The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-26
sWAY OF THE SWEATER.
now the Popular outing Garment Ousted
the Cardigan Jacket.

jackets the other day." said dry
goods jobber to friend with whom
he was taking luncheon, "and il
seemed like reading chapter from AL
old, forgotten book"
'Its no worse than receiving an
order for hoopskirts," said another
merchant. sand that happened to us
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 and winter goods for
mems wear con the road" was cardi-
gan jackets. Some houses carried as
many as hundred styles, ranging in
price from 50 to 500 a dozen, and the
bulky nature of the goods made it
necessary to devote much space to
the line. The jackets were worn by
all classes, and the article was con-
sidered one of the staples of the mems
furnishing goods line. But the
sweater has crowded the cardigan
jacket out, and according to the
opinions OF those who sell the goods
it has gone never to return, except as
an article of small demand.
'Ten years ago all the sweaters sold
by u.s." said large dealer in athletic
goods, "were made by hand at a
Shaker village in New Hampshire.
They were worn then by oarsmen and
by men who were in training for the
prize ring, and q man wearing u
sweater attracted about as much at
tention as one in kits. But soon the
baseball and football players began
wearing them, and within q short
time the sweater became necessary
part of every gymnasium outfit. The
demand became so great that nearly
all the mills that had made cardigan
jackets a speciality put machines to
work on sweaters. As the new article
gained in 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"
Although the athletic and the out
ing trades make heavy drafts ON the
product of the sweater termanufacturers
there are other and larger consumers.
These are men who work in the street,
lumbermen, longshoremen, railroad
men, sailors and drivers of teams.
The article which is used by these
people is not so good as the one made
for athletes, and sells as low as seven
ty-five cents, and from that price to
81 so, while the better article brings
from so. to Sc.
"The jersey" said manufacturer
of woven goods, "was the forerunner
of the sweater, and curious point
about these two articles is this: The
jersey was brought on the market as
an article of women's wear, and it
enjoyed great popularity for several
seasons. 1t was not an outing gar
ment, but one of dress, but, like all
articles of women's dress that can be
produced at low figure, the jersey
soon found its way into the lower
circles, and then became unknown as
an article OF dress in places where
fashions are made. But with the BIZ
cycle it became popular once more; it
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 in for sweaters. There are
large quantities of sweaters made now
for women, who wear them at golf, in
the mountains, in the gymnasium, 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 and low
grades"
There are not many factories where
sweaters are made exclusively, but
nearly all the mills where underwear
is manufactured produce some of these
popular garments. New York Tri-
bune.