Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

is popular, too, with men OF all ages. 1t
will be worn by the white-haired business
man and it will also be worn by the young
business man of twenty-five. OF course,
there probably will be difference in color
and probably in cut. The shops keep
two kinds Of these walking suits, one for
old men and the other for young ones. At
a casual glance. so far as lines are con-
cerned, the two may seem to be Ident1cal.
BY skillful tailoring. the makers have
changed a little line here and another
there have made this angle little more
sharply defined and done things to the fit
of one will be a bit longer and a little
more flaring than those of the other.
And the result is that the two suits are
the same, yet wonderfully different. The
the garment and that's what the bust
ness man who is careful of his dress
wants. or at any rate should want.
English walking suits have been worn
but until this fall they were English
walking suits that were not English.
They were broad Of shoulder narrow OF
waist and rather flaring in the skirts.
The new coats are broad of shoulder
only il their wearer is broad. AS in the
case of other garments already men
toned. there is not the slightest vestige
Of padding anywhere. The coat is cut
simply and solely to fit the figure II
the wearer's waist happens to be small
his waist happens to be thick, SO again
will the coat tit that way just the same
The skirts. too, are less full than those
of the older styled garments, and they
hang straight down from the figure with
out flaring. Here again it takes man
of good figure to wear a walking suit
and look well in it. A very thin man
will have his thiuness accentuated, and
a stout man may be very apt to seem
even more f'eshy than he really is In
the same way one of these suits will
make a short man seem shorter and
tall man seem taller. Whatever may be
the chief characteristic Of the physique
it is highly probable that the English
walking suit will accentuate it.
Consequently only those of medium
height, slender without being thin. fairly
broad in the chest and fairly tall in the
waist really look well in them. But
there are scores upon scores of men in
Washington who answer, this description
down to the last letter. On these the
English walking suit appears at itssbest,
and it Is probable that they know it. At
any rate, the dealers say the suits are
in big demand:
But the staid old prince albert, for all
that 1t has lost in prestige as business
garment still occupies a place of high
regard In the mind OF the business man.
and it would be poor mems outfitter
who did not. keep a large supply Of
various styles of this garment on hand.
Tailors, of course. like to make them, for
in building the prince albert, more than
in any other garment save a suit of
evening clothes, the tailor has an OPP
portunity to show his art. In this day
and age of constantly changing styles
tailoring is certainly an art.
And it is probable that 80 per cent of
the business men of Washington own
prince alberts. With a vast majority
the coat will be Of black broadcloth. It
may not be worn often. The chief com.
plant against them, according to one
prominent business man, Is that I'm them