Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02

most recent importation in collars will
buy, the sort with small wing. CThis is
really a child-size piccadilly. closing
rather more snugly in front and having
decided peak. AS i'm cuffs the busy
man is rejoicing over the soft collars.
These are certainly a hot weather boon
and come not only in white pique and
the usual lighter materials, but also in
pinks. blues and tans. And the man
who finds soft coal and white collars a
hard combination can safely wear these
innovations without danger of being
thought ''rah rah boy
Turnover linen collars have rounded
ends or else fit very close. Some Of the
colored types are ornamented by the in
evitable stripe. and in silk socks even
the man Of quietest tastes will find him
self wearing those with pin-stripe lines
of contrasting color.
Some Of the snartest socks are made
up of what coffee merchant would call
"a blend" of seven or eight different
colorings, so adroitly intermingled that
only soft pleasing scheme results.
While plain white handkerchiefs are al
ways correct, some of the fancy bordered
ones are so attractive that the average
dresser will find il difficult to resist
them. Delft blues, tobacco browns and
vernal shades of green predominant in
the desirable effects. And the most sat
isfactory handkerchief, especially for
summer. is half silk and half linen thus
combining the most satisfactory features
of each.
According 10 those who have gained
experience through years of selling to
every class of trade the chief aim I'm
new walking sticks is to have them seem
absolutely natural" Handles are either
utterly untrimmed or else just finished by
a plain silver band. But il is the costly
simplicity Of the Partisan musline frock
the debutante wears, for sticks are more
expensive than ever. and come in woods
not conducive to bargain days. Both
opera and straight handles are used and
the majority are medium I'm weight.
meaning that they are just bit heavier
than the frai looking canes men have
been haunting about with. And the most
fashionable method of carrying them is
straight out i'm front. after the method
of a stage Irishman or a commuter run
ming for a train. Malacca and snake
wood are declared the dernier cri from
1.-The other side"
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And word about spring gloves: The
Washington man continues to favor
chamois in very yellow tan. and he wash
es them himself. At least those of him
do who wish to avoid that bulgy suS-
gestion at the knuckles of just having
emerged from a prize fight. A fatetious
manager at one of the shops explained
that a man can either do this employ
a valet with the same size hands as his
own. OF course, the gloves can be laun-
dered by some one else, but the multi
tude of men seen wearing washed"
chamois gloves hereabouts have most
likely emuiated the methods of the Hall
Room boys the night before. Lemon
colored kid gloves are just right for wear
with those cutaway coats or for dark
business clothes, and the white ones are
ornamented by unusually broad black
stitching.
Pajamas have simply gone mad with
gayety. They are made up I'm nile green.
with purple stripes, in brilliant pink and
black and half a dozen shades of bl9e
combined In the same pair. And they
are so deliberately embroidered or dec
Grated with machine stitching and six
folds as to make even the homcliest man
look beautiful