Evening journal., 1908-09-01
MANS RAIMENT
TO BE GORGEOUS
He'll Be Green From Top to
Trousers Hem This
Fall
COLORS ARE WITHOUT LIMIT

Are men of today tending toward
adopting the varied and vivid coloring
in raiment worn by the gay courtiers
OF the Middle Ages? The statements Of
tailors, hatters and haberdashers would
seem to answer in the affirmative. Ac-
cording to them all men Of fashion will
array themselves in clothing as varie-
gated In tints and colors as the bright
hued rainbow. They say, however, that
the most stylish shades will be green,
brown and tan, with green and its
many shades the paramount, predomi-
nant and almost exclusive favorite.
Everywhere, they claim, will be found
the color, in some degree, that is most
loved by sons of Erin's Isle. The tailor
says green clothes, the halter prophe-
sizes green headgear and the haber-
dasher shouts green neclSwear.
Among the tailors, they agree gem
orally that never in the history of the
craft has there been such variety
OF colorings and designs in cloth to
choose from. They say that the tailor
who desires TO avail himself Of exclu-
sive designs can do so better this year
than ever before. but that no striking
change in style of mems clothing will
be apparent this autumns and winter.
for the reason that nothing radically
new has been created. Fancy access
sories to garments. such as exagger-
ated cuffs. flaps and lapels win be con-
spicuous by their absence.
The prevailing style in coats will be
the two and three-button single breast
ed sacks of last season; the only
change being a vent in the lower back
of the coat. A popular coat this season
will be the "Orby" English walking
coat for business wear. Trousers will
be practically the same width as last
year, but extreme looseness and baggi-
ness will not prevail. There will be
no change in waistcoats, and individ-
ual tastes can be satisfied irrespective
OF the whim TO be gratified. Overcoats
will hold to the general style Of under
coats; with the exaggerated breast,
natural shoulders and long lapels
While the general color scheme will
be light in character, striped goods Will
be much in evidence; there will be
hairline stripes and heavy stripes. al
ternate hairline and heavy stripes,
thickly woven converse stripes, perpen-
dicular and horizontal stripes, two and
three stripes together with a varia-
tion in the intervening space. ard
shadow stripes in bewildering variety,
of stripes. Yet, the wearing O. the
green" will be the real thing in color
ing.
Among the hatters. the consensus OF
opinion is that slouch and soft hats
win have an extensive sale. at least
till the time for wearing heavy over
coats arrives, when derbies will reign
supreme. That the hatters expect 10
sell many soft hats is readily be-
lievable, if one but visits the show
windows of hat stores throughout the
city The slouch hat is everywhere in
eV idence. in such variety OF shades and
! cClorings as to amaze Again is green
the color that greets the eye most fire.
quently, with brown and tan se-ond
and third, respectively The bands OF
these hats are lra'eidoscopes Of colors
with bottle srcen, olive green, sea
green, all shades of green TO the fore.
There are green bands on white hats,
g;een bonds on brown hats, green
bands on green hats: there ara different
&C lored bands OH 1ifscrent cOloreJ hats
and same color hands on same color
hats.
There are hats of one color with
bands Of another color. and having
brim- bindings in yet another shade. To
describe the variations IN mats udHuS
and bindings would fill large volume,
for in addition to solid colors and
shades there are innumerable combin-
ations of the various colors and tints.
AS one halter explained, some of the
colors and combinations are loud
enough to "'holler' murderl" The soft
hats are of many styles, but the deal
ers predict a ready sale for the Gross
Country" the Panama" and the
Prince Edward" The Gross -Coun-
try slouch is very like the military
hat worn by cavalrymen, while the
, Panama" partakes of the qualities and
appearance of it's straw brother. and
both these styles can. in deft hands, be
made as assume any shape the owner
, desires. The prince Edward" is an
Alpine shaped hat that met favor with
King Edward of England, and was the
( rage in England and promises to
please the Anglophobiacs in this coun-
try. An odd feature about the Prince
Edward" is that the bow OF the band
will be placed at the back of the hat
, instead of on the left side. After the
! soft hat season has passed the hatters
declare that brown derbies will be in
: the greatest demand The rolled brin
, derhv is expected to be most worn
/ the brims ranging in width from l Is
10 is inches. while the crowns vii
vary in height from 3 TO "a inches