The Washington herald., 1910-07-25
CLOTHES AND THE MAN.
Mans Dress Not More Rational Than
WOmnn's-simpIy More Ugly.


Mans Dress Not More Rational Than
WOmnn's-simpIy More Ugly.
There are only four types 10 which
black is becoming: rogues. fat men. un-
dertakers, those bowed down with GRIEF
or disaster. Shall we take our choice?"
With this epigrammatic text. Edmund
Russell, a man OF cosmopolitan life and
training. a portrait painter and oriental
list. holds up 10 ridicule the present fash
ion For men in the August Good House
keeping Magazine Here are a few Of his
statements:
Don't own anything black but an even
ing suit and umbrella. One has more
magnetism in light. Black blots out the
figure and destroys the sense OF flesh.
and though one may seem somewhat
smaller, he also appeared less interesting
It is useless for tailors to draw gentle
men in trousers without a crease It
is useless for them to supply trousers
stretchers TO enace every night all evil
dence OF ever having clothed a human
limb during the day.
Don't pull up the knees Of your trou-
sers in company-its better to be baggy
than fussy.
our highest efforts have been in the d.
rection Of conformity. to the exclusion OF
personal expression. Unfortunately, after
dressing Ike a dummy for some years.
one begins 70 feel dummy-act dummy
finally be dummy. To-day full breathing
is lifetime the chest 70 break its bonds.
predict that even in our time we shall
see the greatest change, both IN mems
and womens clothes. Il will be radical.
not fanciful At first II VIII come through
higher knowledge OF the needs Of life
then grow 70 art. personal taste. the Joy
OF individual expression.
II has often been said re Quantity and
quality that one good suit is better than
two poor ones. This is not true. Two
give the benefit Of change. Clothes. Ike
human beings, need rest.
Fashion Is really the caprice Of trade
the lure TO buy more.
Don't confound simplicity and cheap
ness-simple effects may be very costly,
but-don't think that costliness IS essen
tial 70 good taste-when we say cheap we
usually mean crude. Very smart dressing
is often inexpensive.
1t Is customary 10 sport a black frock
coat with pearl-gray underplnnings. but as
light emphasizes. II Is much better 20 give
character 70 the chest by wearing re
coat light and the trousers dark-this IN
creases 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 a pink shirt was looked
upon as a pathological absurdity, rank.
ing with siIyer-baeked hairbrushes. a mar
| having hts nails manicured: now every
color has crept into our haberdasher's
windows. Even when badly done this 4.
q promising sign.
The influence OF tight collars in i'm.
pedins the circulation Of the blood 70 tht
head by pressing on the jugular vein &.
well known 70 military surgeons with The
troops In India; but the bad effect OF sucf
pressure in cooler climates has been dem
onstrated by the observations OF Prof
Forster, OF Breslau. who states that 81
cases have come under his notice II
which eyesight has been affected by tn,
| disturbance OF the circulation.
Most men are uncomfortable in gloves
The clumsy fingers OF man do not pinch
well. They make men awkward, self-con-
scious. and are conventionalfty OF which
we have little need.
White socks suggest thinness Of blood
cold feet or extension Of underwear.
Spats always look spatty, only becoming
broken-dovn colonies with red noses and
goid-headed canes.
Don't wear patent Ieather-after the
patent has expired.