l evening dress differs from formal in the wearing of the Tuxedo
or dinner coat in place of the "swallowtail," and the substitution of a
black silk for a white lawn tie.

The dinner coat is of black worsted or vicuna, satin-faced. It is the
badge of informality. Formerly it was only worn at the club, at small
stag dinners, and on occasions when ladies were not present. Now it is
in vogue during the summer at hotel hops and at small informal parties
to the play, at bowling parties, restaurant dinners, and, in fact, on
any occasion which is not formal. From June to October men wear it in
town every evening without overcoat.

As the dinner jacket is short, a top or silk hat can not be worn with
it. The proper headgear in winter is a black felt soft hat, in summer a
straw.

The dinner jacket is becoming a necessity. It is worn also by all youths
and boys from twelve years to seventeen, at which latter period they can
assume the _toga virilis_ or swallowtail.

I here append a few cautionary hints which must be taken if you wish to
dress well.

All scarves and ties should be tied by one's self. Made-up neckwear of
any kind is not worn by well-groomed men.

White evening waistcoats and Tuxedo coats do not agree; black is only
allowable.

Jewelry is vulgar. The ring for a man is a seal of either green or red
stone, or of plain burnished gold with the seal or monogram engraved
upon it. It must be worn on the little finger.

Watch chains and watch fobs are not in vogue. Watches and latchkeys are
attached to a key chain and hidden in the trousers pocket. Diamonds are
only in good form when set in a scarf pin, and even then they are in
questionable taste. Diamond buttons and diamond rings are absolutely
vulgar.

The fashionable overcoat in winter is a Chesterfield or single-breasted
frock of kersey or like material in brown, blue, or black, with velvet
collar. For autumn and spring the tan covert coat is in vogue.

CHAPTER III.

THE BACHELOR'S TOILET.

The first care of a bachelor is his bath or tub. To-day,
houses--especially clubs and bachelor apartments--are fitted up so
luxuriously that each tenant has his own individual tiled bathroom,
which he uses also as a dressing room. But where these are not, the tin
or the India-rubber bath tub serves as well the purpose of our first
ablution. A cold bath to many is a good refresher and awakener, but
there are others again whose constitutions can not stand the sh