Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-05
WHIMSICAL : CLOTHES OF MEN
Their Dress Not More Rational Than
WOman's--Simply More
Ugly.

There are only four types to which
black is becoming, rogues, fat men, under
takers and those bowed down with grief
or disaster. Shall we take our choice?"
With this eplgrammatic text Edmund
Russell, a man of cosmopolitan life and
training q portrait painter and orientalist,
holds up to ridicule the present fashion
for men in the August Good Housekeeping
Magazine. Here are a few of his state
ments &C.
Don't own. anything black but an even
ing suit and umbrella. One has more
magnetism in hight Black blots out the
figure and destroys 1.-THE sense Of flesh,
and though one may seem somewhat
smaller, he also appears less interesting.
1t is useless for tailors to draw gentle
men in trousers withOl@ a crease 1t is
useless for them to supply trousers stretch
ers to sfface every night all evidence OF
ever having clothed human limb during
the day,
Don't pull up the knees of your trousers
in company-it's better to be baggy than
fussy.
Our highest efforts have been in the dl-
rection of conformity, to the exclusion Of
personal expression. Unfortunately, after
begins to feel dummy-act dummy
finally be dummy.
predict that even in our time we shall
see the greatest change, both in mems and
womens clothes. 1t will be radical. not
faneful. At first itlwiAt come through
higher knowledge of the needs of life
then grow to art, personal taste, the Joy
of individual expression.
1t has often been said that one good suit
is better than two poor ones. This is not
true. Two give the benefit Of change.
Clothes, like human beings, need rest.
Fashion is really the caprice OF trade
the lure to buy more,
Don't confound simplicity and cheapness
simple effects may be very costly, but
don't think that costliness is essential to
good taste-when we say cheap we usually
mean crude. Very smart dressing is often
inexpensive.
| 1t is customary to sport a black frock
coat with pearl-gray underpinnings, but as
light emphasizes, 1t is much better to give
character to the chest by wearing the coat
light and the trousers darik-this increa SeS
personal expression and dignity. though II
is rarely done
Most men wear the coat three or four
inches too small across the chest
Not long ago pink shirt was looked
upon as a pathological absurdity, ranking
with er-backed hairbrushes a man hav'
ing his nails manicured; now every colol
has crept into our haberdasher's windows
Even when badly done this is a promising
sign. 90.
The influence of tight collars In, imped
ing the circulation of the blood to the head
by pressing on the jugular vein is wei
known to military surgeons with the troop,
in India; b Il the bad effect OF such pres
sure in cooler climates has been demon
strated by the observations of Prof Fors
ter of Breslau, who states that 300 oase'
have come under his notice in which eye
sight has been affected by the disturbance
of the circulation.
Most men are uncomfortable in gloves
The culmsy fingers of man do not pincl
well. They make men awkward, self-con
scious, and are a conventonalIty Of whicl
We have little need,
White socks suggest thinness OF blood
cold feet or extension OF underwear
spats always look spatty, only becoming
broken-down coionels with red noses ant
gold headed canes.
Don't wear patent leather-after the pat
ent has expired.