Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

IN wearing hats larger has had any effoc
Of changing the style Of the hat itself. Til.
derbies az well as the silk hats remaii
about tho same"
Another detail in mans dressing Is con
oerned with the shoes. High polish OF
shoes is distinctly bad form. The who'll
OF the shoe. however, including the uppers
must be Of just the same degree OF dul
black This style Is Of course English
and is due to a dull polish used In English
houses. II is applied by the valet Just as II
Is here and the use OF suoh a polish is sup.
posed to show that the wearer is dressed
by a valet and does not depend on casual
sons Of Italy on the street corners. In this
fashion even the ~incapacity Of the house
servants is copied. II is because the SER
wants do not find IL possible to keep the
polish off the upper part OF the boots that
It also appears there. SO this fault tina
would probably be criticised severely in
ones own servant is copied as a shade OF
British modishness that the New Yorker
cannot afford TO ignore. As q matter OF
fact, most Of the shoes cleaned in this
way are attended to by the Wallets OF the
men who wear them. This dull polish.
which comes out Of a stone bottle, has only
It's modishness to m it.
Another midwinter hint from London
proves the return OF the raglan to favor
but in a somewhat modified form. The
raglan craze had one year Of great favor.
It was so oyerdone during that period,
however, that for the few years following
1t was not possible to find a raglan coat in
New York, despite the comfort Of the pat
tern for every day wear. The demand
FOR tho raUIan uraat,o1uy h.,aV,. -, .t-aw-
for the tailors to ignore and the result
was its complete restoration to favor. but
with a difference. The raglan is now a
coat for rough wear only. 1t is a style
made up only in rough goods and intended
to be worn on very cold or stormy days.
No one would think Of suggesting the rag
Ian style for a dress overcoat of any kind,
So popular Ia this way Of cutting a coat
for rough wear that it has probably come
to stay.
More striking is another fashion that
came here via london but has its origin
in Paris. 1t marks another attempt to
introduce a color note into mans evening
dress. and seems destined to fail, as they
all have among men Of refinement and
good taste. The present attempt is confined
to tho waisteoat.
They are in corded silk in the darker
tones of red, green, mauve or yellow"
writes a correspondent, land usually with
a black background, the color running In
narrow perpendicular stripes. They are
not unlike what in England and America
one is accustomed to see worn by iiverled
footmen. The waistcoat Is cut very high,
being but little lower than the present
waistcoats worn with American sack suits.
All of them are single breasted with four
gold or fancy buttons, while the deep shawl
are almost as wide as those worn
with a dinner Jacket"
OF course such an exotic fashion may
appeal to the Russian grand dukes and
others who set the styles in Paris, but
the reception Of this mode In London does
not promise any great success for it.
Nor will there be any greater cordiality
toward another style in evening dress that
is travelling In this direction via the Brit
ish capital. In Paris, ump are no longer
in the highest favor for evening dress.
edict against them has been spoken,
and high buttoned patent leather boots are
to be worn. One result OF this novelty is
to be the disappearance of the black
work and embroidered socks. Heavy
black silk, without design Of any kind, are
the only ones that may with propriety
show over the high boot. But heel pumps
are still regarded as the only Appropriate
shoe.