The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-26

there is a smart cape and a serviceable
cloak of Macintosh cloth which is, of
course, entirely waterproof, and yet does
not appear unpleasantly suggestive of
stormy weather.
Rough grey cheviot is the favored ma
terial for these waterproof capes. as it has
an English air, and is, moreover. quite
harmonious, worn with almost any gown
A smart cape, which makes its owner
ready for any kind of weather, Is of the
grey cheviot with very high standing col
lar and double breasted front.
The cape extends just to the bend of the
knees permitting the reins TO be drawn
underneath it, and so affording a complete
protection to the drivers waist and hands.
With these capes should of course go some
very heavy goods, and if the summer
woman can afford such luxury the best
material of all is Macintosh skirt.
But these have to be made to order from
the manufacturers and are so expensive
that not one woman in ten can afford
them. Or more properly speaking, not
one woman in ten feels that she cares to
pay out so much money devoting it to
rainy day dress.
In the absence of the Macintosh,
rubber blanket may be drawn over the
drivers lap, and then tucked in under her
on each side to keep her from getting wet.
High overshoes protect her feet.
OF course. the woman who drives in
rainy weather cannot carry an umbrella,
and so she wears upon her head q Derby
hat or shiny sailor that will not leak
through on to her hair. and which comes
out after a good drying in such shape
that it Is not great deal the worse for its
BATH
Quite becoming Macintosh hats may be
obtained for 81 or So. They come IN all
colors and in many shapes. With one of
these, which is, of course, entirely unlike
an oilskin cap, the woman who breasts the
weather, in a true rainy-day dress, feels
quite independent and nautical in her
get-up.
Just a word may be whispered right here
about the frizzes, which every woman
wants to keep in trim, and which become
utterly demoralzed at the first sprinkle,
unless ones hair is naturally curly.
The secret of looking fresh and curly
and "blowy" in a pouring rain is found in
wearing-do not shrink away in horror
in actually wearing wig. And a curly
wig at that.
The wetter this gets the tighter it will
curl, and then everybody will tell you
how becoming your wet weather costume
is to you and how pretty your hair looks
when it is wet.
As soon as you get home you unpin the
wig, which has been fastened on TO your
own hair with invisible liairpins, and
with curling tongs freshen up your own
locks and descend to the dinner table
fresh and glowing from the drive in the
face of a slanting wind.
dress suitable for a tramp on the
moors may be made of the always service
able dark-blue serge. Make the skirt
short, letting IL come scarcely to the boot
tops, and put great big pockets on each
side of it. so far down that they do not
enlarge the hips, and so near the knees
that you have to bend to put your
hands in them. Make the coat
tight-ftting, with seam around the
waist and great big pockets on each
hip, and three breast-pockets on each side.
Wear underneath this striped vest, and
you are pretty for as long tramp as you
may choose to take.
These vests are not economical. because
you will need so many of them. One wear
ing takes off the freshness and the pretti-
ness, and so you will need a half dozen
to keep you going. 1t costs good money,
too, when you come to paying laundry
bills at summer resorts.