1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Correct Clothes as a rule, carry black-bordered handkerchiefs. Few men wear mourning for grandparents or other rela- The wearing of a black band on the coat sleeve tives. necessary to The w^orst thing about a band is that it is unclassifiable, since a man may wear it for a near or a distant rela- If a man cannot afford or does not approve of mourning, then he should abjure the entire livery of grief, for the compromise of a black band betrays a painfully economical mind. After mourning, a man may resume his social duties in from three weeks to two months. While wearing a broad band on his hat for a near relative a man should not attend the theater, opera, or a ball. dinner coat except at a stag dinner, at a club or hotel, or at an informal at-home dinner when only the members of one's family attend, or at the house where one boards. It may be worn at the thea- ter or for an evening call, when women are not to be met. In fact, it is considered a lounging jacket, only one degree removed from a smoking jacket, and should not be worn when women are present except at home. The waistcoat worn with a Tuxedo should be of light gray linen." As this is from a noted English author- fit out in complete black liveries. tive. THE " The Tuxedo coat is no longer used as a TUXEDO is condemned by the best people. rowed from England, where it duced for liveried servants whom it It is a custom bor- was originally intro- was not thought

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