny SUI
perh. COlOrs are 1cwitchinGly bc3L-
tiful, qualities ere super-eXcalicnt
and the many novelties, are mGdisDiy
pronounced.
Merchant tailOrs ard the exclusive
public will undoubtedly welcome one
of the best fabrics that have been
placed or the market for years..
seven ounce worste that has every up
PearancC of mOhalr, both on eXamina-
tiCn and in handling 1t is guaraI
its YEA" and transparency. makes uD
better than tropical wOrstcds. l. is
shown in all shades plain, striped ard
plaid effects. and nothing like ii has
ever teen imported.
The range of cOlOrS in sun ing Is
unusually wide: bu- light browns and
viCIet blues for the spring, an mouse
drab and grays for the summer, Will
TueSuOnably be the leaders. LiCi
browns will be seen with red stripes
and checks, brown-grays with red drd
green stripes and rainbow effects:
-i0let-biUes with single double and
treble stripes of green and mouse
CulorCd grounds with green stripes
very striking and handsome. Notable
among the grays are novelties viii;
maze figures in black; with red
stripes; with red and green strincs;
with blue and black stripes-all Of
strong tinge and notable width.
Not only does green play an i'm
pOrtant part in developing the stripes
and checks that are now popular. nUt
plain green's and green with red
stripes and cross checks are meet
ing with considerable favor. Not
withstanding the fact that the Amer
lean public are not easily converted to
the English idea of wearing fabrics
of such strongly aSsertive COlOrinS.
the green's now being affected are 50
attractive. the cOlOring is so sudbued
and pleasing, that they seem pre-
destined to popularity.
In fannels, Grays. blues and blacks
will predominant. The two latter are
considered more dressy and with
white stripes OF one. two and three
lines, rather boldly shown. will I'M
doubtedly be selected by those whose
inclination and taste leans to the re
fined.
In mixtures the pronounced pat
tern is reieSated to the background
for to-day is the day of the small
figure Even the gray herringbOne
tweed, which has not been seen much
for a year or two. is coming into
fashion once again; but the fashion is
patterned on a diminished scale in
conformity with the tendency towards
unaggressiyeneSs. which will be the
outstanding feature of even the Sa;-
sons fancy Suitings. The most fash
iOnable SergeS are those in which tho
almost imperceptable design Is woven
into the surface. SO unobtrusive is
the effect produced that. except on
close inspection. ii would almost seem
to be an enriching Of color produced
by the variation of light as it falls
upon the fabric"
(To be continued)