Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1910 — WIDE SHOULDERS ARE TO GO [ARTICLE]

WIDE SHOULDERS ARE TO GO

Wrestler’s Chest on Hlp-Cllnglng Cqat and Peg-Top Trousers Are Among Latest Styles. Chicago.—Well tailored men of the coming fall will be narrow of shoulder and broad of chest, and the present type of wide shouldered but “clothing store athlete” will have vanished from the realm of the elite. Exhibits at the fashion show, which was held recently at the Coliseum in this city, presaged the passing of the artificial wide shoulder and bore evidence that superfluous cloth in future will be lavished on the chest There Were all sorts of natty novelties at idle fashion show, novelties intended to become staples by men who are afraid the average citizen wifi cling too long to his old clothes. Crowds of men, anxious to keep in touch with the "proper thing,” wan* dered through the Coliseum and decided that more changes In male attire have been planned for the coming season than have been offered In many years. -J . Th* overcoat of "the man who knowfi" will be loose and baggy. The latest thing in keep-warm clothing is called a "greatcoat” Any size will fit noy one fairly well, but is guaranteed not to fit any individual perfectly. The coat will bear the ulster collar of last winter, only more so. The "straight front” close fitting collar has been placed on the blacklist and its most favored successor is one that looks somewhat like -the Elisabethan ruff—and appears to he a little rough on the neck. Flowing ties, long decried as evidence of Elbert Hubbardism, have come into their own. Their only rival

for popular favor Is a vari-colored tie) which, displays an amazing - set of contrasts when knotted four-in-hand. Black waistcoats must be worn with dress suits; a riding habit must be of a solid color, and the dressing gown must be of Chantlcler pattern. These are other edicts of the powers that be In clothesdom as laid down at the fashion show. / The narrow-shouldered business suit, In addition to its burly chest, will be remarkable for the exceeding closeness of its fit around the hips. Pegtop trousers, gripping the shoe tops tightly, will be worn as the accompanying nether garments.