Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

ture, and they knot gracefully whether
they be lined or the plain broad and four
finland. But they are too expensive In
original price and wear poorly. Two or
three wearings will leave them so wrinkled
that they cannot be worn without press
ing. An original outlay OF So or more for
a tie that is capable of Sc little use is too
much for the average New Yorker.
In the cheaper priced neckwear there is
a return to silk as a change from the
cheap knit ties. These new scarfs are most
striking in the combinations Of what man
ufacturers call "high colors." The shades
could be no more beautiful whatever was
charged for them. The two tones Of blue,
light and dark; of purple and mauve and
Of two shades of brown are as pretty as
any Of the English manufacturer send
over here at twice the cost. The so-called
varsity four-in-haud which were always
striped with the colors Of various colleges
and English athletic associations used to
be unique IN respect to their combinations
OF color. They are not more attractive,
however, than the silks produced here, al
though they are made up in a much more
modish shape. The homemade scarfs OF
these striped silks are almost invariably
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which is a shape devoid OF smartness ex-
cept in the crepe ties. If the American
manufacturers could only be persuaded to
make up these attractive combinations Of
color in a rather narrow four-in-hand made
with the silk the same on both sides, they
would have done quite as much as the
English makers, who for so long had a
monopoly of this field.
Single Color Effects.
In spite of the successful combinations
of beautiful color that are now so cheaply
Gttainable, there is little temptation in them
to men who aim to be more than ordi-
naTily well dressed. These seek single color
effects and Of rather sombre tone at that.
They pass by the allurins colors so well
suited 10 the fall season without a regret.
That is only part Of the general tendency
OF men who thy TO be well dressed 10 avoid
anything conspicuous in attire. Some of the
imported scarfs for sporting wear have
charming combinations of tone especially
well suited to the fall s~eason-brown and
magenta for instance. They are bought
and worn in the country. for which they
are very we'll adapted. But the carefully
dressed men-at all events those beyond
he age OF college-shun them. Dark tones
Of blue and purple or perhaps a very
deep red are alone possible i'm the opinion
Of these conservative dressers.
They follow the same rule in regard to
the colors of the string tie or bow. This
style has been so neglected during recent
years that for one man wearing one Of
those ties there are ten four-in-hands.
Gradually there seems to have come into
existance the belief thai these bow ties
are adapted only for summer wear and II
is only at that time one now sees them in
any variety or In large numbers.
For the black tie that il worn with the
dinner coat there is the same discerniole
Gttempt To bring back satin into the iashlon.
The back satin ties well and imparts a GER
tain dresslness that the duh black silks
never did whether they were plain or bro
caded. There is this year the dun black
with any pattern as well as the figured
reps and other silks. Anything approx
mating the butterfly is now out Of mode.