How Men Should Dress

THE CORRECT FORMS FOR BUSINESS, DAY AND EVENING.

How to Be Well Clothed at Small Cost - Valuable Advice to Our Readers of the Sterner Sex Who Appreciate Good Personal Appearance.

A decent regard for the requirements of fashion, without going to the foolish extremes of foppery, is incumbent upon all men, and upon all young men especially. Custom has dictated certain forms of apparel for the various occasions of daily life, and one should endeavor as far as possible to accede to these rules. Here are the principal forms up to date:

The business suit for general wear during business hours, mornings, sporting events, and assemblies of men, comprises a covert or large model overcoat, a sack or cutaway coat; a waistcoat of same material as the coat, or a fancy pattern with the cutaway; and trousers to match the sack coat, or to match or of fancy materials with the cutaway; a Fedora or Derby hat is worn a Derby with the cutaway coat.

What is called semi-dress, for informal events during the day and for church on Sunday, may be an overcoat, black cutaway coat, waistcoat to match, or of a dark fancy small pattern, with trousers of worsted or cashmere in a gray shade. The hat should be a high silk or Derby.

To dress for a day wedding, a call, a reception or a matinee, one should wear a black overcoat, double-breasted frock coat, a double or single-breasted waistcoat to match or of white duck, and dark trousers. The prescribed hat is the high silk.

The full dress, for all formal events in the evening, weddings, receptions, formal dinners, the theatre, requires a large model overcoat, the well known full dress coat; a white double-breasted waistcoat, or a black one if preferred; and trousers to match the coat. The opera or crush hat is the regular thing and it is most convenient. 

Not every one of our readers among the men can always follow the above rules, but in this land of democracy every man of them may be called at some time to obey them. It will be observed that not many suits are required, and with foresight and economy it is as easy to be clothed well as to dress poorly.  And this brings us to the practical side of the matter.

We extracted the above information as to men's dress from a booklet issued by the English Woolen Mills Company, whose Michigan headquarters are at 220 and 222 Woodward avenue, Detroit. Enterprise, "that fans the spark of endeavor into the flame of accomplishment" is a valued asset of the English Woolen Mills Co. Sixty-five years ago sheep farmers and wool growers in Australia; four and one-half years later woolen manufacturers at Leeds, England, and Hawick, Scotland; today tailors and woolen merchants in the United States and Canada, with a business reaching from ocean to ocean. A true and practical translation of "from mill to man," from weaver to wearer direct. A perusal of their booklet, which they will gladly mail free to any address, will open the eyes of many who have been paying fancy prices for clothing. In the first place it notes all the various materials of which men's clothing is made. Secondly, it illustrates and describes the latest styles of dress for men. Lastly it gives prices which are marvelously low. The English Woolen Mills Company is a very large firm with many branch houses. It can afford very small profits on each sale when the aggregate of sales is so large.

A visit to the establishment at Detroit, 220 and 222 Woodward avenue, just above Grand River avenue, and not far from Grand Circus Park, will give those in charge there an opportunity to demonstrate the advantages of buying from this house. They show the visitor suits from $15 up, guaranteed to be the best for the money to be bought anywhere. Such a visit should be made by all who can possibly do so. But for those who cannot, the mail order department of the English Woolen Mills Company offers extremely convenient facilities. "Made to your order on approval" is their equitable plan for clothes buying. The customer's protection is complete. He has the privilege of returning at the firm's expense if unsatisfactory, or to the purchaser's idea if not full value for the price. Samples and complete self-measurement equipment are sent for the asking. When requesting samples, the writer should state, as definitely as possible, the kind of samples wanted, about what price and any other information he can give. This will help the house to serve him intelligently. Express charges are prepaid to any point.

It is well known that the essential elements in the most expensive tailors' best creations and those of many others are identical, but the difference in price is vast. This is a store of uniform satisfaction, - there can be no exception by reason of the system employed. The clothing is guaranteed to suit, or money returned. 

The book issued by the English Woolen Mills Company will interest and instruct, and every man who desires to dress well and to save money in so doing should send for it and read it. If he concludes to purchase of the house he will find that the high reputation of the firm is well illustrated in the courteous, prompt and fair treatment it will accord him.