Evening star., 1915-12-12

day. or until he can get home and
change hosiery. that man will be steal
most uncomfortable and awkward 20
sitions. SO that he may keep his trous-
ers pulled as far down as possible.
The foregoing, however, is flaw
which literally stands out and shrieks
for attention. There are others. scores
of them. which are less patent. Per-
haps the most common of these latter
crops out in the selection of ones
neckwear. Unfortunately for every
one. most scarfs are sold through the
medium Of the show window. A man
passees by haberdashery shop,
glances in and sees a wonderful as
sortment of new scarfs. Very proba-
bly, he does not need another scarf.
burdened to the point of breaking
acting on the disputed assumption that
one can have too many scarfs.
Nevertheless, he pauses and looks
over the display. Soon some bit Of
satin or silk of a new and catchy pat
tern strikes his fancy. He looks at it
a second time. Then he enters the shop.
asks the price, and, more probably than
otherwise. buys it. 1t is odds-on that
he will wear it the next day.
And throughout the entire transac-
ton he has not given so much as a
passing thought to whether that tie
suits his complexion. whether it is
too youthful or vice versa for him.
whether 1t matches any of his suits
or whether it swears at his pet waist
coat The chances are that he will not
even think of any of these things when
he puts it on next morning. He merely
knows that it is a pretty tie and that
he likes it. The matter begins and
ends right there.
In other words, instead Of buying a
scarf that will harmonic with the rest
of his costume he buys 1t exactly as IL
that were the only thing he Intended
| to wear. The rest Of his costume will
have to fit the tie. That same man.
! however, wouldn't think Of buying a
pair of shoes two sizes too small for
him merely because he liked the model.
no matter how exclusive that model
might be- Neither. though he may
like green, would he buy or wear a
bright green suit Why he should re-
verse all his mental processes In pur-
| chasing his neckwear Is question Tor
psychologists.
| The same thing, in the main. is true
of shirtings-with the difference that
another motive usually actuates tne
purchase. The average man usually
buys linen only to replenish a dimln-
! ishing supply. Linen is a necessity,
whereas scarfs, resolved to their nnal
analysis. are really only xthae luxurass; al All
| of which brings to nina ahotnsr pecu-
| liar psychological fact-that the aver
age owns more oyer lufar,ss seorss upan ahan
scores of men have 100 or more ties
How many do you know who have 100
1 shirts? -,
When a man does buy linen, however;
he usually buys it in half-dozen or dozen
lots. and all too frequently ne chooses
his shirtings in exactly the same way he
picks his scarfs. He selects patterns that
he thinks are pretty pays for Soes them en- sna and
1 to his suits. his complexion. nor even to
his collection Of scarfs. which with nine
out Of every ten we'll dressed men is
hobby.
| Now there is one unalterable rule OF
dress scarfs and shirtinss positively
contrasts OF color not only permissible
but sought after in the fashio9ing Of SC
many Of milady's gowns ana frocks are
in masculine fashiondom absolutely ia
lboo.
consequently. while green-aowered