The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-02

finest show In Broadway. And free at
that.
Therefore nobody notices II. all being
intent on the rev electric signs. which.
II you happen to have forgotten. hrst
gave tho name to the Great White
Way. just beginning to blossom into
radiance.
Eight o'clock brlngs the advance
guard to the theatres. No curtain be-
fore half-psst. but when . man doesn't
happen TO have anything else on hand
he might - well look In and see how
tho house 10 Milling up.
Not many theatres are open at this
season. OF the eight houses In the block
q Forty-second street between Broad.
way and Eighth avenue. all but four
are dark. The rest show In place OF
the electric names If the stars. painted
announcements that they will open later
on.
Tho lights are showing on Hammer.
steln's roof. Just = moment ago . taxi
stopped ut the stage door to release
Evelyn Nesbit going into the lower
house to rehearse her act for next
week. Observe that Hammerstein has
not yet taken down the abhorred name
Of Thaw from the big sign In front
Of the theatre. though the petulant
beauty has vowed that she will never
70 on until no does. However. much
may happen In a day-including even
the change OF "a wOman's mind.
Nine o'clock. In the thickening the
atre crowds you have an opportunity to
make n cersus OF New York's midsum-
mer night costumes. Leave out the
women. who know neither season nor
weather In dress. Take the men only.
Here are some OF tho OUTFITS that you
win motive:
A few--a small minority OF the old
guard--in dinner jackets and all things
de rigueur.
Berry Wall and Jack O'Brien (ths
collar twins) In a class by themselves.
Admire the fortitude with which these
devotess stick to that wonderful neck.
not 20 much as fraction OF an inch
Of Its astounding altitude. The thing
u impossible. you say. Yet there's the
collar and you simply must admit It.
Linen suits-a-plenty: white. cream
coiored. and. horrors! few Of seal
brown. One complete suit OF white.
shoes and hat included. and q man in
side OF 1t wearing. by all the gods.
gloves
Plenty Of those saucy little Jackets
buttoned ut the waist and unfolding
upward to disclose a tic OF scarlet or
lemon color. Very young men mostly.
One here In a double breasted REFER
tightly buttoned and all things else
much as a hair.
Any number OF country clergymen In
sealed waistcoats and high Roman col
lars Looked good naturei and COM
Portable. too. as they slyiy looked the
crowd over,
A large assortment OF buyers In from
cooler cimes and dressed In assorted
colors and weights. All having 90
much FUN they didn't have time to DO
uncomfortable.
As the evening rpens you observe
there /. some method to the seemingly
methodless wanderings OF men who ap-
parenty know their way about town.
II you have trai,ed Foxhali keene Tor
example. or the Waterbury brothers.
Larry, Monte and Link. or Deveroux
llburn or Jack Foilansbee or Reggie
Vanderbilt. Dr. Charles Sweedy. pia-
noni Jim Brady. Ross Worihington.
Dousias FaIrbank. Guy Schiller, Geo Sc
Gregory Jerome Ssgel Harry PAYNE
Wh!tney, Bobbe Collier or any OF that
assorted bunch you will have observed
that they look In for few moments
NJ the New Amsterdam, take . peek
st Hammsrstsin's roof and wind W At