EVENING DRESS
WORN AFTER SIX P. M.
This is the culmination of grandeur in the dress of gentlemen. Bulwer’s novel “Henry Pelham” is responsible for the almost complete blackness of the attire for this otherwise gayest time of day.
The Head.—The black silk top-hat is supreme and only here, as in afternoon dress. Same style as that worn for afternoon dress. The crush opera-hat is entirely out of style in this city. When indoors, the top-hat should be carried in the left hand. The exceptions to this rule are dances, evening receptions, and dinners.
The Hand.—The white kid glove goes with evening dress, and must always be worn with it, except at or during a dinner.
The back stitching may be self or black.
Pearl or gray shades are sometimes worn. No other covering should be worn on the hand after 6 P. M.
If one travels through the streets and on the cars, the best glove to wear—and perfectly proper—is the black kid glove, with black stitching, worn only while en route.
Never wear tan-colored or any light shades of gloves with evening dress, indoors or out-of-doors. It is bad taste, and looks, as it is, shoddy. You may wear white evening gloves at any time or place after 6 P. M., and you are not complete in your dress unless you so do.
The Foot.—Dancing pumps are little worn in this city, in fact they are passé. The climate is such, a man could never be out of his carriage, if he wore pumps, without risk of a catarrh.