The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-15
WHAT MEN ARE WEARING

The turn down linen collar that men
are wearing today would seem to be so
comfortable and altogether satisfactory
an article that one cannot imagine it
going out of fashion. But Of course
il will For, even such founded. .on.
comfort styles rs those in men s ap-
parel cannot be kept altogether pcrma-
nent. Only small change is noted in
the cut of the turn-dewn cola worn
this season. The opening between the
flaps is very slight at the top. but is
cut away a trifle wider at the bottom,
to admit the fuller ties generally worn
IN cold weather. Otherwise the collar
is hard to distinguish from those worn
all last summer. 1t is interesting to
note that it took the linen collar long
time to reach the present well tstab
lished cut and style. In fact, the laun-
dries have had as great part in deter
INNING collar styles as have the manu-
LECTURERS. In the days of home launder-
ing, before machinery and science had
produced the stiff, smooth linen we now
know, collars with any considerable ex.
panse were out of the question. OF
course there were stocks, which did not
make any professions Of preserving their
surfaces. But the tendency was to-
ward collars that did not come in con
tact with the chin 10 any considerable
degree. The collar would not stand it.
Such collars, if turn n-down. were low.
barely rising above the shirt band; if
high at the sides and back, they were
completely cut out in the middle. This
latter style is still affected by older
men in the rural districts. and by some
few who would ape the old ways and
who would take the air Of the village
squire of two decades ago. The chokor
was the first stiff linen collar. But it
was not the high choker of fifteen years
ago, which is still seen for dress wear.
This first choker was diffident. 1t had
not the nerve to try to stand up more
than half an inch above the shirt band
The collar survives in remote districts.
and funny enough to looks, too, as it
rises only a trife above the tie and
hardly seems worth wearing at all.
By small stages the old-time turn
down collars were developed into some
what higher articles but this was not
until after the standing collar had run
stage for many years. a variation of
the standing collar that was very much
the thing for some seasons was the wing
collar. It is still proper particularly
for semi-dress occasions, The wing was
positive necessity. Without il and
some other notifications of the choker,
half of mankind would have been in tor.
ture. Their necks rebelled at the tight
band of the choker. Another variation
that helped lot was the choker, the !
ends of which Just met or nearly met
IA front. These ends could be turned or
curled back to suit the wearer. Then. !
after these standing collars had held |
mankind in bondage for so long that |
their reign looked endless, the men at !
Troy began working out some really |
turn"dowp collars, The |
merits OF the present product are really |
great and many. Ii fills the vest front |
better than the standing collar; it con-
ceals the tie band and makes impos- |
sible that horrible crawling up around /
Your neck of other days; It's inner band |
saves the outer, when perspiration
threatens to carry away the works; it
has nc rough ends TO wear out and cut !
holes In your neck, and ii fits around the
neck of the coat and vest far better
than its predecessor. Everything con-
sidered: the collar makers should be
thanked, Perhaps they can do better,
but few men will believe it.
After all, men should be thankful
they are not women, when il comes to
style and all that. A woman is miser.
able. life is not worth the candle. the
world is mockery if she cannot have
gowns at least within hailing distance
IF the latest style. And. such are the
conveniences of society, she is night To
be altogether out of the fashion is to
pc talked about critically, sharplv, to
be loser in the race Tor the favors
Of fortune on which, unfortunately.
women must survive. But man does not