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Show Men Now Have a Summer frress DO you remember, gcntlo reader, when every man's idea of summer sum-mer comfort In dress consisted of a bluo sorgo suit, tan shoos and a sailor hat? You do. Well then look at tho blamed thing now. "Blamed thing" It must bo understood, under-stood, Is a quotation and Is not to bo taken as blasphemy. Time was when our brothers had assumed tho costumo described abovo they felt that they woro vory daring dogs Indcod, and tho last word In airiness. airi-ness. Thoy believed that tholr middle namo was Glaclor. That's the reason It is a surprise to you whon you moot somo of them now adorned as tho lilies of tho field and Solomon lu all his glory. Whon you meet, for Instance, a dignified barrister bar-rister clad all In whlto linen, with white shoes and whlto clocked stockings, stock-ings, and with a whlto folt hat adorned with a glowing band upon his snowy head. He stands In a florco light, tho sort that usually beats upon a throno, and it Is shocking to havo to record that tho fact that his nndcrgarmont noto tho singular reaches only to his knees, Is dreadfully apparent His shirt Is of soft, thin silk, his collar Is guiltless of starch, and tho tlo which ho wears Is as light as thistledown. Altogether his costumo Is about as much llko tho summer ono his father used to wear as a bird of Paradiso la llko a crow. At last, then, man has solved the problem of keeping cool. At last he has overcome his repugnance foi dressing conspicuously and Is outdoing his sisters In this regard. Indeed. h( And Its Far Gayer Than trie Clothes Their Sisters Wear. has reduced tho number of garments which ho wears to a minimum which oven the wago of tho poor working girl has never roached. Ono gentleman of retiring habits noticed tho other day woro a shirt of blue and whlto striped silk, tho stripes of which woro qulto as wldo as thoso usually observed In awnings. To this ho had added a scarlot tlo, whlto trousers, and a blue serge coat, andhls humble meln boro witness to tho fact that ho consldorod himself outfitted In a manner which did equal credit to his hoad and heart. Il Another man who appeared at a IH country club ono hot afternoon ro- llH ccntly was a symphony in pink. His lH silk shirt was striped llko a stick of IH palo peppermint candy; his tlo was of jH solid pink, so wore his socks, the IH bordor to his handkerchief, and his lH hat band- His suit was Of white ll flannel and he looked so dollcates- j sen-y a morsel that tho girls who had been placing tennis and woro hot and tired looked on admiringly. All told man has at last BOlved the problem of dressing in fitting fashion jH for summer tho while ho adds to his personal pulchritude. That having onco startod to solvo theso sartorial problems ho has gono tho limit. Is ll eminently characteristic of tho sex. IH f nl f ft V k K7P a H He Looked So Dcllcatcsscn-y A Morsel That The Girls Looked On Admiringly. |