Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 4, 1909, Page 57

Fashions in Men’s Suits Gray and Green the Prevailing Oolors, With Lots of Scope for Fancy in Selection—Waist Line Not Moving Downward Nor Marked Ohange in Cut of Garments. RAY and green suits for men are the thing this aprifig and most men, whether or not they try to follow evanescent modes, will array themselves in sack #sults of one or other of these colors, for it is clath of these hues that clothiers and tallors are offering. Brown 1% not totally under the ban and some suits of this color are to be seen In Omaha win- Adows. Those who affect to understand these things tell one that Brown |s more fittingly worn In autumn when the sers and yellow leaf hangs tremblingly on tho tree. WHat brown suits are shown are of A less intense shale than those of yester- year. In gray and green there are a varlety of shades to select from. “Green,” one ia told, “harmoniges capitally with field and follage, a'though It Is trying for many." Those often sun-kissed or weatherbeaten to A dull bronze will do well, one Is further assured, to avold a very desp green. As a matter of fact, the shades of green shown are not extremely pronounced, and some %0 called, would seem more like a duil white to un fmexpert eye. In the grays there 1s no chance for immense varfation from ordinary shades, and the chance to make new styles comes really more in cut than in celor. Mere man's waistiine apparently is not Ifke that of the other sex on the downward path. In fact, the idea that he has a waist, fostered A season or two ago by the “shaped back” with Incurving line at the walst, seems to have been somewhat disi- pated. Padding from the shoulders is dis- aprearing to some extent also, and a so- called “natnralness” is sought after. This rule is, however, fur from being a rigld one, and those who like the exaggerated shculder and ‘wished the crcased seam on coats cam still have it so, The younger the man, the more likely he Is to wish for these and other outre effects. The rule fof spring seems to be that trousers shall be without ouffs, though they will be worn with summer apparel, flannels, homespuns and knockabout suits. The young idea, however, quita fancies this excresocence on the bottom of trousers and will part with it with reluctance even for & time. It is possible for him not to part at all, however, for he can and, in some cases will, jump from a winter sult into & summer one. Broad lapels, softly rolled and not pressed flat are a distinctive feature of spring coats. This is asserted to be a feature of all coats, for business, lounging and formal oceasions, The idea is borrowed perchance from the shawl roll collars pertaining to evening wear, instead of peak lapels. You must wear the buttons a Iittle higher this spring. One is told that this is to permit one to sit down without un- buttoning and stlll be comfortable. This is In accord with the dictum that a new coat should be worn buttoned in order that the garment may shap itself to the pecu- liar architectural scheme of the wearer. The walstcoat—in this part of the world generally called a vest by rude, horrid and indelicate ma 80 cut that none shows twixt the lapels. No longer ia it allowed to flaunt itself above the boundaries of the outer garment. This is a little more true of plain than of the kind called ‘tancy,” for those who wish to wear the Iatter somehow sometimes figures that It I8 no use to invest a number of dollars on & garment and not have it seen by a more or less admiring public. (This principle recelved definite formulation from the as- teemed “Fingy" Connors of Buffalo, N. Y., when he sent hurtling down the corridors of fame his thesls that “thim that has diamonds generally wears thim.") But of walstcoats more anon, as the shilling chockers say. Trousers will be worn bifurcated this spring, They will be roomy enough to get into, but will not be so coplous as & bath- robe. Like a plumbline they will descend in a vertical line—that is after a time—and will not taper toward the bottom nor flex over the instep. The kibosh has been put on 4be peg-top effect. ™ fancy vests there are some decidedly hectic effects to be The most notable in meveral ways Is a creation called the Tattersal and will be worn chietly by the young. Tt Is of a deep cream felt or flan- nel and has stripes or checks, some In vivid greens and yellows. Vests of pearl tints are among the most fetohing novelties of mspringtime. With the dinner packets black s once again in favor, the horror of youths who bought grey ones and can not buy anew right away. The more or less gilded youths who haunt fraternity halls have evoked the idea of having fraternity designs on thelr tuxedo walstcoat buttons, but this Is a fashion not likely to spread for eminently £00d reasons. Tn serge cloth nothing is able to displace the blue and a suit of that material and color will be as popular during the sum- mer as ever before. In cut it will, of course, differ in no wise from the way the §rey and green weaves are belng made up, and for summer evening wear it will re- main as well liked as in the past. No amount of seolding by anybody is’able to persuade men In this part of the world to wear evening dress during the hot months and the coat of blue werge which looks black at night will be worn with a white plque shirt or a stiff one. Local sales of clothing are declared con- siderably larger this spring than last when the effect of the scare the previous fall was still making some men ecanomise. THINGS FOR MEN TO WEAR New Styles of Clothes Shown at Tatlors’ Convention in New York. New styles for men are on exhibit at the Merchant Tallors' National exchange in wession in New York City. There Is the new Bryn Mawr paddock, three buttons, seamless back, made of a dlagonal cloth, with vertical pockets and heavy drapery sides. A. Reginald von Keller, himself edl- tor of the American Gentleman, wore this coat at the Bryn Mawr horse show, and it ‘was pronounced a tremendous succoss. ‘Then there is the new spring and summer dinner coat—the Newport—in dark gray, ‘with ribbed silk facing of a little darker shade and velvet collar of the same gen- Next OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1909. eral color. This coat Is supposed to bo worn without walstcoat—with a belt with & soft, white pleated shirt and gray tle, hose and gloves. Mr, von Keller wore an evening dress suit last might that helped matters along eongiderably. The idea of the Innovations, he explained, was to give more white and less black to a man's general evening ap- THREE STYLES THAT WILL BE MUCH IN VOGUE AMONG MEN NEXT SUMMER. pearance. There was a breast pocket, from which the corners of a white handkerchiet protruded; the front of the coat was cut to ehow about three-quarters of an inch of white waistcoat, thus breaking the black- ness at that point; a white silk fob instead of black helped out at the same point, and ‘white silk hose above the pumps gave an- other little touch. One of the things the style people are going to try to do this year Is to add varfety to a man's business wear. They ere urging a morning coat for business. The newest thing in this line ls of Oxford gray, with trousers to match and with a fancy waistcoat. The edges of the coat ere trimmed with flat brald. There is a new tennis coat, too—collarless, and with link cuffs like a shirt. This coat is to be wotn only for tennis—about the country club, and so on, and never by any account should it be seen on the street. And the roll on flannel trousers this summer will be very deep. But there should be no roll on trousers except they be meant for outing purposes. A walstooat in the main exhibit is of Sunday is Easter brown silk brooaded with red flowsrs and has rows of red silk stitching around the ecges In place of brald. The back is of red #ilk. A Providence tallor has evelved a dress coat with a seamless front all in one plece, which it 1a sald will make an evening ot ws barmless as & smoking jacket. I'he wildest cont @f all is a black and white pletd from Brockton, Mass, that would cause & crowd to collect at Forty- rocond strect and Broadway, This coat, however, is very much the exception. Most of the garments shown In the exhibit dis- play much restraint. From thelr eolorings one would gather that grays and grays with an olive cast are to be it the caming summer. There are some 20 coats shcwn by some seventy-five different concerns, and eaci coat carries with it a pair of trousers and a few fancy walstcoats.—New York Sun. PLAYING WALL STREET GAME Difference Between the Man Who Specnlates from Knowledge and the Gambler, Of the many popular delusions touch- ing Wall street and ite peonle, none is more persistent or more dangerous to the out- sider than the bellef that from nothing great permanent fortunes have been made by shrewd and lucky speculation in prices, It isn't true. We differentiate hero be- tween speculation in prices only, and the kind of legitimate speculation which secks to anticipate great economic changes. Legitimate speculation has its translation into prices, too, but it takes, first, original capital In some reasonable proportion to the profits expected, and, secondly, the treatment of exceptional opportunity with correct imagination. Its risks at best are very large, Among our Wall street ac- quaintances are several hard-headed men, who average to make $35,000 a year by speculation. Not one of them has a capital of less than $20,000. They make it earn about 10 per cent. Take Blank, one of the ablest speculators we know, He has made half a miilion &ol- lars in the last five years. Very hand- @ome return, you say. Let us look at Blank: He was the chlef accountant of one of the big rallway systems when an uncle, dying, left htm $20,000. Mind you, he was an expert raflway statisticlan, and an exceptionally able young man to boot. He knew his own road like a book, as well as some other things that only the directors were aware of. The stock of the system looked cheap to him, and he used his $20,000 to margin 4,000 shares. A bull mar- ket was beginning, and within a month or two Blank's capital had increased to #$60,000. He was content with a 10-point rise, though the stock advanced ten points more. That was the first of Biank's deals, Twelve months later he won again. He thought that the stock of a certain western system was selling below its value and set about an investigation to find the facts. He hired a first class engineer and a re- tired traffic manager to travel from one end of that rallroad to the other, and he himself analyszed the accounts. When all the reports were in it seemed to him that the system was earning enough money to Justify an increase of its dlvidend, and he plunged once more. He waited six months for his profit this time, and his investiga- tion had cost him $5,000, He made $50,000. Good interest, you say, but think of Biank's special equipment for the game and the trouble he took to be right. You, Mr, Thin- marginist, after reading the Wall street gossip In your daily paper, adventure your thousand or two thousand dollars and ex- pect to double your monay. Mark the aif- ference.—John Parr, in Everybody's Maga-~ E EXTEND an Easter Greeting to all our friends and patrons. Easter is the time for sunshine and flowers, when nature smiles and we all take a fresh grip on life. Every man and boy has a natural loss of that broad effect that is called athletic, desire to appear in new garments on Easter Sunday. we'll help you out If you are not prepared for the occasion, Our spring display of Clothing, Hats and Furnishings is now in full bloom--a veritable galaxy of new colorings. Our new Suits and Overcoats are cut with our new and ngtural shoulder which is a very important improvement in the season’s designs; it gives ease and freedom without In our Boys’ and Young Men's Department we are ready for the little fellow and his big brother with the most up-to-date line of clothing, furnishings and hats to be found west of Chicago. In Our Furnishing Department You will find new Shirts for Easter, New Gloves, New Neckwear, in fact anything you may need to fill out your wardrobe for the Easter parade, you will find here, and correct. Our Hat Department Is ready to show you in the new derbies and soft hats for Easter. No exclusive hat store has a more complete line of headwear than you'll find here. vantage here. We have all the shapes of all the good makers. 15th and Douglas Streets You'll find this ad- You are not confined to a single style. BROWNING, KING & CO. R. S. WILCOX, Manager.