Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
HIGH ART IN nEckr,Es.

Now They Are Made and ~sold-speessi
+ Grades and Fabrics Designed for Neck.
wear.
There are special grades and de-
signs of silks and satins made exclu-
sively for the necktie trade" said .
manufacturer. .These materials are
made from patterns designed by men
who do nothing else than study up
new things in neckties. The goods
are Of heavier quality than dress silks,
and of patterns which never find their
way into any other branch of trade.
For these reasons they are higher in.
price than ordinary goods. Samples
are sent by the makers to New York
for the inspection of buyers. I go to
New York to look at new designs
about once every two months. There
are from fifty to seventy-fve necktie
factories in this country and ten or!
twelve frst-class makers. The latter
usually secure exclusive right to use
certain styles of goods from the
makers by buying either the entire
stock offered to the American market
or a large quantity of it. But the sue
cess of making up the goods is just
like a lottery ticket. Perhaps one year
l may make a hit on some particular
design and it will become so popular
that all the other makers will be forced
to adopt it. But the next season some
n in Boston or New York MAJ make
the hit and [ will have to follow him.
There's never any telling how a neck
tie is going to take with the public UNI
til it is put on the market. Then its
success may depend altogether on who
adopts it first. If he happens to be /
bowling swell, and on the right side Il
popular favor, that particular neckts
will sell like all possessed"
Are the styles of making up neck
ties originated abroad?"
"Not now. They were until less
than three years ago, but our styles are
that they are coming over here to get
patterns. However, there is a ten
dency to English fashions for the fall.
They are like this" he continued, tax
ing a couple of ties from a box.
"Dreadfully fat and square in
shape. you see. They have a
genuine Johnny Bull appearance,
and won't stay very long in favor on
this side of the Atlantic. The four
'in-hand' tie and scarf are the most
fashionable neck-wear at present. The
f~our-in-hand' scarf of plain white
'pegrie will be much worn during tho
warm weather. No scarf pins are
worn with these two styles, and only
the smallest and least conspicuous with
any kind. Scarfs of white pongee are
very desirable for evening wear"
care men or women employed to
make up neck-ties?
"Oh, women. There are eight hum
dred girls working at this business in
Chicago alone"
"They work by the piece and make
more or less money, according to their
experiences. A good finisher can make
eight or nine dollars a week. She takes
a necktie after it is put together and
finishes every detail perfectly, SO that
it is ready to box. Three different
colors of the same design. made in the
same style, r boxed together to give
q dealer an assortment in the one
make. The finisher must see that all
of this kind are exactly alike in point
of finish and makeup. W. have one
girl who does nothing but turn tho
bands of neck-ties and who makes if-
teen dollars a week. She is capable of
turning twenty-five or thirty dozen
bands each day. Other girls who are
not so expert may not make more than
three or four dollars a week and from
that up to nine dollars" a
"Where is the cheap neckwear made
which is shown SO extensively this
spring."
1.-THE cheap wear now flooding the
market is composed of old styles, made
of poor goods, which the cheap trade
in New York has succeeded in buying
up and sending all over the country.
A good, well-made necktie costs from
fifty cents to one dollar and a half. As
nice a m as any man needs can ba
bought for seventy-fve cents. As a
rule men show no discrimination in
purchasing neckties. They look into a
window, see a tie thattakes their fancy.
and then rush in to buy it, never stop.
ping to ask the price. Thus, they arc
as apt to buy one of the cheap kind
that will not look we'll a week as one Of
better quality. So there's lots of these
low-priced goods being sold, and bust.
ness is consequently dull just now. 4
good secktie is the result of art and
study. 1t can't be turned out for u
song .'-Chicago News.