The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-24

Gay colors, contrasting plaids and
varlegated effects almost approaching the
radiance of Joseph's coat of many colors
have been in vogue in boys clothes for
several seasons past. Your boy was sup
posed to express in his garments the
liveliness OF youth and the glsdsomeness
| of the heyday of life. But not this year
ladies. You'll have to tone down your
| color scheme and insinuate some OF the
| somberness Of the times into his clothing
| as a tribute to the dark days overseas.
Color dyes are a luxury these days with
| the weavers Of cloth-a commodity vieins
IN scarcity with radium and other in
accessible things and accordingly the
dyers and weavers are so ordaining our
] fashions as to enforce us against all
| prodigality in the use OF high color COM
binations.
The reds, blues, yellows and greens
formerly so prominent in boys wear will
be displaced for the present by those
| coIors that involve less blending to at
J tain full tones. Browns, tans and grays
are such colors and from these you will
of necessity make your choice. or course
in the more costly clothes these rarer
| shades are to be found but you'll pay
| for your indulgence IL you choose them.
Blue serges, formerly staple garments,
| have become a scarcity. especially the
blue serges of fine imported aniline dyes.
| and II your clothier asks you TO pay
more than hitherto for a good all wool
| fast color blue serge suit it's because
| he is honest with you and wants TO give
| you a dependable quality rather than
| to meet your price with a mske-shift
garment. This is the tax We are paying
as our part toward the wars abroad.
The makers of clothes and especially
the makers OF boys clothes have
| La NM nod
fashionable for this spring because the
low prices attached to boys clothes and
the narrow profits on boys clothes to
| both maker and retailer will not permit
the more expensive color effects-at least
not at the prices you are willing to pay
for Tommy's knockabout suit
| However. what you may have to sacri-
| fee in color effect you are going to be
compensated for by a showing OF cleverly
manipulated patterns and unusually tasty
styles.
Norfolk styles are still the vogue in
suits for schoolboys, and in these the
| patch pocket styles are leaders
This has been the fashion for several
| recent seasons, but If you think the same
old styles are going to be rehashed to
| you. look into the windows or the dis
play cases of your smartcst boys out
| filters and see the many startling, nifty
are revealed.
| You will find new and unique effects in
| box plaits, shrred plaits knife plaits.
| Inverted plaits: clever departure in yoke
effects, cuffs and pocket flaps, new con-
| trivances in belt arrangements. etc, to
! give full scope to your inclination to
dress your boy distinctively There are
mock belts, and half-belts. three-piece at
tachsble and detachable belts. and other
belts that are stitched on in back but
are detachable in front at your will
One distinct novelty OF the season is
a suit in which besides the regular side
! patch pockets on the coat there is above
these pockets on each side a small change
or watch pocket and these upper pockets
are so contrived as to also serve as belt
loops. That is. the belt slides right
through these pockets, is given full and
easy play to pull the belt in any way
you wish. and yet the movement Of the
belt in no way disturbs the contents OF
the pockets. In fact. ii acts as a safety
guard for the change or watch from fall
ing out
! Many boys models are also being
shown this season in regular styles with
out the Norfolk effect. These in almost
all cases retain the patch pockets and
are given decorative effect by details on
the pocket flaps and cuffs. Some OF these
flaps are slanting. some are triangular
and others semi-circular with a button
effect. The cuffs have button ornamental
ton. mock cuff effect or like cuff treat
ment. Lapels are somewhat narrower