| Show CHANGES IN MENS DRESS how atme ie apparel 0 the sterner sex the of and buckles is again agitating th masculine mind and it ishad not been far the determination to shub acar wilde says tho st who knows lu t thai owe inen would nave bean an silken ere koiv anew york bailar de clar es tha past season nio sac fifty years so lar aa ei it old time and all sufficient dross suit was its leold ano men have grawn restive under the severe and rigid dress suit rules of former years they have fairly rebelled against ag the waiter like simplicity which has bound them as in a vail they aro moving toward more elaborate coa and theah r SA 1 before conff says this fashionable critic how that the deadlock dead lock is broken it will only bo a question q of time when knee breeches buckled shoes and lace 1 ruffles como in lawn tennis and bicycling suits have shown bow becoming knickerbockers are and during the past few seasons these suits have been worn in the country at the seaside and the watering places by men who were never astride a wheel in their lives and who could not handle a racket if their salvation depended upon it the minds of the m ea are set upon abbreviated trousers and the women favor them so ahat settles it the changes in mens costume during the past few years have been very gradual but noticeable the first innovation was the satin collar or lapel for tho evening coat and the low cut waistcoat then tho white waistcoat at first very simple and plain but followed by the figured silks sometimes of gaudy patterns and decorated with cold buttons which often bore the monogram of the wearer some young bloods brought out tho old waistcoats of their grand sires and found them quite en regie then came the plaited stamped embroidered broi dered and ribbed shirt fronis which were almost universal for evening wear and a few have since shyly di sported ruffles the high straight collur has been replaced by a rolling collar the coat tails have been rounded off and made smaller and the coats aavo been drawn in at the waist like choso of the eighteenth century then too gome men ore beginning to v ear corsets and the fact can scarcely bo concealed it is well known that many of them have their shou aders built up in a manner which rivals the falsity and art of the modern belle who by the way is not nearly so false AS she used to be low pumps hose and a dainty handle hie the outfit and the di r ly of 85 would look very plain indeck acido the dudo of 90 with his broad expanse of shirt front his lover cut waistcoat his loosely tied cravak his high shouldered and tight coat and his fine embroidered handkerchief and hose |
