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Show EVENING DRESS PUZZLE When and When Not to Wear It Puzzles Puz-zles Average Man. "New York may be the arbiter of fashion and the arbiter of a lot of other things to the provinces " remarked re-marked the man who has some social recognition of a somewhat Bohemian character, "but It should do a little rblterlng on It3elf I think. In the matter mat-ter of how men should dress in the evening. Now. for example. I was invited in-vited to lake a lady to dinner at one of ihese little eating places where only the invited are permitted to contribute their 60 centses to the table d'hote. As it happened, I did not get back from an afternoon out-cf-towti trip until too late to dress, and hurried from the station sta-tion to keep the engagement, very much pertrubed In spirit as to my garb. The lady assured me my business busi-ness 'lothes were good enough. I thought It kind of her, but had my doubts. At the dinner not a man was In evening clothes; not even a Tuxedo showed up. though the women were gowned quite elaborately. "The following evening I attended a club reception to some prominent middle mid-dle western men I went In full evening even-ing drers. Nine-tenths of the men present wore plain clothes. I was sorry I was In evening clothes. "We should know what to do at evening funetlons In this town to secure se-cure some sort of uniformity In dress, so to speak. I have noticed that some thoughtful ile. In Issuing their Invitation In-vitation to affairs not utterly swagger, swag-ger, make a note In a corner of the card. 'evening dress. Now. whj .shouldn't this custom become -o well Observed 'hat If the words were not on the cards men should understand that they could dress as they pleased? It once was that R S. V. P was not con-sidi con-sidi ted fotiii on a raid, because It was thought everybody knen enough to formally accept an Invitation, but thej didn't, It seems, and In these days it appears on the cards of the ino.,t Fashionables." Fash-ionables." New York Press |