A history of the class of 'ninety-five . e up and ahead of the time, so he decided to visitEngland and the Continent in these few weeks, merely to seethe tailors, haberdashers, and hatters as to what would be wornthis year; naturally, he betook himself to London and Paris. Hefound that all coats were to be cut much shorter, and that theextremely long ones had been rung in; that trousers wouldbe cut rather straight from hip downward, as small at the bottomas the size of the feet would permit; that all vests would havea liberal opening and would be much shorter than heretofore;that the covert co
A history of the class of 'ninety-five . e up and ahead of the time, so he decided to visitEngland and the Continent in these few weeks, merely to seethe tailors, haberdashers, and hatters as to what would be wornthis year; naturally, he betook himself to London and Paris. Hefound that all coats were to be cut much shorter, and that theextremely long ones had been rung in; that trousers wouldbe cut rather straight from hip downward, as small at the bottomas the size of the feet would permit; that all vests would havea liberal opening and would be much shorter than heretofore;that the covert coat would be much worn and that the colors HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 95. 125 would be brown or green mixture; that shirt fronts should beperfectly plain with place for two or three buttons; the colors ofgloves, brown or yellow; red is the color in neckwear; inLondon they are wearing wide Ascots, so ample in size as to bewhat an American would term a chest protector; for eveningdress the white lawn tie with wide ends, tied nonchalantly, and. HE RETURNS FROM ENGLAND. arranged in butterfly shape; and that the silk hat is the properone for demi- or evening dress ; the shape is the bell crown, notso pronounced as last season. All these pointers he collected,then he bought this wardrobe : a sack suit of cheviot; a blackcutaway coat and vest, with neat trousers; a frock coat and 126 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 95. vest; a dress suit, with extra vest of white Marseilles ; a covertcoat for business, an Inverness overcoat, extra trousers, shirts,collars, cuffs, neckwear, semi-hose—black, brown, and variegated;and last, but not least, a high and round silk hat. Then hestarted for America, prepared to cut a figure, little thinkingthat his tile and one small girl would be the source of much ridi-cule, and of how this was accomplished we will see a little later. The vacation passed uneventfully for the rest of us, thoughsome came back with gold watches and other pieces of jewelry,some with musica
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