Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25

all present indications, will WELD most
powerful influence on all the STYLES when
the sun gets down to its real business OF
making summer. Comfort has already
brought about new style OF collar,
new style Of foOtgear and a new style OF
coat many ounces less In weight than It's
predecessor by reason Of decreased pad
ding. And now. It's latest edict bids falr
to result in general Abandonment OF the
ong-favored light serges and other sum-
merry materials in favor OF suitings OF
alpaca.
Every man is more or less familiar with
alpaca and has been for years. II mas
long been pressed into service as the ma
terial to be desired above all others for
an office coat. But gradually the ques-
ton has arisen in the minds or the more
matter of fact that If alpaca is the coolest
material obtainable for an office coat,
why shouldn't it also be the coolest ma
terial for an entire suit when Old Dr.
Kiosk Is registering 100 in the shade or
thereabouts?
So a couple Of summers agone few
brave ones marched to their tailors and
oldered alpaca suits. After wearing them
they were enthusiastic. They told their
friends. The result was that last sum-
mer the friends tried out the new scheme
and told other friends. The final result
has been that this summer 1t will not be
necessary to go to q tailor for an alpaca
suit, unless you want to. The material
has proved so popular for summer wear
that there 10 not a mems outfitter In the
city who handles suitings at all but who
has large supply of them on hand ready
made.
And entirely apart from its undeniable
comfort, the alpaca suit has many other
advantages. The first Of these is its
appearance. With any sort OF care 1t al
q
"spick and span" 1t is quite true that
II soils easily and that the trousers are
prone to wrinkle and lose their crease.
On the other hand. however. they are
Just about the easiest suits in the world
to clean, and are as simple to press as a
pocket handkerchief.
Ajpaca trousers do not need to be sent
to the cleaning and pressing shop for a
taste of the iron. Most trousers do be-
cause the weave of the goods requires
certain skill I'm treatment also GER
tain pressure of the iron in certain spots.
But any servant the family wash WON
AN. for instance can both clean and press
trousers of alpaca. The iron need only
he run over them ever so lightly-ano
presto. the thing is done Also. II one
has two or three alpaca suits, ne can take
off a pair of trousers. change to another,
hang or fold up the unused ones carefully
for a dav or So and at the end of that
time he will probably find that the
wrinkles that came so easily have van
ished just as easily of their own &C
cord.
Both the ready-to-wear dealers and the
tailors are practically unanimous in pre-
dieting a big season for alpaca suits, anc
the material deserves its popularity. lr
price II is essentially reasonable. one
can buy a complete suit. which will give
excellent service. for as low as So which
compared to the twenty and twenty-five
dollar serges and other materials VIC hav'
been wearing of a summer is factor
not to be passed over lightly.
Rut while this low price makes 1t pos
sible for the man in average circum