The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-12-12
SWAY or The SWEATER.
How the Popular Outing Garment Ousted
thu Cardigan Jacket.

En- IN y AckeE.
II had n customer for cardigan
jackets the other day. said a dry
goods lobber 20 i friend with whom
be was taking luncheon, ''and IL
seemed like reading 4 chapter from an
old, forgotten book.
It's 10 worse than receiving an
order for hoOpskirts, said another
merchant, and that happened 20 rs
recently"
And then the merchants told stories
of the time when one OF the leading
ar ticles IN the sample trunks of men
who sold fall aud winter goods for
mems wear Ion the road" was cardi-
gan Jackets. Some houses carried "A
many a. a hundred styles, ranging IN
price from - to 500 ! dozen, and the
bulky nature OF the goods made it
necessary 20 devote much space 10
the line. The jackets were worn by
all classes, and the article was con
sldered one Of the staples Of the mems
furnishing goods line. But the
sweater has crowded the cardigan
jacket out, and according 20 the
opinions of those who sell the goods
1t has gone never 70 return, except as
an article of small demand.
Ten years ago all the sweaters sold
by rs, " said large dealer IN athletic
goods, were made by hand at 4
Shaker village IN New Hampshire.
They were worn then by oarsme1 and
by men who were IN training for the
prize ring. and man wearing =
aA- I oh
teutiou as one IN kits. But soon the
baseball and football players began
wearing them, and within a short
time the sweater became necessary
part of every gymnasium outfit. The
demand became so great that nearly
al the mills that had made cardigan
jackets 4 speciality put machines TO
work on sweaters. As the new article
gained IN favor the old one fell away.
and the demand l. now so great that
the original manufacturers - the
Shakers-couii not supply u for the
slOwesG week IN the year
Although the athletic and the out
ing trades make heavy drafts on the
product of the sweater manufacturers,
there are other and larger consumers.
These are men who work n the street,
luubermen, lougshoremer, railroad
men, sailors and drivers OF teams
The article which is used by these
people Is not so good rs the one made
for athletes, and sells as low rs seven
ty-fve cents, and from that price to
SI.5O, while the better article brings
from s. 30 to SIS.
s.Th.a Tar.aa- F,,.--..,-.
OF woven goods, was the t5rerluuer
of the sweater, aud curiOus point
about these two articles Is this. The
Jersey was brought on the market a.
IN article Of wOmeu's wear, and it
enjoyed great popularity for several
seasons. II was not an outing gar
ment, but one OF dress, but, like all
articles OF women's dress that can be
produced Mt a low figure. the jersey
soon found It's way into the lower
circles, and then became unknown as
an article Of dress Ia places where
fashions are made. But with the BIZ
cycle it became popuIa once more; IL
was adopted by men, ard 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 II for sweaters There are
large quantities Of sweaters made now
for women, who wear them at golf. In
the mountains. IN the gymnasium, an u
for outing generally. The goods
made for the use of women are usually
Of superior grade, although they are
made also IN the middle and low
grades
There are not many factories where
sweaters are made exclusively, bu5
nearly all the mills where underwear
is manufactured produce some Of these
popular garments New York Tri-
bune.