Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

->HAT women did before some
XAY public benefactor invented the
wv sweater 1t would be hard to say.
- Probably there were comforta-
HSCTSEl BILE ways OF making oneself
49, warm for wintry days out Of
doors and there wasn't the prejudice
against heavy underflanncls that there
is in this day of Overhsated houses,
but the fact remains that women would
nightly miss the sweater now II some
calamity should wipe 1t out OF existence.
OF course 1t was the man who first
evolved the idea OF the comfortable gar
ment, and the first women who saw great
light in connection with the sweater wore
models like those of the men. Even now
some very sporty and youthful athletic
girls insist upon wearing regulation boys
sweaters, slipping on over the head, shape
less and rolled up at the bottom; but the
average woman demands something moro
trig and becoming, and in response to her
demand women's sweaters have gradually
gained in attractlveness until now they are
as pretty as they are comfortable.
The hand made sweater comes high, but
IL OF course the last word OF smartness.
Now that the long coat sweater has come
in with the motoring fad and is being
adapted to many other uses. the cost OF
the hand made model scars still higher
and $40 Is no unusual price for such a
model, while occasionally the price runs
much higher.
A"great variety is shown in the stitches
used and little original touches in pockets,
collar, cuffs and c~olorings give individ-
uslity TO the garments. Moreover. the
handmade sweater may be ordered = in
any color desired. while the machine-made
model is shown in a limited range of color
schemes.
When this is said. however, the whole
case for the hand made sweater has been
presented and many a woman who could
perfectly well afford to wear the hand
made article contents herself, with ma
chine made sweaters. preferring to have
several at a time or frequent fresh ones
rather than one more costly and hand
some sweater.
The manufacturers have improved
greatly in their handling OF the sweater
problem, copying lines and stitches Of
good hand made models so oleverly and
perfectly that it is difficult to discriminate
between the two. As one girl recently
said
~ meyer know whether a friend is wear
ing a hand. knitted or machine knitted
sweater nowadays unless l can turn back
the front and see whether It has the
machine facing OF silk or satin"
This Is particularly true OF the models
In several new stitches which have been
turned out by machine this year. One
of these stitches Is a rough. effective one,
copied exactly from a han knitted de-
sign. but with the surface reversed That
a. what is the outside OF the hand stitch
IL the inner side OF the machine stitch. The
manufactures makes this change advisedly.
having decided that the wrong side OF the
hand knitted model was more attractive
h the right side and the result jus
titles the theory. - win be seen on ex-
aiming the two sweaters side by side.
The all white sweater continues to be
first choice, though Il - not 40 practical
FOR hard usage as darker garment II Is
however, more becoming than the grays
and blues and browns and reds. and while
It soils easily some women seem 10 have
good luck In cleaning or washing Il.
IL is a ticklish job. this cleansing OF the
solled white sweater. Send Il TO the cleaner
and Il Is likely to come home fluffy and
white. but lamentably stretched. Try wash.
ting It save In a most sophisticated way and