Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
ssL LOUNGE SUlTS'' FIND FAVOR
AS HOUSE ATTIRE FOR MEN

more ornate. 1t is gayer in color than
ever before, while the cut of the mod
erately priced garments is trig enough
| to satisfy the requirements of dinner
jacket
For $3.50 the shops of Washington
oner a smoking jacket of sufficiently
conservative pattern and stylish cut to
be worn at the dinner table. These
garments are about as comfortable as
any yet devised for man. The ample
pockets. lower by inches than those on
the ordinary coat, afford the wearer an
opportunity of concealing his hands
and this is ever boon to some men.
Books. pipes, tobacco. keys and the like
may be dropped out OF sight here with
out discommoding the wearer AS the
| coats are widely cut around the hem,
| this additional impedimenta does not
give the coat an unduly ''bulgy" ap-
pearance. :
Happily for the stout man the quilted
smoking coat seems to be disappearing.
1t is still beloved by many who like the
warm, enveloping feeling which it's am
! pie folds impart. But the discriminat-
inches in height and whose weight is
| more than 100 pounds know that such
| a garment makes them look like moth
ing SO much as a badly wrapped bar
rel
When will the gay colors Of the smok-
ing coat make their influence more gem
| orally felt in evening attire?
This quesien was recently put to a
| tailor in Washington who has won
| fame a s a seer of fashions one who can
predict what styles will govern the
| mans world year before those styles
arrive.
The tailor advanced curious notion.
The European war. he said. will bring
about return to the styles of a CEN
fury ago. He explained that after
peace is declared and the work of re-
lcfr fyrr, sr1.
great wave of psychic elation will pass
| over Europe and eventually find its
way to this country. Men will return
to the elaborate sartorial splendors of
the days of the empire. The "conyen-
tional black" to which men have SO re
ligiously chung will be completely over
thrown
He was asked whether the present
styles showed a definite tendency in
this direction.
Il should say yes. he replied. There
IS no better example than the incur
sion Of the house suit and the lounging
Jacket. This is frivolous diversion
for Americans. accustomed, as they are
to the business suit. Now they have
ken the plunge the next step. the de-
struction Of the ancient boyle Of black.
will not be difficult"
The Turkish slipper conceded by
many to be the most comfortable of all
devices in footwear. is seen occasion
ally in Washington these days. And
tangoing has made some so expert at
the gliding shuffie that they can wear
the heelless Chinese slippers without
Inconvenience. There is no more cen
nomic footwear for indoor use than the
Chinese slipper. The cheapest VARIETY
n is on sale ga. at innhumerable places for 10
Of woven straw. and, of course, are not
durable. NV
There are. Of course, all sorts Of
s sly aeviations-freaks. if you will, to
Numerous and sundry novelties in cut
and color have been devised to suit as
many many tastes. But in them ali. the
prisi Sources nasa Of mas sprung from the
filing its mission it has. incidentally
performed an extra, but not to be-con-
s slider ~ duty to its every de-
months ago either. that when the
average man took off his street gar
ments, and made himself comfortable"
he was not TT for presentation to any
immediate family. II. as frequently
happened, some unexpected friend
dropped in for the evening, 1t was
necessary for the tired householder to
jump for his wardrobe and dress all
over again.
1t is different now. The Longing
costume has grown SO acceptable and
Is SO cleverly fashioned that 1t might
almost be described as informally
chance calls the afore-
mentioned tired householder can rise
from his lounge and go down stairs to
greet his friend with no more prepara-
ton than the possible stroking into
place Of few rufiled hairs.
On the whole. the lounging outfit
means more than home dress comfort.
1t MEANS also. q tsort Of sublimated
scientific management.
A Good Guess.