The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-10
oPEN-MEsHED LINEN UNDERWEAR,
New Material Which Is Said to DO m Ideal
Substance for Use Next to the Skin.

New Material Which Is Said to DO m Ideal
Substance for Use Next to the Skin.
The linen weavers and importers have had
their heads together for q long time, trying to
hit upon some fax fibre material In the way Of
underwear that would especially meet the
wants OF the hot-weather bicycllst and Of peo-
pie who take much exercise In tho summer and
persplre freely. Within the last few weeks the
result OF all their cogitation and practical expert
ment has been put on the market, a thin, OPEN
mesh linen material that docs not cling to the
body In the least, and yet is pliable and as COM
Portable to wear as II made Of finer. softer sub
stance. Those men who have had garments
made up OF 1t say they never expect to wear any
other kind, and some few dyed-in-the-grain
sticklers for the wearing Of wool and cotton
next to the skin have been induced to adopt
the new linen wear and have found II agreeable
and. moreover. wholesome.
Line underwear to jaunt about inl Why. I
would not think Of wearing it, in summer or
any other time" exclaimed an elderly wheel
man the other day as he caught a glimpse OF
the perforated. wicker-work looking stuff that
was his friends sole inner armor. Might Just
as we'll sign your death warrant at once. You
get overheated and the wind blows on the linen
and chills you through and through to the mar
row. You've been wearing 1t two months and
haven't had q cold YETI. Yes, but you will. It's
foolhardy to run such risks. Lightweight WOOL
len stuff is the only safeguard against changes
theory only chSekiied at his compSnion's rneiul
IT tho linen S were, heavy or close Woven it
would be no better for, the wearer than any
other sort Of goods" explains another advocate
his entire beIiefin it. But it is perforated and
allows the moisture TO get away from the body,
l math d asicke II t Il hn %oql, e s5a | i,n or ILL., dIFIfle' a 1tdI
R foTtnbIe w b Pe Gpeei t6se,E 40 n PinoSS get fa as nns1% AS
they, do in something that, ,clings to the body
and keeps the dampness in,
stun for underwear is founded on the principle
that for the body 70 be healthy the skin must
free play. and that any closo-woyen substance.
no matter how fine or. delicate In quality, In q
measure keeps the air from the person and so
hinderS free evaporation and ilterferes with
the skins natural functions. Wool, 1t is said,
being a slow conductor and q slow absorber, Is
garments worn next to tho body must be Of
texture and substance TO encourage free circu-
t%tig ne Of sR PII1G and d depr EssrIf L e. q rs i natS4sl T pSK:
too great iqss Of beat, qP9d only such matertai
skin in their work is At Tor underwear.
the Fla aas5t m0S a|Sa Y h been %6rn HG nnT ,e he to t. bss
said a medical authority who has made close
studyo Of the subject and max fabrics, would
be IN general Fha d NE tS;G@ Y e n TIIhYferTsar / It Sw YER
u%nelastic ibre into a porous and pllable t9brie
such as underwear should be, Now that these
f Hlatta r and Hd'g special Ssia }reat%snt % and nd s %ee%i
machines been devised for producing this feXi:
bility. the sportsman. and every other mar and
in the matter, OF health. Of comfort-lipen
loose woven. doing more, 10 promote and less
e t%rustrat9 the n9,rmal impulses Of the skin
The wheelman, or anybody who engages il
to e a @9sa a shStR o Ssf 81 d3eRnl nm akSISst BIT tse his az SfiEH
only tits not interiered with. The art Of wear,
ing porous linen for underwear was, p~racticed
s%R}ipuiate for personal Cleanliness, recognized
the wholesomeness OF linen as well as the un'
sanitary qualities Of woollen underwear.
they shall not grid themselves with anything
ii979 PTS, @ Snd r sSsa argyle L T tRst thiEs 1 Sss ma sIty;
provision for a warm climate. and that Egypt
Greece and, india. countries where linen Is re-
Why there are the Russians. ijVine !i IA a oiim mSs
Roted Tor It's severity yet using only linen fo
from discharging its functions,"
Besides the o~pen;meshed, netted looking liner
woven, ofliSht texture and Of the 1nbleached
alabaster color that belongs to linen Is shown
Many women are having their garments mad'
in a hygienic way without regard 20 appear
anosss . Durable tpF fbnsn linen edginGs AZ,
more mST T than 2 c eriap Sss ssf Tor The The t EsR Of y i Si1taISr
and delicacy Of appearance so dear to the fem
cerned1 Thqsse Who have adopted it " say TIA tRa
imparts TO the body K that q intense relief an,
were at one with each other. and working Ii
sympathy.