Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1931, Page 88

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D C; MARCH ‘22, 198L." Presenting Easter - It Is the Male Who Receives Attention in This Article and He Should Pay Par- ticular A ttentibn, W hether He Promenades Sixteenth Street or Main Street—He Has Four Types of Suits to Choose From--- Collegiate, Banker, Man -About -Town and English. Richard Arlen of the movies wears a single - breasted English model of worsted. His shoes are of suede. small but important details from year to year, Lounge suits of this ¢ well dressed man of New York’s Wall Street and Park: avenue—will be identified this year mainly by sack coats with soft fronts, notched lapels, medium-width shoulders, flaps on the lower pockets; medium-width trousers and two-inch cuffs. They will poss2ss a distinguished plain- ness. ‘They will be somewhat narrower at the waist than in other years and more snug at the hips, AKE this ultra-conservative banker type of suit and give it a bit more breadth, more swank, more dash. There you have the begin- ning of the English type of business suit—that which either is imported with London’s Bond street stamp of approval, or an excellent Ameri- gn imitation of it. ¢ suits are equally at home in an office or at the race track, at an afternoon house party or at the polo field. They usually are single-breasted and three-buttoned. The vest invariably is short, to complement the high- waisted, pleated trousers which are hedd smartly by bright-shaded suspenders. ‘A bunching of fabric at the shoulders, known fechincally as & roll sleeve-head, gives the shoulders the appear- ange of extra width. - It is above all a “chesty"” cqat, with plenty of material in the breast, closely fitted at the hips. The Double-breasted models of this follow the same general lines. . Iu years past, collegians undoubtedly. have riled supreme over the young men's. si¥le realps. £R a il I : THi Bg i i‘°§ i g {3 § double-breasted coats, though naturally never as frequently seen in Spring and Summer as in cold weather, will have a greater vogue next season than ever before in warm months, it is predicted. The same “schools of style” which dictafe the loose, straight, two-button box coat wkich is shorter than the average run of coats for busi- ness wear. In the suit intended particularly for golf and active participation in other sports, he greater plus fives will be equally good for knickers. The young man-about-town, however, will most often choose a somewhat jazzy version of functions where women are to be present, and the dinner coat is relegated to stag affairs only. Tmmmmhmnev«mm extreme.. The lapel is tlie normal one that rolls high or low as the wearer likes it. Shoule Golf clothes with long trousers of a dif- ferent material from the coat are com- ing into fashion, thoygh knickers are for Men » For informal wear, Phillips Holmes, movie actor, shows a gray bone coat and vest with trousers of solid gray flannel. ric. Often, too, the vest of the dinner suit is of the same material as the rest of the outfit. ‘The soft shirt with the tuxedo is doomed, clothiers believe. The gleaming stiff-bosomed shirt, preferably with no pleats at all, and with a single stud, is now worn by the most up-to- the-minute clubmen in the largest ocities, ‘Topcoats, as in past seasons, are swankily long; 48 inches probably is an average-Jength. Box effects will be most seen this Spring. One exclusive shop shows almost no fopcoats that aren't double-breasted; another displays as its smartest model a single-breasted coat with a’ vent, -a soft front, cloth collar, breast pocket and lower patch pockets with flaps on them. So take your choice. Most of the doublee breasted coats have half belts at the back. Tweeds, worsteds. and cheviots in light colors are expected to dominate, United States Strict ‘ont Figs. Fmsvm not just figs to the United States, Department are particular. . During 1930 14,000/000 pounds - of figs were examined at points of ‘éntry, and of the huge total 30 per cent were* ed. ‘The importation of dates came much nearer American standards, for of the nearly 42,000,000 ‘pounds shipped in less than 3 pér cent were found to be barred by regulations: - -