Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1888 — WHAT WELL-DRESSED MEN WEAR. [ARTICLE]

WHAT WELL-DRESSED MEN WEAR.

Square-cornered cuffs supersede all other varieties. . ' Pale primrose or lavender kid gloves are again en regie for evening wear. Washable pique braces are an indispensable adjunct to cool summer coetumes. French gray, blue, and elate trousers are not only popular, but, in fine goods, handsome. The tendency in umbrellas is to fine light frames ani nicely finished handles that on fair days may need ss walking sticks. New cheviots for trousers are out in bulk. A neat gray or brown check or stripe is a good selection if the coloring is not to loud. Almost as broad an expanse of shirt front is now shown with morning dress as one used to see with an old-fashioned high-cut clawhammer. A number of swells have lately made up what is known as “Raining in London” trousers. They have the bot'oms neatly turned up and stiched in place. A new stand-up collar has not onlv bent pointe, but a half-inch of its entire upper rim is reversed outward to prevent chafing of the 2 neck in warm weather. A delightfully soft and silky new stuff for fancy eoating is called “Angora.” It comes in checks, stripes, and mixtures of several shades, broken with a hairline of a third color, generally red. New cotton hose, says an exchange, have rainbow ankle stripes on a tan ground, with ribs and feet of darker shade, while lisle thread show maltese cresses on a mode or black grounds. “Lounging" jackets are made in various light cloths. A handsome Scotch mixed tweed is thus utilized with effect. Most of these are made witu four or five bu ttons-, which are not used, and a long rolling collar. The correct trouser is eighteen and a half inches at the knee and from seventeen and a half to eighteen at the bottom for average height. This is called the peg-top style and measurements may be suited to individual build. The swallow-tail coat has undergone some slight 'alteratioa. Thera is now no longer any stitching or binding on the edge. The sleeves are larger, to admit of carrying the handkerchief, which is no longer worn inside the vest.