El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-05

, tors are at work for a change. A news
/ paper published in Rome recently
/ printed a symposium giving the opin-
| ions of 1000 European artists and
! sculptOrs on the problem Of mems
/ dress. Eight hundred and 40 of the
( 1000 declared in favor Of a radical
majority Of these protested most We
hemently against the unnecessary but
tons that adorn the backs and the
sleeves Of mems coats.
The Prince Albert has disappeared
before the attack OF the now ultra
fashionable morning coat. The morn
ing coat is nothing more or less than
the Old-time black cutaWay. Its ap-
peal to the man of the hour appears
to lie in the fact that il is an adapt
able garment For informal wear or
for business a man may don a morn
ing coat, wearing with it a derby hat
fold collar. fOur-in-hand tie and calf
shoes. Them for q formal occasion, the
same coat viii do duty, the accessories
being poke or wing collar, an ascot
or a once-over cravat, white stiff shirt
and patent leather shoes, the Whole be-
ing surmOunted by the silk top hat.
And thus is shattered the tradition Of
Ola tnat never, never would II pc prop
er Tor a man to wear derby hat with
a tail coat The times change and
manners change with them
Shoulders Out of style.
In every day clothes even the most
careless observer cannot fail to see
LAd+L SuDu4QEId nave ED4b OuL OF 6Lt4c-
Ine same tailors who a Few years ago
built out huge extensions, rectangular
IN form, over the slOping shoulders Of
an enemic mOllycoddle, now pinch and
athlete the appearance Of a cOnsump-
tive in the last stages OF his dread
disease 1t is English, you know.
distinguished authority on mems
wearing apparel lately hazarded the
prediction that within five years time
Ine styles OF clothes cut in the United
states and England would come to a
common plane.
He says that England is toning up
and that America is tOning down and
that within a few years nobody will
be able to tell an American-made suit
from a British-made suit. except by
seams that lie flat while the British
lallor inevitably seWs q seam so that
II viii pucker- Whether or not the
puckered seam viii become fashionable
IN America as result of the tOning
down process is a problem for the fu-
ture. One thing seems certain. and that
Is that the American man will continue
to insist upon q crease down the front
or his trousers, a transparent preten-
tl0n OF neWness that fools nobody and
which keeps some millions Of men en-
sAged daily IN hosting their pants"
over the knees
Comfortable Styles Favored.
once the tailOrs and the haberdash-
ers put over" a new style that adds
to the comfort Of the male animal 1t
Is exceedingly difficult to dis-estab-
lish it. Witness the universal vogue I
OF the soft shirt, the knitted necktfe.
and the fold collar. Notwithstanding
Lnese facts It is exceedingly difficult
Tor the tailors and haberdashers 10
cnange the fashion, since man is so
conserve tlye In his dress. For 20 wears
the tallors have been fighting manfuIly
TO introduce the use Of coTOred fahrfos I
aG5 venus wear Tor gentlemen. but I
alass gentlemen still prefer TO put on
me UNIFORM OF waiter when they {
dress up.
The Partisan tailors. taking advant- (
sc OF me death Of Edward VII and /
the nonsartOr1al reign OF George v
are endeavOring TO establish paris ~ /
the capital OF mems STYLES as it is al
READY OF Women's. At the opera in
Farls a few weeks ago the audience /
vas RECALLED by the sight of a half
clothes OF the period OF 1880.
AZ IS the intention Of the Partisan /
lallors to bring men back 10 the ne
rloo OF Louis PHILIPPE as they have
alEeaoy brought women back to the
DAYS OF the directory and the emnfre
These models wore beII-sbsDe5 80 -
Iuzzy beaver, blue coats cut swallow
tan ana adorned with brass buttons
ouII trousers cut skin tight with !
straps under the shoes With a few
stars ana stripes they would have been
so many Uncle sans. But, as vet there
Is little, if any, danger. that the in
shores.
Meantime. the only reform that is
neeCeoi the abolition. of the wooden
eo 'si-- IN summer time ana the pOpulari-
zatlon OF the shirtwaist for men. Ian
sulshes nearly lifeless, in the brains I
of a few bold cranks.
TomorrOw-Coffee