The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16
NECKTIES OF MANY HUES
NOVEL COLOR SCHEMES FOR
MEN THIS SUMMER.

Light Weight Brocade Ties for the Middle
aged Man-Striking Fashions for
Youtb-Crepe Popular but Fragile
Some Demand for Wash Ties.
perfect hatcher. He may be more
harmonious this year than he ever was
before. II is possible for him not only
to have the color of mis- shirt, his socks.
his handkerchief and his tie match, but
to have them identical in material.
For instance. the socks with light
stripes on a darker ground which are in
vogue this summer are exactly copied in
the silk neckties made to be knotted In q
fourth hand. In addition one Of the
haberdashers has put on the market waist
coats Of exactly the same material as the
ties, which of course look identical with
the socks.
There is a tendency to restrict sumnle
neckwear to rather conservative tones,
There is nom of the tropical sunset
effects which sometimes seem to be re-
garded as indispensable for summer
The knitted silk ties seem to be looked
upon now rs better suited to winter than
to summer wear. Some OF them are
shown in solid coloB and with such
novelties in the weave as squares and
diamonds. Few new designs in this
stripes are on the market. -,
Some OF the Fifth avenue shops are
showing a new use Of an old material
in the summer brocaje, There are ties
in exact imitation of the heavy brocades
worn in winter, but they are of very light
mQfarial Thpv rnpne in metal chaHaa
most frequently and are to be found in pals
grays. blues and hard mauves.
The designs are usually all over and in
the conventional patterns Of brocade.
They are rather better suited TO middle
aged men than to young men, who sticls
to the silk knit ties of very decided coloTs !
TO the university ties inc to the fo,ilards,
which are this summer impoftedin espe
cially attractive combinations tr
The smartest Of these have the popular
old sporting diamond on a ground Of
contrasting tint. Sometimes o L. q pIrp3s
ground the diamond win be III naafv@
or In green on a dark blue ground-or IN
brown on bright red-aH making very
pretty and sporty, combinations: They
broader scarfs to be tied in the same
way and are occasionally made up in the
De Joinville or plastron. The last use of
them is rare. however, and they must be
ordered in this style. which Is very smart
for coaching.
There have never been more striking
combinations Of color than are to be seen
this year in the university ties, as they
are called. They are not cheap, although
they cost less as a rule than the knit sill.
and they are never very successfully
Some of these ties have this year az
many as six colors entering into their
patterns n in spite of the brilliaucyS
that such combinations produce there Ia
nothing loud about them. One of these
genta, dark blue, black, silver gray.
white and dark green. 1t is a proof Of
the distinction Of these ties that even
this combination was not loud.
There are much simpler patterns. such
as magenta-one Of the most usual shades
and a very pretty and uncommon tint as
the English manufacturers turn it OUT
with brown, with dark green and with dark
purple, and then there are such combina-
lions as black, white and purple. which
might almost pass for half mourning If
such a thing were not Of the past. There
colors as green and brown and brown and
red. They come only in the four-in-ha r
shape and of their best qualities is
their durability,
Crepe ties come il greater variety than 2
more popular. They may be. found in
the Japanese exporters windows along
Fifth sometimes finished with bits
OF embroidery that few men would ever
want to wear. Then they are in b hos
exactly match In tint. Then they are in
the haberdashers' not only made up into
four in hands but also In the larger shapes
that have perhaps n disadvantage that
the others do not possess. They must
be tied very tightly to keep in place, and
one result of that necessity is that they
wear a very short time. It takes only a
few tight pulls to get them into hopeless
creasee.
The four-in-hands are lined and that
makes thes strain on the tie less, although
even in this form the poor wearing Quality
of the orepe tie is its worst defect. The
ties come in very effective shades, such
as dark blue. purple and green. The
puppies are particularly rich in shades.
ranging from mulberry to the deepest
purple.
ing qualities it might be said that even q
drop of water stains these thin ties They
possess a distinction, however. that makes
them well worth the trouble to those who
are able to afford them ~
There is always a certain demand for
wash ties as soon as summer comes,
although it cannot be said that they nov
impart any degree Of smartness TO mems
dress. They are affected rather by men
who recall them as smart in their youth
and not to-day. One New Yorker has
made himself notable by this eocentricity
of dress. More than a quarter Of a century
ago he began to wear linen ties all the
year n he has stuck to 1t. With them
he wears low collars. e
The smartest string ties, as the haber-.
dashers call them, are made in foulards.
following the color schemes described in
the foulard four-in-hands. Among the
linen ties that possibly have smartness
are the checks in red and white and similar
shades, but there is little of style in the
linen neckwear Of the day.
CONCERNING FISH EGGS. ~.
Simple Means by Which the Matching OF
Them MAY he Expedited. .: