Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

shoes to another he rarely gives the Dis
carded pair a thought. 1t Is usually mere
~ a question OF tax ng them OF, klcElhs
them beneath the bed. or some other place
where they will be out OF the way, and
then forgetting all about them.
And yet every day one Will near men
complaining that while their shoes seem
70 wear we'll enough, they simply Will not
hold their shape" 1t IS perfectly natural
for leather to sag down and get out of
shape when there is nothing to hold 81
I'D in shape. And the answer Is boot
trees one of the largest shoe dealers
in the city tod the writer that shoes got
tired" as he expressed IL. and needed an
occasional rest, just as do their wearers-
"A man who wants his shoes to Keep
their shape right up until the time they
are Worn out" said he, must sort of
nurse them along He must have boot
trees, of course but he must also give the
shoes frequent rests. For instance, he
ought never to wear the same shoes more
than two days running. After that they
ought to he put on trees and gwen a
twenty four-hour rest. rest or every
other day would be still better. Incidental l.
w. the man who does this VIII find that
he's not only helping his shoes. He's also
helping his feet
Down through the list of mems wear
ing apparel there is scarcely an ar
t!cle but that, given better care. would
last longer and present a better APP
pearance. 1t holds good even in the
question of shirts, although here the
only thing the wearer can do is to
exercise care in choosing his laundry
and avoid as much as possible all rush
work
The average hat is treated with
wanton carelessness, usually being lit
orally thrown at hook, chair or
settee. 1t ought to be remembered that
hats can lose their shape as Well as
anything else, particularly those hats
of the finer grades OF felt.
Speaking of hats, the golf cap is be-
coming especially popular. The hat
has always been worn but until a few
years ago, that wear was confined al
most entirely either to men actually
the links or to boys under sixteen
years of age. 1t is quite different to-
day. Now the bulk of the golf cap
purchasers are men somewhere be-
tween twenty and thirty. sometimes
even men IL bit Older. They explain
their preference by the declaration that
the cap is inexpensive. feels comfort
able on the head, never blows off, is "a
cool as the next hat, and finally tthis
probably being the most important OF
alb. that IL tends to give the wearer
q boyiSh appearance.
This increase in popularity on the
part of the golf cap has, among other
things. served 10 increase the cost oil
tnG article, loo lIlt was WHEN the
cap that cost more than 80 cents was
a rarity Nowadays, half a dollar Is
about the rock bottom price. From
this figure the cost mounts, with %
cent leaps up to as high as So. for
which one receives an imported article
OF marvellous material. still more mar
velous lining and emblazoned on the
inside with the name of some famed
haberdasher of London or Paris. II
must be that some men buy purely foi
the ga Ike of this name on the lining, for
the local haberdashers have assured
the writer that the domestic caps al
half the price are every whit as good
Some of the dealers are insisting, how
ever that as soon the summer really
gets started both cloth hats and ordinary
straigh -brimmed straws will be displaced
by a wholesale return of the once loved
panama.
The new hot-weather, collars are de-
signed solely for comfort Better still,
by some happy stroke Of fortune the de-
signer has gotten out a collar which real
ly is very low, but yet which looks to b