The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-24
There is Distinction and Character
in Spring Clothes MerlandY Young Men

However, things are not as bad as
many people think they are. A great
enough to gather tremendous supplies as
soon as the war started. Others have
perfected their dyes in such way that
they win positively guarantee them to
be lasting.
To be Dress-up Year.
Spring is surely the logical dress-up
season. Then 1t is when nature assumes
an entire new aspect-a CHEEKY attire
that is good for sore eyes. after the
dreary, monotonous garb of winter
Spring is truly dress-up time and no mat
ter how well a mans winter wardrobe
may be supplied he is sure to forget all
about 1t and look TO the styles for spring.
When the birds begin to make their
to sprout in their new spring uniforms,
then 1t is when a man mot forgetting a
woman also get the dress-up spirit and
starts to blossom OUT in his brighter
and cheerier spring clothes.
Easter is late this year-the latest in
thirty-one years, except in 1908 when it
also fell on April o. But the lateness
of Easter is not expected to interfere
with or delay spring clothes buying It's
up to the weather, and IL We have a real
"springy" temperature early, undoubt-
eddy those OF you who tramp the boule-
wards with the object OF seeing new
clothes will not be disap opinted.
Stripes the Thing.
Perhaps never before have stripes been
used so much as they will be this season
Stripes are undeniabIy the vogue. They
are shown by every tailor and by every
clothier. There are. 1t is safe to say.
thousand different stripe variations.
There are all sorts of stripes: wide
stripes. narrow stripes, double stripes,
pencil stripes, pen stripes, shadow stripes,
stripes. stripes, stripes and again stripes
Browns and blues are going to be pop
ular, too, if enough of them can be OBJ
tanned. It's a peculiar thing, but every
thing that is scarce is always in de-
mand. Browns and blues are very. very
hard to procure and they are unusually
expensive. Perhaps for those reasons
more than any others are they in such
demand. Browns are to be worn in very
dark shades and are in most instances
shown without any patterns
Getting back to stripes again flor they
are the most important consideration fol-
spring. no doubt there will be many. but
not so many as to make them look mo-
notonous. A few years ago there was a
craze for stripes. Everybody wore them;
everywhere you went you saw them
at about every price But there were
very few variations-they were mostly all
the same and the sum and substance of
the whole thing was that stripes grew
| very tiresome to the eye. But the STRIFE
fashion this spring will not be such a
bore. There are scores of them shown in
advance displays and there is no reason
for them TO become common. Most OF
those that have been created thus far are
unusually clever and distinctive and will
uo uONDl appeal 10 the IaStlulOuS dresser.
Plaids in most instances are dying
out" They have had their turn at popu-
larity and are giving way to the striped
patterns. or course, there will be a few
Of them and those that there are will be
very clever. The Glen Urquhart plaid
will again be the leader in this class
and makes stunning appearance in both
light and dark weavcs. Tartan plaids
have been on the decline for the last few
seasons and predictions are that there
will be few if any shown in mems shops
for spring.
Club checks are due for a moderately
heavy season. They are perhaps more
subdued than those of previous years.
In fact, the whole tendency seems to be
for more quiet effects. Shepherd plaids
and checks have seen their best days
except for sport coats.
Greens put in strong bid for popu-
larity. In some clothing manufacturers
lines three-quarters of what they show
are composed of greens. There have
been some unusually striking greens
woven in both plain shades and mix
lures. They are sure of winning the
approval of the ultra-fa shionable who