Evening star., 1912-11-24

if one desires to be very particular, one
may have his shirts made to order, in
which case he may easily pay $40 each
or possibly 500 a dozen. Probably the
most popular silk shirt is Of back
ground of white, over which run thin
stripes of color. perhaps one-fourth OF an
inch apart. The cOlors, bright without
being too much so. may be made to har-
buy a tie to match them. Needless to
say the man who does not like color IN
shirts need not affect them. White is and
always will be perfectly proper and en-
tirely elegant. But the really correct
dresser will have a shirt of different
color, with tie to match, for every day in
the week. Some men to whom price Is no
object will have FIVE or six suits OF
clothes, with certain shirts and ties for
each particular suit. Naturally any num-
ber Of ties may be suitable for one shirt
After all, though. there Is much to be
said in favor Of the plain white shirt
particularly a pure white silk one. Such
a shirt goes well with any tie. One of the
most fashionable haberdasheries OF the
city has in its show window such shirt.
on a form bust. with one OF the new
modified bat-wing collars and Won
drously rich looking Persian te The
latter is of a pattern difficult to describe.
and SO blending that 1t is practically I'M
possible to trace. 1t is of varying shades
Of red. which seem to melt into each
a touch of black and occasionally one
or two threads of dark green. 1t is OF
the semi flowing variety. tied in thick,
rich looking knot. All told the entire COM
bination of shirt, collar and tie Is just
about as dressy as can be imagined-and
it ought to be. for the price Of the shirt
is 81 and the tie costs So Lots OF
money to put into tie. true enough, but
the haberdasher says it will last almost
a lifetime.
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The color scheme can be carried out
still further in the choice of a vest Gus
tom regarding vests has varied during
the past few years. A little while back
no man was considered really dressy un-
less he wore q vest OF white, either plain
or decorated with the tiniest of figures.
Then the white vest was discarded for
the fancy vest Of many colors. and this
i'm turn was superseded by the high-cut
vest (which came with the suit. NOW
fancy vests have come into their own
again, although it Is not at all compul-
sorry to wear them. A vest or the same
material as the suit is still eminently
proper. But unquestionably a colored
vest does much to brighten mans attire,
which for all the recent novelties and in
novations is still more or less sober al
best. Naturally it is easily possible in
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for some Of the haberdashers have In
their stock vests which would put Jo-
seph's coat to shame. On the other hand
though, it Is also possible to buy, and al
a rea sonable figure, vests OF solid yet not
too obstrusive shades. which tone in well
with almost any suit. The entire ques-
ton depends on mans personal taste
Just at present there is strong demand
for vestings of dark gray material. with
tiny figures of dark red. dark green OF
dark blue Dark brown vests relieved by
figures Of varying colors are also popular
In fact. there is demand for all the
colors save red and green. But Whatever
the color chosen, 1t should be of dark
tint. The fancy vest should give the
needed touch of color, but 1t should never
be allowed to be obtrusive. The price de-
pends entirely on the state OF the pocket
book. 1t is possible to buy one for as low
as 81. or one may pay $15
There is one more place where color
can be added-namely, hosiery. No mat
ter what shade you desire in this line,
you can find it. And In the summer this