Daily inter mountain., 1899-10-25

stage or fancy dress purposes but the
cardigan jackets We're ordere for wear.
and it shows that there are still places
where the sweater is unknown.
And then the merchants told storlSs
of the time when one of the leading
articles in the sample trunks of men
who sold fall and winter goods 'tof
mems wear Ion the road was caful-
gan Jackets. Some houses carried as
many as hundred styles, ranging IN
price from So to S100 a dozen. and the
bulky nature of the goods made it nee
essary to devote much space to the line.
The jackets We're worn by all classes:
and the article was considered one OIL
the staples of the mems fulnlshlnS
goods line. But the sweater has crowd
ed the cardigan jacket out. and accord
ing to the opinions of those who sell
the goods it has gone never to to return
except as an article of small demand.
Ten years ago all the sweaters SOLD
by us said a large dealer in athletic
goods. were made by hand at Shaker
village in New Hampshire. They We're
Worn then by oarsmen and by men VINO
We're in training for the prize ring. and
a man wearing sweater attracted
about as much attention as one in kllts.
But soon the baseball and football
players began wearing them. ana
within a short time the sweater be-
came a necessary part of every .ymna-
| sium outfit. The demand became so
great that nearly all the mills that had
made cardigan jackets a specially put
machines to work on sweaters. AS the
| new article gained favor the old one
fell away, and the demand is now so
great that the original manufacturers
| the Shakers--could not supply us for
the slowest week in the year"
The tourist and the man going on
his summer vacation were not slow to
recognize the advantage of the sweater
over the old-time blue flannel shirt,
and these consumers became large pur-
chasers of the more comfortable and
betterloolling garment.
| Although the athletic and the outing
trades make heavy drafts on the pro-
duct Of the sweater manufacturers. they
are other and larger consumers. These
are men who work in the street, lunl-
/ bermen. lOngshoremen, railroad men,
sailors and drivers of teams.
/ The article which is used by these
people is not so good the one made
for athletics. and sell as low as u
cents. and from that price to $1.5C
while the better article brings from
50. 50 to Sc.
THE jersey said 8 manufacturer of
woven goods. "was the forerunnar Of
the sweater, and curious point about
these two articles is this: The jersey
was brought cn the market as -
article or Women's wear. and it enjoyed
great popularity for several seasons
1t was not an outing garment but one
or dress. that can be produced at a low
HSufe, the Jersey soon found it's way
into the lower circles, and then be-
came unknown a s an article of dress in
places where fashions are made But
/ with the bicycle it became popular
/ once more: it was adopted by men, and
/ IS now worn by riders all over the
country. But the women got even with
the men for taking the jersey away
from them by going in for sweaters
Ihefe are large quantities of sweaters
made now for women, who wear them
at g0if. in the mountains, in the gym.
naslum, and for outing generally. The
goods made for the use of women are
usually of superior grade although
they are made also in the middle anc
low grades
Jhere are not many factories where
sweaters are made exclusively