Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28
i'm EVENING Clothes

in and gets exactly what he orders with
out any comment on the part of the
clerk and goes out with it. Thus 1t was
with this man. He had ordered his win
ter consignment of shirts from a firm
where he had always bought them and
had gotten the kind that he used to wear
in the good old days when there was
something of shape to him between
neck and knees.
What do you think?'' he demanded.
Ever tried the sliding type of shirt?"
was asked him The writer explained the
theory of the shirt front detached at the
bottom. He looked pessiInistic and NUT
tered something about its probably
climbing out of his vest when there were
ladies present and everlastingly disgrace
ing him.
NO chance" was assured him.
He purchased one Of those shirts as an
experiment. week ago he was beam
ing with JOY and happiness. 1T works
like a CHARM he said
His experience led me 10 make this
dissertation to those Who fear the dress
clothes because of the omnipresent shirt.
Another thing which has led to the
popularity of the dress suit is the re-
markable strides in tailoring that have
been made recently.
For $50 or $40 a man can buy a serv-
iceabie. good appearing dress suit. have
it altered and go forth with all the
elegance Of the man who has spent
$3.50. The material is sound black
cloth, which at night appears as good
80 lHc UUoSl expensive DrOadcIOth.
The circus styles in dress suits have
been done away with, and the man who
buys $40 suit may be sure that he
VIII get something plainly cut yet pos
SeSSlng good amount of workmanship
One man in Washington has a dress
suit for which he paid S45. The writer
won't embarrass him by telling the num-
Der of years he has had it, but will say
that 1t has been through Carabao dinners
ana Shrlner banquets and innumerable
alumni smokers and the like. and today
IL looks as good as it did when he bought
IT, lie was one of the first men who
appreciated the wonderful Improvement
which has been made by tailors recently
In dress clothes. One can defy the
tween the SIS dress suit and a tailor
made suit costing $50 if he sees it in a
throns Of dress suits
me wholesale house is giving COM
iort 10 the buyer these days: giving
comfort in large quantities. Thus it
IS mat you find SO many young men
OF ,mieager salary whose sartorial per-
the dress suit is becoming more and
more appreciated in this land of democ-
racy. The dark vest recently brought
, mo, Styis again is meeting with APP
proVaI. lou can buy these vests for
e.. You can get them in dark gray,
very dark olive green or a nondescript
STATE Color with little patterns worked
Is equipped to go everywhere EXCEPT at
the most formal of affairs
II Is continually regretted that the
dark vest was not more generally APP
precfated-not the vest that is made ~
broadcloth. but the dark silk vest
Ihere is nothing that is more useful
Tor evening affairs. Through this
change IN vests the average man is
30 \
tuxedo. Nobody knows why a tuxedo
should be regarded as essential at stag
affairs. There isn't any rule demanding
IL The dress coat, all experts of fash
ion agree, is perfectly proper at any
occasion where evening clothes are
worn.