The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-19

over. That experience has made the
dealers shy Of going in for any more eumme'
materials. Those silk alpaca suits were
made up by the smartest tailors In London
and sent all owe Europe.
London tailors are now making fci
country wear In hot weather. for travelling
and even for town In very warm weather
suits OF very thin khaki. II is admirably
suited to summer wear and 10 Of such q
tex ture that the garments may be made
to At as well as q serge or stiff flannel
bu t you'll never find any American i'm.
porters bringing that over in any but the
smallest quantities.
'Other materials especially intended for
su mmer wear are the Sicilian cloths which
serges with a thin stripe In white on blue,
brown. gray and black grounds. and 80 thin
that the light may be seen through them;
but only the tailors who get special orders
for these suits would make them up.'
The smartest tropical suits made up by
the high class tailors here are Of silk crash.
which comes In various shades Of light tan
or brown. They are Of the kind described
BY the trade Is two piece suits; Naturally
Of Ivory OF the same shade. although par
tioular dressers have the buttons covered
with the silk. So light Ia the silk that the
trousers are made up with q permanent
turnup at the, bottom. The sack departs
from a , the CUSTOMARY =. mar ' XXI. only AIN in not BE- S.
tendency Of the material to crease One
Of these coats will outwear several pairs
Cool also are the suits of black pongee.
They are very light In texture. rather more
dinicult to make up than the silk crash
to compensate for this defect. They are
used for mourning. although the silk crash
Ii also correct for suoh wear.
The linen crash suits. which are the
cheapest suits made up for tropical wear
h hsp &. - ns Sss1y 0s ;Sas tho. e the s,. .o Sss , wssys
although there is nothing % cool.
Very few white duck suits are sold by
any OF the tailors. Even those who reoeivs
orders for light aannels. report that their
business In white duck Ii confined almost
white flannel suits or for those .whioh have
a stripe on q white ground has also declined
Fewer of them are ordered, as there Is the
deep conviction In the mind OF the well
dressed American that he looks better
with an ordinary sack coat and white
trousers than with a whole suit Of the SAME
material. This view Is contrary to the
London fashion. There well dressed men
have the light flannel suits in stripes and
checks made up for wear at tennis or any
other summer sport.
.Rut one might practically say. q Fifth
avenue tailor told the reporter, that New
York men do noak take any precautions
against the warrhSst weather other than
by ordering their light flannel suits. Our
calls for the silk crash and the pongee either
In gray or black every year Ia 90 small as to
constitute a n insignificant part OF our
business. New Workers have q prejudice
against dressing In any way that suggests
they may be taking pains to look cool.
They make themselves cool enough by
taking most OF their underwear Oh and
shedding their waistooats and wearing only
their thin flannel suits, but they shy at
seeming TO get themselves up especially
for warm weather.