Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-20

Whether masculine garb-as femi-
ninity insists-borrows Its silent de-
tails from the fashions of the gentler
sex. or whether the sartorial effects
of femininity follow enviously the
features of unattairable masculine
habiliments. is a mooted question. At
any rate, the clothes of men and
women, this season, have surpris-
ingly large number of features in
common. For instance, the decided
cutaway form of masculine and femi-
nine coats; the obvious waistcoat,
long-tabbed below the waistline; the
prevalence of pin-tucking In both mas
culine shirts and feminine blouses;
the e-eminence of buttoned foot
wear for both masculine and femi-
nine feet; the fad for white hosiery
with black footwear; the slightly
more re-defining cut of garments
above and below the hip line; the use
of handkerchiefs with colored bor-
ders; the loose. raglan cut of over
coats; the dashing color note in Ro-
man stripping or modern art pattern
expressed in feminine sashes and mas
culine neckties.
It takes a deal of attention to de-
tall to keep up with the Kaleidoscope
changes of fashion-as modern man
has discovered and he who loftily
maintains that his only desire is to
look neat and wear good materials is
very likely to be left far behind In the
matter of correct and knowing toy
gerry.
In masculine as well as in femin-
inc dress, it is the little things that
count. The wrong tie or the wrong
boots can utterly spoil an unques-
tionable suit of clothes; and many
a man with the best intentions in
the world makes laughing-stock of
himself in the matter of raiment to
those familiar with the canons of
correctness. The average man, for
instance, would rather be shot than
appear after September Is in the
straw hat of midsummer; yet the
same individual will set blithely forth
for formal evening entertainment
logged out in the full panoply of
dress clothes-and wearing laced
boots! Now, as a matter of fact, a
laced boot is exactly as improper at
10 minutes past 7 as a straw hat Is
fifteen days past September 1; and
the we'll dressed man. familiar with
les convenances of the wardrobe,
makes no such errors in dress eti-
quette
Business Suits.
Without being extremes in cut. the
business and general suit of the mo-
ment is very natty affair. The coat
defines the figure a bit more than has
been the case for several seasons,
and. again referring to the similarity
between mans and womans attire,
1t may be said that all outergar-
ments are now designed to suggest
the lines of the figure beneath and to
give as great an effect of slenderness
and youth as is possible under the
circumstances. The coat of the mo-
ment is especially close cut and has
a certain snap and dashing youthful
ness with its rounded-away shape
at the front. it's very long lapels and
very SHOTl COlldr. 1t opens IN a deep
v to show the equally well cut waist
coat. high cut at the neck and very
long below the waist with two
sharply pointed tabs, or points.
Trousers without suggestive tight
ness. have cut that defines a we'll
turned limb beneath, and are worn
short enough to show a snappy but
toned boot Such suits are made of
cheviots. tweeds and homespuns, and
the favorite color effects among we'll
dressed men are puppies, browns and
white pin-striped blacks and blues in
unfinished worsteds.
New Shirts.
Pintucked shirt fronts have the
day as far as ultra style is concerned
and the tucling is SO fine and even
that sometimes it suggests a ribbed
effect rather than actual tucks. Such
shirts are of light co!ored chambray
or fine white shifting printed in small