The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-12

er Is but poor substitute for pleas
ure In w0man's life these days. as
serts a prominent fashion writer. She
adopted the idea for strictly rough
usage. but that was long time ago.
Now the sweater Is almost as dressy
as 1t is sporty-that is, If 1t Is that
kind of sweater. For there is no end
of the variety of knitted jackets that
are being offered for sale, knitted at
home or by experts, or crocheted IN
fanciful stitches and patterns.
Really and seriously, however, the
sweater Is now Indispensable for sum-
mer as well as for winter wear, and
because the field of its operations has
become so tremendously enlarged.
there is reason to know about sweat
ers-what they are and whence they
come. For, If a sweater is wisely
judged, its purchase can be the begin
ming of long and useful life. But a
misstep often leads to stretching and
fading or--worse fate-shrinking that
may plunge the thing into state of
utter degradation, with it's cost price
eyaporated into nothingness.
Only those vacationists who are
seeking out the Far North are indulging
in the thick and woolly varieties of
sweater, and for them a great mental
effort is necessary. these torrid days
to imagine any climate which would
make thick wool obligatory. They are
warned at every turn of the sporting
goods store to watch their steps, and
we can only hope that they will in
ciude in their compact baggage enough
thicknesses to protect them from the
Icy blasts that are bound to confront
them.
For those who are summering in
milder climates everything has been
done to make the cold days and cooler
evenings a success. Sweaters are pro-
vided anywhere from cobweb in
thickness to those guaranteed to defy
a sudden chilly blast. AS one summer
boarder put it: Only when we wrap
ourselves in sweaters and hear our
teeth chatter while we read the heat
headlines in the papers do we feel as
though the rent of the summer cot
tage was not spent in vain."
Sweaters Are Light and Airy.
The sweaters for warmer days are
as light and airy and thin as the sum-
mer breeze itself. 1t is astonishing
how filmy wool can be. They are
knitted with open stitches through
which the Dreezes can find their way,
and the shapes into which they have
been fashioned are marvelously clever.
Color is one of their realest charms,
for the general fashion feeling for
brightness in summer things has
seeped its way into the field of sweat
ers with great success. No more is
it possible for a woman to send up
the sad cry that brilliant colors are not
becoming to her style Of beauty. Every
one is doing it, and there are ways
and ways of achieving becoming COM
binations.
The all-white costumes are most eff
fectiye, especially if they are relieved
with some subtle touch of black. A
white flannel skirt with white open
weave Sllp-on sweater and a white
dropping felt hat was worn at coun-
try club recently. A touch of con-
trast had been achieved by tying a
narrow black ribbon, picot edged,
around the waist, leaving long bows
and streamers falling at the left side.
1t was the coolest looking thing In
sight, and at the same time it prom
Used warmth if any GOODNESS should by
chance enter the atmosphere.
With the white skirts made of silk,
silk knitted sweaters are exceedingly
popular. The colors range all the way
from the softest shades of baby blue
and pink and lavender to the shout
ing hues of orange, red and purple.
Orange seems to be the color that has
found the greatest popular approval.