Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
MEN TO Be GAY Y BIRDS
Masculine Raiment will Resemble
Lilies of the Field.

If the leaders of mems fashions are
to be believed there promises to come
soon the most bizarre season in mas.
culine raiment which the history of
fashion has known since men laid
aside knee breeches, satin waistcoats
and lace jabots. Men are going in for
colors anything but somber and cloth
ing cuts anything but conventional.
No less parsonage than Frank A.
Vanderlip. president Of the National
City bank of New York, led the rebel
lion against conventionality in purple
and fine linen, and this long before
nature began to turn leaves gay colors
and suggest, that rich red and brown
ties are good to the eye.
When the Long Beach season was at
its height Mr.. Vanderlip appeared at
the Nassau hotel wearing evening
clothes of pure white serge. Men in
black dinner coats or blue serge with
white flannel trousers sat up to take
notice, but women followed after In
admiration the full length Of Long
Beach's peacock alley
All In White.
The trousers were the regulation
dress cut, and the waistcoat followed
the usual V shaped lines. The front
of the coat followed conventional lines,
but the back was quite short and point
ed. White silk facings were used on
lapels and collar, and white linen.
white silk bow tie and soft white
leather shoes completed the makeup
Comfort cannot account for the strik-
ing design of the new evening clothes
which Caruso the tenor. is wearing.
These are made Of royal purple broad
cloth and cut upon conventional lines.
with the silk braid stripe down the
trousers legs. The coat is cut a trife
smaller in the front, the better to dis
play a startling waistcoat Of old fash
toned brocade in flower patterns. With
this Caruso wears silk tie.
Certain Victorian tendencies are
shown in the fail fashions for men.
Waistcoats of gayest patterns and rich
est fabrics are being offered at all the
smart shops where apparel for men is
scd. Many of the new cravats are
also large butterfly effects. but the
band around the neck is not quite so
wide as in the Victorian period The
seal or eyeglass hung on a ribbon Is
becoming quite familiar adjunct Of
masculine dress. especially among the
older beaus
Striking Color Combinations.
But perhaps it is more in color COM
bination than in fabric or cut that the
masculine taste now runs to striking
effects. Hosiery and cravats must
match to a nicely, in vivid blue. green
and crimson. to say nothing Of half a
dozen striking shades varying from
violet to deep purple. Sometimes the
socks are plain weave. in color match
ing the silk tie Again. the tie will be
solid color and the socks will show
a paler shade of the same color, with
tie. A third combination shows
stripe, green and black or brown and
green. so fine that both tie and hosiery
look like old fashioned changeable silks
of the Victorian age.
New materials for waistcoats are gor-
geous i'll the extreme. and the once Sc
date figure of conventional design is
giving place to broad stripes, interlac-
ing rings and even flowers, bright
figure on a neutral ground.
Jewelry now matches the prevailing
tone in neckwear, hosiery. suit or shirt
Often all features of the wardrobe
correspond in color. A very popular
color combination is dull olive green
with an almost invisible amethyst
stripe in the fabric, lavender striped
shirt and tie, socks matching the cuff
links and amethyst scarfnin.