The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-13

Skies OF eight q. m. as to what there
will be at five p. m. Hence many OF
these men now have two umbrellas; one
that they keep always at home and the
other always at their place of business,
so that they will have shield against
the rain gods in case they get caught
at either place. Some men who have
to be out of doors much during the
day and at night carry an umbrella
constantly. There are five men in a
certain law Office down town, three of
whom have carried their umbrellas
every day and every night since the
spring rains began. The two others
keep umbrellas both at their homes
and at the office. One of them doesn't
like to get his feet wet, and he has rub
Der overshOes at both ends of his daily
journey.
The sale of rain-coats has increased
wonderfully. A few years ago they
we"e seldom seen ON the backs of
Americans. The few that were worn
then were thick and clumsy, and made
man feel as if he were the demon
Humidity himself There wasn't any
ventilation to them, and they were
really the cause of more discom-
fort than open exposure to storm.
Now the rubber coats are ar
ticles of real comfort on a rainy
day. Some are too heavy for summer
woathor huS tboro oro corfo fbot NAV
be worn without any unpleasant effect.
These are without the cape and are
light. The cape coat is an abomina-
ton in warm months. Besides being
disagreeable to the wearer, it offends
the eye of the observer. It is a mis-
take to call all these storm coats by
the name of "Mackintosh. That is
the name of an Englishman who
are other firms in London and New
! York where the rain garments are
manufactured for women as we'll as
men. There are stores, too, in town
where women buy the cloth by the
yard, so that they make their wraps
to suit themselves. Men, however,
generally buy their coats ready made.
There are different stutfs used.
Rubber is the basis of all, and the diff
ferences consist in the selection of silk
or some other cloth to be com bined with
the rubber. The coats are rather
costly. Some can be bought for $40
n hY1ff hooo nd oh
less. An excellent lightweight coat
without cape may be had for $15. 1t
is not of silk. but of some other good
looking cloth. The silk coats are the
prettiest. They are worth $40 and
more. according to the finish. Some
of them have that cut and style which
makes them indistinguishable in those
respects from a fashionable overcoat,
while the rubber is combined with the
silk in such subordinate degree that
you have to feel the gar
ment to make sure it is
really a rubber coat To the
eye it doesn't seem so at all. If you
are going to buy coat make sure the
dealer doesn't give you one which will
come apart III hot weather. AS may
be imagined, the pieces of some styles
OF these coats are not sewed together.
/; is impractical bic to sew rubber cloth.
and so the several parts are gummed
together. In the cheaper grades this
gum frequently melts and your coat is
worthless. Another thing, if altera-
tions are necessary in the coat, in the
length of the sleeve or the tails, or any,
where else, see to it that skilled
operator in rubber goods makes the
changes. An ordinary tailor or dress
maker would make a botch of the Job.
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