The Arizona sentinel., 1889-10-19
FOR RAINY WEATHER.
Double Sets of Umbrellas and Many Rub-
ber Coats In Use Nowadays.

Double Sets of Umbrellas and Many Rnb-
ber Coats In Use Nowadays.
Some men don't like to carry an un-
brella unless it is raining; that is, they
don't want to be bothered with one on
their trip down town to business when
there is not drop falling and the
heavens are clear, though they know
that there is no assurance in the clear
skies of eight a. 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
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
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're seldom seen on the backs of
Americans. The few that were worn
then were thick and clumsy, and made
a 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 a storm.
Now the rubber coats are ar
ticles of real comfort on a rainy
day. Some are too heavy for summer
weather, but there are sorts that may
be worn without any unpleasant effect
These are without the cape and are
light. The cape coat is an abomiua-
ton in warm months. Besides being
to the wearer, it offends
the eye of the observer. 1t is a mis-
take to call all these storm coats by
the name of 'Mackintosh. That is
the name of an Englishman who
makes some of the coats, but there
are other firms in London and New
York where the rain garments are
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 stuffs used.
Rubber is the basis of all, and the diff
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 |
or S12, but these are heavy and shape
less. An excellent lightweight coat
without cape may be had for $15. It |
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
from fashionable overcoat,
while the rubber is combined with the
silk in such a subordinate degree that i
you have to feel the gar
nent to make sure it is
really a rubber coat. To the
eye it doesn't seem so at all. If YOU
ire going to buy coat make sure the
lealer doesn't give you one which will
come apart in hot weather. AS NAV
De imagined, the pieces of some STYLES
If these coats are not sewed together.
t is impracticable to sew rubber cloth.
md so the several parts are gummed
ogether. In the cheaper grades this
rum frequently melts and your coat is
worthless. Another thing, if altera-
ions are necessary in the coat, in the
ength of the sleeve or the tails, or any,
where else, see to it that skilled
operator in rubber goods makes the
hanges. An ordinary tailor or dress
maker would make a botch of the lob.
N. Y. Sun.