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Show ektssuaki m mrs wear j Formal clothes for evening eve-ning play a larger part in American life AMERICA is just coming out of J the pioneer stage in many waya. The pioneer, while he was conquering con-quering the wilderness, enjoyed -i itood many things we now call luxurieswild lux-urieswild turkeys, mallard ducks, quail, grouse, venison; lobsters, terrapin. ter-rapin. , , Dut be lacked miny of the amenities ameni-ties of life notaMy clothes. Theyi were hard to get, so be made himself him-self believe ho didn't want them. For hund'eds of years, the Englishman Eng-lishman and the Frenchman, living in countries where the pioneeunss was finished a thousand years aso. have been learning to play. Social recreation the dinner, the opera, the salon, became :,n art. Clothes developed along with other reline-ments. reline-ments. There -were clothes for sport, for lounging, for travel, for business and for formal wear. For at least ;i generation America has led the world in wealth and material cornfoi ts, but the pioneer spirit died hard. A oozcu years ago a few men played gulf, and they played it in their oil clothes. Now thousands iday it and dress fur ::. Ceenp i: a ' ivdy rceemly few men "dressed for dinner." Now there ;ne in. 'my public restaurants and ho, Is where diners who wea; ieiinal clothes are in the majority. No one would think cf g'dng to e e-r.ing e-r.ing nh.'.iis in society without them. Full di'rss. of course, is tiie eor-; eor-; eet thiag for st. icily formal evening eve-ning v.eai', but .he dinner jacket i-e: i-e: t iwin imiagiy popular among college col-lege i.kii and young men generaily The s:yle seems of Hart Schidi-uer Schidi-uer Ji Mars ted us that the doitbb-- , breasted dillher jacket is tile newes: ; thing in London and at the Florida . resorts. A lightweight d i :i n e i i jacket, worn with a belt and suftj ITn ill LrIor i;J;t c'".J :"c-r , ."' "un h. u v .,. . : |