The sun., 1908-05-03
BRIGHT SUMNER NVCKVEGR.
KNIT SILK TIES LESS FASHION
ABLE, BUT BRILLIANT.
vogue Of tho English Varsity Ties n
Cricket, Boat club or COlleSe COlOTa
Crepe dc Chino FAshlOnable, bet Per-
Ishable-Wash Ties Net IN Demand,

Cricket, Boat club or COlleSe COl0rl
Crepe do Chine FashlOnable, bet Per-
Ishable-Wash Ties Not IN Demand.
II may be that the end Of the knit silk
tie has come. The fashion magazines say
NO. The abundance Of the supply would
seem 10 indicate the same fact. Ihey
still cost about $3.50 and 50 in the most ex-
pensive shops, but admirable limitations
In combinations just as tasteful and striking
are TO be had for much less. II the knit
tie is now passing away II Is going In olazs
Of glory. Never were the oolors 30 hEtllark'
nor their combinations so dazzling
One Of the uptown shops offers a typical
display. In black and white alone there are
three combinations. One has q black
ground with three white stripes no broader
than one-fourth Of an inch placed at inter-
walls Of every four inches This makes the
tie dark 10 general effect but varied by the
silvery white stripes. Another pattern
shows equal width stripes Of black and white
practically as the breadth OF the
stripe. Then there is a black ground with
bias white stripes which is more Sombro
in effect, as the white stripes are narrow.
This same novelty is possible In many
other combinations, There are stripes In
yellow on brilliant blue ground blue on
mauye black on violet. magenta on green.
black on blush red, yellow on pale lavender.
vermilion on indigo and black on pale
yellow. The middle aged observer Of this
riot Of color has to draw long breath and
decide that he really will keep his resolu-
ton to stick TO dark blue and black for the
rest Of his life,
II isa wholly natural instinct OF mankind
10 follow the fashion Of the birds OF the
field and take on beautiful oolors in ths
spring 10 distinguish him from the dusty
gray or brown thing that he is during the
winter months. He fingers therefore In
front Of the showcase containing the only
means by which he can rival the robin or
the garden patch,
It's rather poor consolation that there
comes even for him an occasional combi'
nation Of tints that will make him smart.
although not in the least brilliant 10 look at.
There are dark blue or purple agonally
striped with black, deep red and brown.
with black and green so dark as 10 be
scarcely dstinguishable from the black
stripe To all these is added the mitigating
quality Of elaborate stitches. Only color is
! forbidden TO those no longer youthful.
| The pattern OF their knit silk ties may be
ever so complicated, yet with the sober
tints described entirely appropriate So
these stripes, as well as the solid colors in
dark blue, green and brown, are made 10
shell, overland and other stitches and are
sometimes knit with even alternate tufts
/ Of silk at every second stitch ~
Less provision is made for the elderly
man in another style Of tie, although he il
not entirely overlooked even b. the English
| firms Chat send over the so-caled varsity
ties. They are, Of course, made 10 tho
colors Of cricket or boat club, or even OF
colleges in the English universities, al
though they possess no such signihoance
for Americans II is the smartness OF their
vivid stripes, in red, black, purple, green,
magenta-one Of the favorites and color
that these silks very beautifully reproduce
white and yellow, shaded and modlhed
by their width and the tints with which
they are combined. that keep them so well
| liked by men who dress well.
Perha ps they are seen at the best now
on the campus at Ygle or Harvard, for the
best dressed Of the college men wear them.
( Excellent limitations Of these ties are now
manufactured / this country Some OF
the color combinations are strikingly novel
and tasteful But the fact remains that
they do not fully take the place OF the
| English impOrtatiOns, which are to this day
brought 10 New York by only one dealer.
His supply must be divided among his GUS
toners in Boston, Chicago and New Haven.
with the result that these ties have never
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among we'll dressed men, Every returning
spring restores them afresh to favor.
For those who are too old or too dignihed
or both for the gayly colored university
stripes there are dark purple or blue stripes
on a black ground. dark olive green with
a black and white stripe combined, and very
dark blue with gray mauve and green
stripes all in the minor tone Of color that
| blends 30 we'll with the gray hair and
broadening facial outlines OF the middle
years,
The same firm that brings these ties 90
New York imports at this season Of the
! year black ties in a material similar 70
grenadine, although soft and without the
stiffness sometimes found in this material.
II is covered with pattern and In addition
has a figure, sometimes stripe, IN color
These shades are always subdued, keeping
generally to the greens, mauves and blues
that are not striking, although they ahord
sufficient contrast They are made In the
medium narrow fouT-in-hand. but como
also made up for the broad four finland,
which. however, is in little demand.
"No smart four-in- hand" said the sales
man who regards himself as an authority
on such questions should be more than
two inches broad, whatever its material
may be. On the other hand, the extremely
narrow ties are equally without chic. The
| prOpar width ia about two inches
Next to the varsity tie, | think that
the crepe de chine are the mode this sum
mer. / am opposed 10 the knit silk ties
now for conservative dressers. They have
seen their day. The smartest thing for
the present summer is the crepe dc chine
ties in solid colors. They should not be
broad as they we're first made earlier In
the season, but the regulation two inches
They are not easy 10 tie well, nor do they
wear as they soon lose shape and the least
puncture shows in them and never comes
out, 1t is possible 70 get them in charming
shades Of green, red and blue, the very
vivid coloring being ameliorated by the
softness Of the texture
Wash neckwear always has certain
charm for some men at the approach OF
summer. Its cool appearance fascinates
at first, but Il is not 10 be taken into account
with men who Are careful 10 dress well
Some Of the novelties in this field are OF
soft madras with white ground on which
are checks In various cOlors. The ends
are finished with a stripe Of the contrasting
color and frnged. Some new materials
in wash goods for the string ties are dark.
in blue, mauve and brown, with white bias
stripes.
In the string ties there is once more an
attempt TO revive the Turkish ohintzes
which came in red blue and yellow and