The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
SHIRTS AND SHTRIW ifSrS.
Immense business Of Making Tiem,
with Special Notice of Cincinnati.
From the Cincinnati Enquirsr.

From the Cincinnati E%HQuitst.
In the past halt dozen years in Cincinnati
there has sprung up from "A small beginning
an industry that Is OF greater Importance than
even some Of those engaged in It themselves
are aware. 1t is the wholesale manufacture OF
shirts.
SIX years ago the making OF shirts In Gin
cinuati was OF not enough Importance to claim
q place in the list Of enterprises that engaged
attention and capital OF tho men Of this pre-
cminently manufacturing city. Now. the out
put Of shirts by exclusively wholesale factories
in Cincinnati is sufficient to bring this city up
in RANK along with some OF the famous shirt
| producing centres of the country. OF course.
Troy, y. Y, still holds first place as a shirt
making point.
Cincinnati and Chicago are the largest
makers Of shirts in the West. and the growth
of tho industry in Cincinnati has been so
marked that it is more than likely that ii tho
figures were obtainable the Queen CITY would
not only lead the West. but march up in the
ranks of 1.-THE East ~ well.
90 all the shirts made in Cincinnati there are
| no white shirts turned out hy the factories. At
first thought This would seem TO limit the field
| for Cincinnati shirt manufacturers, but such Is
not IA" case. In the past Few years, almost
cOlnCllcnt with the increase IN the industry in
| Cincinnati from . small to a large one. the style
| has changed greatly. and whore there were ten
white shirtS worn formerly there ~ Que worn
row. In other words. the ratio OF colored shirts
e. white ones now worn IL about 80 r"r cent.
The cauS" for the change ia the STYLE can he
traced To- ia" fact that the, o%ld;tlnr ,lannrl
| upgIigC shirts became a triila old fashioned,
! ana, giving wav to n shirt "A little more dressy.
they were replaced by an article from which
the slept a stiff bosom was a short on" II a
cOlored shirt could be- worn IN the summer,
The cause for the fact that Cincinnati makes
no white shirts Is easier to trace. Is due %
the simpl, fact that white shirt, in large Iuau-
! titles cannot be Numbered In Cincinnati to hat
degree Of Wilderness and immaculate spotless-
ness and tintl"ssnesS that makes a dress shirt
such a rest for the eye and perfection OF good
dressing.
Cincinnati makes all kinds OF shirts as far
as tho class of people for. whom they are
Intended goes. From the bigher-p priced slim
ho-on"i cOiured shirts down through the line
| Of chcurer wear OF that kind to the summer
AMI soft hosomei nhsliG6 shirts, The, ,outlut IS
! Tor gnncrH' wear They are sold tn all parts ~
/ tire country. Most OF the stII-ho-omrl ~lirtS
are mnGC for wearing white collar, and cuffs,
though ~omc of them take collars ,anl rufs e.
match Some # the sott-nO-Omrd shirts, and
neatly Al, OF those intended for sale In this
part of the country aud the East, have separate
collars and cuffs. while the South, on the other
hand, requires a large nunbe Of shirts with
the collars and cuffs. non-ietachab.e. There
ara also made in Cincinnati q great many
worS,ngmen's shirts and fame ~hirts. The
kinds Of goods most largely used in shirt
making in Cincinnati are madras, percdlC AMI
cheviot. a larg amount Of such goods being
i'm ported and OF the finer qualities.
There Il u branch of the shirt. making lUSi-
meas In Cincinnati that 1. Of more recent de-
velopmrnt than thu shirt business its'li, and
that is m" making Of S~lirtvaistS There are
two concerns in Cincinnati that devote thar
entire pIhnt1and the "Terg ESQ 10 employees
! ~ 'hc manufacture Oi shirtwuis's. AMI ore Of
them used 10 he "A large manu'artGfrr ~ shirts.
The shirtwaist business j. good t"al diN'r-
rnt from the making OF shirts. Being an outer
garment instead Of an under. n,ro work 30, IL
moro rauil,v and more IA |io'Iv. TucEs arr
! Tho thin to-day Neyt week Il w. N hn an box
& ulnlts Last season Shjr'waists w"r" made
with a yoke This epruE II q m wears
Q shr'wN'ot wl'h a VOC" IN t AL
her tri"rtS will know nat she has
bad II Owe from last yogr., or ..r's'
( had a last year garment sod 90 h"r Then
. there j. much NOR" work - uc done ~, =
shir'waist. more money 10 he ua'l Tor the
[ making % one, and a higher ,lsir' 70 be- had.
There are two classes o. ~ShlrtWais'-. wash
waists made IT al sorts OF ua'CT'"' an : n bot
. ter cas- ~ silk and'such mAt"riy. hat wi not
! wash. one concern in Cin"ir ua'l devu''s -
: fu"'Drv 70 the makingO' nne WASTE "Nr'1syc.g
, and III" other to the making Of al grade -
10th cla-crs The Shirfwaisi j. a garment
'hr' has cpmn tn stay. Il l. az much 70 -'N"''
/ article Of wearing apparel MS u mnu- e.Ir~
I This has been re"NRniZal nv tia"INrnti cat %
. tai. upl thar ~ way 'arturi'S are busy 'ur''pg
I out this piece Ot wearing apparel tha' luua'~ a
T rrc't" woman look 80 "Iuch rre't O. and a plain
. woman Just about as plain.