The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-08
SWEATERS FOR ALL WOMEN.
THEY ARE IMPORTANT IN THE
SUMNER OUTFIT.

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and Motoring Directions for washing
y sweater without Disastrous Results.
The athletic girl has always taken kindly
IN The sweater, and the warn, little garment
has for years past had q place In every sea-
shore and mountain outfit, but the motor
fad has brought about what might DO called
n boom in women's sweaters, and with the
fad have come many variations upon the
original model.
There are girls who still prefer the shape
less sweater such as Is worn by men to the
more shapely garments provided for women;
and some outdoor girls succeed In looking
extremely piquant in their boyish sweaters
high in the neck or cut down Vshape.
ns are many Of the golf sweaters intended
TO be worn with a stock.
The average girl, however. approves OF the
feminine variations upon the sweater idea,
and for her delectation sweaters long and
short, tight and loose, light and dark, hand
knitted or machine made, are provided.
The long sweater Is q trife newer than the
models ending at the waist line, though 1t Is
not suitable for wear under all coats as is
the shorter model. Norfolk Jackets. loose
fitting, belted, falling well below the hip
curve. cut down in v shape at the neck, and
either single or double breasted are popular
and Rirlish; and plain models fitted closely
at the waist line by ribbed stitch. as long
as the Norfolk sweater, cut low at the neck
and buttoning double breasted with pearl
buttons are also liked.
Still newer are sweaters similar in shape
TO those last described but cut high in the
neck and finished with q turn down collar
made with very deep sharp points in front;
This last sweater has but recently appeared
IN hand made form In the exclusive shops
which make a speciality OF such hand knitted
things, but it Is safe to prophesy that the
large shops will be showing the model, both
in hand made and in machine made form,
within a very short time.
Motor sweaters, so-called, which are
straight. loose, saoklike models, double
breasted, and cut in a slight v at the neck,
are used chiefly for wear under loose out
ing coats and are not so attractive for
sporting wear without a coat as the fitted
models or aver the boyish sweater. They
are usually made in the serviceable colors,
browns, grays tans, DC, though coca
sionally one sees such a sweater in white
or light color
For the woman who cannot afford the
luxury Of numerous motor coats adapted
to all degrees Of temperatures'and all kinds
of weather, the lightweight coat, with a
sweater to supplement 1t ON cool days.
Is the best solution Of the summer motor
costume problem. Without the sweater;
the light coat will be comfortable on hot
days. With the sweater It may be made
to do duty on cool days; and since women
have learned to appreciate this fact the
sweater has fiourished nightly and women
who knit them by hand have been kept
busy, though for wear under a coat even
fa%stidious women often content themselves
with machine made sweaters, reserving
the more expensive hand knitted garments
for golf and mountain climbing and other
sports where a coat Is superfiuous and the
sweaters good points are not hidden.
Knitted waistcoats and sweaters Of vari-
Gus types made without sleeves are another
motor fad, many women feeling that the
warmth OF the knitted wool about the body
IL enough for comfort and that sweater
sleeves are s%uperauous and cumbersome
under coat sleeves. Some Of these waist
coats are made in regulation waistcoat
lines. Others are high enough to give pro-
lection to the chest and only slightly notched
at the base Of the throat.
Still others have the blouse sweater form
with ribbing fitting closely at the waist
and either end at the waist line or q few
inches below. There are, too, rather absurd
little Jackets looking like small boleros and
fastening with one or two buttons at the
Aust line; but these little knitted affairs
are really more practical than they look,
for they give added warmth across the
shoulders and chest, where 1t is usually most
needed.
expensive motor sweaters, being introduced
in collars, cuffs, belts, buttons, ;nd some-
times forming a whole yoke; but these
leather trimmed models belong to the
winter rather than to the summer season.
White is the most popular color for the all
around service sweater and Is unquestion-
ably the most becoming color, but 1t de-
Inands frequent washing, and for that
reason some women choose q red, or, this
season. a soft gray which harmonizes de-
lightfully with a tweed skirt in mixed grays
of the same tone and makes an extremely
serviceable outing costume.
The washing Of the white sweater is not 30
troublesome and disastrous a proceeding
as the uninitiated might think, but it must
he carefully done. Dry cleaning is the
refuge Of tho woman who shirks the wash
ing, but, oddly enough, dry cleaning or
whatever method is employed by the pro-
fessional cleaners often stretches the sweater
and sends it home too large for the owner
and considerably out Of shape.
On the other hand, careless washing will
shrink a sweater beyond salvation and care
less drying will stretch it worse than any
cleansing. So Scylla and Charybdis con-
front the owner Of a soiled sweater and che
must steer carefully to avoid disaster.
A woman famous for her supply Of hand
knitted sweaters when asked about the
washing Of them shrugged her shoulders.
Different people have different ideas, y
she said, but there are q few points on
which everybody is agreed.
you must have pure soap and water
not too hot. Never rub soap on the sweater.
Make suds instead.
Rinse the sweater in water Of exactly
the same temperature as that Of the washing
water. Every laundress knows that rule
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