Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
Winter Styles for Men.

I tention to the fact that save for the
| inevitable exceptions that prove the
| rule $S6 Is Just about tho top figure.
| Quite a difference from a couple Of
| years back, when suits at $50 and $50
j and even higher were common enough.
| In every shop in town. no matter how
smart. they are specializing these days
on popular-priced suits. The vast bulk
| of the sales are at from SIS to $26.
/ And you'll really be astonished to find
out what a remarkably good suit SIS
| will buy.
! The foregoing prices. you will under
stand. OF course. relate, in the main, to
-, have your clothes built to order nat
| urally Will pay a bit more. But, no
matter how smart your tailor. I'll wa
ger you'll find that with him too. prices
Will be lower than those to which
you've been accustomed to paying And
there Is many shop in town, as I've
found through diligent inquiry, where,
IN times agone, they would have spurn-
ca sticking needle in cloth for less than
soo' out where, today. they are turning
out suits galore at $3.50. The same
| direrence of opinion as to the fashion
aois colors exists in the tailor shops as
IN the ready-to-wear establishments.
| me question, therefore, resolves itself
| In the ultimate to a mere matter of
taste, with the probable result that our
street boulevard bids fair to be-
come a conglomeration. colorfully
| brown wrens
But the difference of opinion on suit
ings Is as nothing compared to that
winch exists anent overcoats. The dis
pays In the various shops are as UNI
IKE as II they were In different cities
AS to the absolutely correct thing,
the haberdashers are all agreed If
you would be -to-the-minute, then
get-guess what? IA paddock Yes. the
has
deight of the tall man. and despair Of
MS shorter brother. has come back
But, while the dealers all agree that
the paddock is actually the last word
IN oVercoat smartness, only one dealer
expects them to be worn here this year
and even he admits that he expects to
sell very few.
Next to the paddock comes the
surtout, a more or less body fitting
coat resembling. more than anything
else. the old Chesterfield. with the diff
ference that it is not nearly so long
But 1t is improba BILE that many surtouts
! VIII be sold, either. for they will come
high-ss5 to $50. And remember that
these be war times.
| In the main, according to the dealer
just referred to. male Washington will
wear plain double breasted, body
hitting coat of bit less than knee
length. The average length, he says,
Will be thirty mine inches. In this same
shop there is huge display of REFERS,
or, to call them properly. mackinaws.
Needless to say, they are all the colors
OF the rainbow, with number of syn
thetic shades added. They are designed
Tor school use and possess at least one
feature that demands attention-you
can get one of the very warmest and
best for So so. OF you can get very
good one. indeed. for only IS.
In another big shop there is a vast
display of body fitting coats, but very
different from those Just described.
all double breasted, here they are both
| double and single. And, note this
whereas, in the former, the collar was
of the same material as the rest of the
coat, In the latter the collars are of
velvet-blues, browns and even green's
| You will find no REFERS in this lat
ter establishment. But you will find
racks upon racks of the comforta ble
| ioose-htting, raglan-shouldered bal
rnacaans. And. according to the buyer
! OF this shop, those same balmaacans are
going to be quite as popular during
the coming cold months as they were
| last year He gives two reasons for
his prediction-comfort and price.
splendid bal" can be gotten for $3.50
while s25 will get about the best in
the shop AS an afterthought, the
| buSe also duueQ the faCt that the
bal is becoming to 80 men out of 100
irrespective of age, complexion or
physique.
Designating the 'Tal." I found prac-
| tlcally all the dealers and tailors
agreed on more or less body-fitting
| overcoat. and l gather that the pre-
vailins style will be semi-military
back with rather full skirts. The
| shoulders, too, will be semi-military
and will be devoid of padding. I'm
questionably the velvet collar will he
smart. and next year. quite probably.
1t will be mandatory. But it is not
now.
In this connection, too. I would re-
mind you, should you decide on that
velvet collar, that it must be nursed
like baby. Brush it, 1 beg of YOU.
| hard and often, for velvet is prone to
catch dust, and dust makes for shabbi-
ness, and shabby velvet collar is just
about the shabbiest thing on earth.