Evening star., 1915-07-16
Do YOU WEARAGER7E
WITH A ROLLING COLLAR?
Old Sport Shirts. in Their Newest
Form, Given Nickname by
Ribald Youth.
Palm Beach Suits Are Now Called
Fords, But People Buy Them
Just the Sans.

Nobody can start anything in this land
of the free and home of the brave with
out somebody else trying to improve on
it. Take these sport shirts. for example.
When they were first shown in Wash
ington many young men gave them the
once over. admitted that the soft, rolling
collars which gave every little breeze
chance to tickle the Adams apple looked
epticingly cool and comfy. but decided
to wait awhile and see how the other
fellows thought of the innovation.
That was when the shirts were made
simply with rather broad. low cutaway
collars, the shirt and collars being of
the same material. But the improvers
got busy, the result being that no sport
shirt lives up to it's name nowadays un-
less it is cut as decollete as a costume
for the charity ball. Furthermore. the
byronic collars are so broad they have
to be worn outside the coat, and the de-
signers of the shirts have taken to at
tachinE collars striped and patterned in
a fashion fearful and wonderful to be-
hold.j The net result is that sport shirts
have been given name all their own
The ribald and unregenerate youth of
the land have nicknamed the garments
"Gerties.'
Palm Beach Suits Nicknamed.
And the Palm Beach suit, that summer
blessing for the man who likes to keep
cool and at the same time bear re-
semblance to a regular human being
and that incidental source of increased
revenues for the laundries-hasn't es-
capped the deviser of foolish nicknames
either. No matter how admirable a
thing may be, sooner or later the nick
manner gets busy with it. So the Palm
Beach has to suffer-they call 'em Ford
suits, or even jitneys. nowadays. But
men go right ahead buying 'em and
wearing 'em and sending 'em to the
laundry couple of times a week.
BY the way, does the gentle reader
happen to know what blessing the
Palm Beach suit has proven to certain
sun-browned residents of that part of
the United States down near the
southwestern border. Down in Arizona
and New Mexico a few years ago the
men who had formerly chaperoned
larger or smaller aggregations of
sheep began to turn their attention
from the baa-baas to Angora goats.
The goats seemed to have more sense
than the sheep, and the mohair they
produced was more valuable. pound for
pound, than wool. Then along came
the Teddy bear craze. and mohair val
ues shot upward like rocket, while
stockmen in the southwest, seeing
visions of untold wealth, got rid of
sheep and cattle by the thousand and
went IN 1Of AnGOTaS. But the TEDDY
bears went out of fashion. the demand
for mohair fell off as quickly as 1t had
grown. and the proud proprietors Of
bevies of goats-or covies, or focks, or
whatever one calls collection of the
animals-faced ruin.
Then somebody thought of Palm
Beach suits. and found that mohair
was the ideal stuff from which to make
fabricated-at least the better grades.
That settled it: the Angora industry
was saved. Now. instead of calling 'em
Angoras. which is their rightful and
named Palm Beaches. Maybe u won't
be long until they answer to the name
of Fords.
Proper for Summer Wear.
But no matter what they are called
the diaphanous suits are the eminently
proper thing for summer wear, their
only drawback being the fact that they
have to be rejuvenated about twice a
week II they are to retain anything
like their pristine splendor. The bet
ter grades. sold at first class shops
nowadays. are as well tailored as regu-
lar clothes. and those made of the mo-
hair fabric retain their shape and do
not wrinkle any more than any other
kind of clothes.
The newest thing in mems habili-
the haberdashery displays, are medium
bow ties. These usually are in dark
blue silk with larger or smaller polka
dots Of white. Some of the ties, how
ever. come in striped effects, though
these have not as yet found favor to
any marked degree. Another pleasing
novelty Is a pongee shirt, worn either
with the regular high turnover white
collar. or made with attached collar of
the same material as the shirt. These
are In natural color, matching the
Palm Beach suits with which they are
supposed to be worn.
To complete the color scheme, low
oxfords are being shown in khaki cloth
of the Palm Beach color with rubber
soles and heels. SILK hose for wear
with such a combination should be the
color known as champagne, and the
correct hat is a Bangkok sporting a
pale tan silk band. Cravats come to
match the shirt. suit, etc, and SO garb-
ed man may rest assured that, sar-
,orially. his Set-up is absolutely correct,
according to the latest dictum OF fash
ion. Just how he may stack up week
after next. however-weI. that is an
other story.