The Portland daily press., 1900-04-18
SHIRTS AND SHIRTwAISTS.
The Insnense Bnssness Of Making
Then, with Special Notice OF cineis-
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In the past half dozen years In Cinoin-
natl there hes sprung NJ from . small
beginning IN industry thss IL Of greater
Importance than even Some OF thoss en-
gagged In it thsm selves ere aware. II 10
the wholessIs manufacture OF shirts.
Six years ago the making Of shirts In
Cincinnati was Of mot enough importance
70 claim place In the Hat OF enterprises
thai engaged the attention and capital OF
the men OF this prs-sminsntly manufaetur-
ing city. Now, the output Of shirts By
exclusively Wholesale factories In Cincin-
natl 10 sufficient to bring this city up In
rank along with some Of the famous
shirt producing centres OF the country.
or course, Troy. N. Y, still holds first
placs a. Q shirt making point.
Cincinnati and Chicago are the largest
makers OF shirts In the West. and the
growth Of the indsstry In Cincinnati
has been 90 marked that 1t IL more than
likely that II the figures were opsainable
the Queen City would mot only lead the
West, but oh up In the ranks OF the
East rs we'll.
or all the shirts made In Cincinnati
there are NO white shirts turned out By
the factories Al first thought this
would seem to limit the field for Cincin.
natl shirt man ufacturers. but such 10 not
the caee. In the past few years, almost
ooincident with the increase In the In
nustry In Cincinnati from small TO
large one, the style hAs changed greatly,
and where there were ten white shirts
worn formerly there IL one worn now.
In other words, the ratio OF colored shirts
20 white ones now worn 10 about 10 per
cent. The Gauss for this change In the
style can be traced to the fact that the
old time flannel negiigee shirts became .
trifie old-fashioped, and, giving wey 60 a
shirt n little more dressy, they were re-
placed by an article from which the step
to q stiff bosom was short one. II Q
colorsd shirt could re worn In the sum
iner. why not In the winter slsof
The cause for the fact that Cincinnati
makes no white shirts IL easier 60 trace.
1t IL due to the simple fact that white
shirts In large quantities cannot be
laundered in Cincinnati to that degree OF
wilderness and immaculate spotlessness
and tintlessness that makes dress shirt
such a rest for the eye and perfection Of
good dressing.
Cipoinnati makes all kinds as far as
the Glass OF people for whom they are IN.
ten ded goes. from the higher priced
the line Of cheaper wear OF that kind 30
the summer and soft-bosoined negl'
shirts. the output IL for general wear.
They are sold IN all parts OF the country.
Most Of the tiff-bosomed shirts are made
Tor wearing white collars ami OUTS.
though some Of them take collars and
cufs to match. Some OF the soft
bosomsd shirts. and nearly all Of thoss
intended for sale In this part Of tbs ooun
try and the East. have separate collars
ard cuffs, while the South. on the other
hand. requires large numbsr OF shirts
with the collars and cuffs nou-detanhable.
There are also made In Cincinnati q
great many workingmen's shirts and
d annel shirts. The Finds Of goods most
largely used In ALTERNATING in Cinoin.
natl are madras, percals and chsviot. q
large amount OF such goods being im-
ported and OF the finer qualities.
There 10 o branch Of the shirt making
business In Cinoinnati that IL Of more re-
cent dsvslopmens than the shirt business
irssf, aud that 10 the isaking OF shirt
waists There are two concerns In Oin-
oinnati that devote their entire plants and
the energies OF IT'S employees to the man.
ufscture Ct sh'rt waists, and one Of them
used to be large manufacturer Of shirts.
The shirtwaist business IL q good deal
different from the making Of sbirts. BE-
Ing an outer garment instead OF an un-
der, more work 10 to be put on them than
on enirL. Ctyi6s onhnge more fnpioly
and more radically. Tucks are the thing
today. Next week IL will be all box
plAits. Last season shirtwaists were
made with yoke. This spring IL wom-
an wears . shirtwaist with a yoke In it
all her frlsnds will know that shs has
had It over from last year. or else had 3
last year garment sold to her. Then theirs
IL much more work to be done on a
shirtwaist, more money to be pail for
the making of one. and q higher price to
be had. There are two classes Of abirs-
waists, wash waists made Of all sorts OF
material and q be tier class Of silk and
such material that win not wash. Ons
concern IN Cinoinn natl dsvotes its factory
to the making Of tine waists exclusively
and the other TO the making OF all grades
Of both classes. Tn. shirtwaist is a gar
ment that has come to stay. It 10 as
much staple article Of wearing apparel
rs q mans shirta This has been recog.
nized BY Cincinnati capital, and that 10
why factories are busy turning out this
piecs Of wearing apparel that makes .
pretty woman look SO much prsttier and
q plain woman Just about as plain.