The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10
CLOTHES FOR THE WEEKEND.

take to the country not dinner coat
but long tailed evening coat. Even
if it should be permissible to wear a
dinner coat in the house to which one
is invited, it is possible that the party
may be asked out to dinner, in which
case it would be inappropriate for the
guest to appear in the presence of la
dies, and some of them strangers at
that, wearing a dinner jacket. For
that reason it is much safer for the
weekender to carry along full dress
coat and white tie and waistcoat.
With white waistcoat one needs,
of course, a white tie and studs. 1t
is prudent To take at least TWO white
ties, as nothing in inanimate nature can
be more perverse than white tie in
a strange house on hot night.
For the same reason it is wise to
take at least three collars that may be
worn for evening dress. These, with
two collars for the day one arrives,
two collars for Sunday and one for
Monday morning, make the number
of collars to be carried eight in all.
Now that may seem excessive to any
but the most dressy of men, but it is
safer in warm weather to have too
many than too few unless the host
happens to have the same neck meas
ure as the guest.
1t is also advisable to have two pairs
of silk socks for wear at dinner. In
that way it will not be necessary to
appear in the same socks at dinner on
both nights and one would hate to
have to miss dinner on any such
ground.
The shoes that man needs are of
course dependent on the games he
plays. If there is to be no tennis a
pair of pumps along with the shoes he
arrives in are all that will be neces-
sary anywhere.
If there is to be tennis it is imper-
ative to have soled shoes, and they
are smartest when they are of white
chamois. Pumps can even be worn
all day when there is to be no tennis,
although it is usually customary for
the men to come to breakfast on Sum
day in pumps and then change them
for their regular shoes later. This
fashion seems to be founded on the ira
dition that the houseman may need
time to clean the boots, which should
be of light or black leather il they
are to be in accord with fashion.
For evening wear there is of course
nothing but pumps in the sort OF houses
to which these rules of dress apply.
At the outside three pairs of shoes
will be needed.
1t is always advisable to have two
pairs of duck or flannel trousers, al
though men VINO only want 10 COLL
ply with conventionalities and are not
interestedin being we'll dressed besides
may get along with one pair. AL
though duck trousers may not cost
more than So pair, it is better to take
two pairs, and the possessor will have
the satisfaction of knowing that no
body can be any better dressed than
he. A splash of mud, a drop of ink
or fall on the tennis court may make
trousers impossible for further wear
without going into the washtub.
And this catastrophe may happen to
them on Saturday afternoon. So the
wisdom of taking two pairs is clear
unless man takes the risk of staying
in bed or wearing his ordinary trous-
ers.
If man wears fannels to the coun-
try he needs no other suit except his
evening clothes. The same coat will
serve for all of the next day.
It is distinctly bad form to play
tennis in the same clothes one has ar
rived in or expects to wear the next
day, however light and cool they may
be. Persons who are particular about
dress realize that such exercise as ten.
mis- requires clothing that is to be worn
only for that purpose.
The man who arrives in the country
on Saturday afternoon in time for the
game should go to his room and put
on tennis trousers along with his ten
mis- shoes. AS he does not wear his
flannel coat while playing, that will
of course do for the afternoon.
Besides two shirts for evening veal
it is the part of wisdom for the CUES
to arrive with at least three soft shirt:
besides the one he is wearing. That
shirt will be worn for tennis. Their
he will need one for the next day
which will also be put out of commits
sion by tennis if he plays in the morn
ing as we'll as in the afternoon.
He will have to be freshly dressed
for the afternoon outing whether it bt
to sail or ride in motor or even 81
on the piazza and play bridge, ane
that will mean another soft shirt
Thus with the one for Monday morn
ing the three will be used.
If the traveller is very much press
ed for the space he will be able to ge
along with two soft shirts and wear.in
to town one of the stiff shirts he ha
had on at dinner. Under ordinar.
circumstances it is certain that one o
them will be fresh enough for a day
wear.
The question of luggage is mucl
simpler for the man who does not pla.
tennis. Not only has he no need o
outing shoes, but he can get aloug witt
one soft shirt in addition to that he ar
rives in. The other may be worn OF
Sunday and the Monday garment will
be the same that did service o.
Saturday. 1t is supposed that hi
hostess, even if she sees him, will nc
carry the pattern so long in her eye
The bath gown is nuisance to tn
man who does not want to carry mucl
luggage, for evan the linen bath gown
made up for travel take a considerabl
part of bag. In some houses ther
prevails the amiable habit of serdin
bath gowns to the mems rooms an
and in others there are baths very nea
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