Show fashions for men the popular color for morning suits this season is brown there are dozens of shades of that color the russet browns and the dull browns in which thera is a slight mingling of gray are the shades that go off best trousers have undergone some slight alterations as regards shape bince last year they follow the shape of a pe top somewhat and worn loose ai atia knees and tight over the boots stripe patterns are con better taste than checks the arod coat is more fashionable than ivr and only in a few details does it differ from last seasons shape it is considered to look very elegant on tall men with good figures but neither a very tall thin man or a little stout man ought to wear a frock coat it makes the one look like a lamppost and the other literally all coat 1 learned a or two about the mysteries of sartorial art in the course of a conversation with a leading tailor the other day he said judicious pad dins will hide a multitude of faults in a mans figure we get a gaunt looking man with shoulders he wishes to be made to look important well we put as much padding as we can into loth his waistcoat and coat and give him an inch or an inch and a half artificial elevation in the shoulders the newest overcoats worn by turkmen are made exactly like a frock at the back in front they are like the ordinary chesterfield I 1 was shown a new material in a heather and gray mixture with a large check in dull red called the scots guards plaid it makes tip well for race course suits the prince of wales and lord lonsdale have both had suits of it pall mall budget |