The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-22
1'deas for GiNn1nen.

AL clothed In m~eckintosh, the maid or
matron mo- Longer has anything to fear
from Jupiter Pldvlus or Boreas or both.
When h impossible winter day comes
around. as It frequetly does, made up
Of half snow,lhalf rain. a little sleet
and a great dea Of wind. she who must
go out on an Important errand or a not
to-be-shirked shopping expedition. to see
GONE sone who is III, or trudge a mile or
two u her school or office, has now a
comparatively agreeable time of it.
First of all. she gets into. a pair of
wooden k~nickerbockers. then draws on
her boots. These reach almost to her
knees. Their vamps and soles are of
.ubber. and the uppers of black mack
intosh CLOTH They pull on exactly like
mems boots. but have an attached tongue
and two rows of eyelets up the front, SO
that after being drawn on one laces them
taut about ankles and legs. This enables
the wearer to walk as lightly and COM
fortably in them as In her high bicycle
shoes. and yet her extremities are liter
ally waterproof. II
Straight down to the ankles there falls
a black macintosh cloth skirt. that
opens on the hips like a bicycle petit
coat. looks really as though it were a
handsome storm serge skirt. and has a
hem at the bottom. With this is usually
worn q plain wooden waist of black
goods. or for walking a black sweater,
and then upon this. on the shoulders,
fits a macintosh cape, extending as far
down as the hips.
It buttons closely up to the chin, has
Zap covered Sits In front to let the hands
pass through, cross belts, both at back
and front. to prevent the wind lifting
It. a high collar and a number of big
inside pockets.
If a cape seems ~inconvenient, though,
1t is as easy, though more expensive,
perhaps, to buy a black macintosh box
coat. with big easy. sleeves and loose
in front and behind. This will be pro-
vided. too, with inside pockets and out
side ones, which ave flaps buttoning
over them. Finally. such a costume is
completed by an Alpine hat of water
proof cloth.
So equipped for the wettest and coolest
day a woman is dressed to perfection.
Not a drop of water can reach any
thing but her face. she has not on a
superhuous inch of material, and yet
she Is delightfully."- warm.
To all appearances her suit is entirely
conventional. There Is not a thing here to
make n one stare should the skies sud-
denly clear n a walk home be needful.
An umbrella is q s~uper1uity, for to take
the rain and snow in her face is a perfect
tonic to the complexion. and a silk hand
kerchief, folded and tied close about her
neck. will keep any drops from tricking
on her moist hair down her collar.
At home. after having been hung out and
dried. all these belongings fit into the
small compass Of a little waterproof bag,
and when travelling such an outfit as this
Is a priceless treasure. Providing, how
ever. the day Is only threatening, she
need not get into her complete wet wealth
or suit. but can carry along in a neat bit of
a bag another skirt and cape, that has
come to take almost the place Of the long
gossamers and hot listers
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These two pieces are in any lark color
preferred. made in the lightest weight of
waterproof cloth. The cape is almost ex-
actly like the one described above, but the
skirt on the left side Is slit clear up from
hem TO belt. In fact. X looks just Tx a !
very large cape and Is meant to be folded
on right over ones walking skirt. hooked
at the waist and buttoned up the side. The |
Idea is to obviate the need of passing a
ekirt over ones head
Women q been carrying these skirts |
and apes all the autumn, when off on
little excursions, when yachting, golfng,
fishing. etc.. and strapped the small bag
"a their bicycle handle bars, greatly to
their comfort and dry keeping. Others,
who cannot emancipate themselves from
b gossamer, are using the new ones.
which the as light md prettily striped
az taffeta silks, and made up In the form
skirt and short REFER coat. There Is no
weight to these; they rustic like silk
gowns, and are wonderfully becoming.
Their there are now In the market of
wet weather goods, pretty buttoned boots,
with macintosh tops and cork soles, be-
o~vershoes of the thinnest rubber,
which lace IN like Oxford ties. For these
last there Is now a varnish to be applied
that will keep them as bright as new pat
emit leather. Again, in the way of novel;
ties. 10 a handsome, long macintosh coat,
lined with satin, beautiful enough to wear
to the opera, and with capes and reyers
u a h-ighwayman's coat.
80
Bombay papers tell Of a curious custom
which Is observed these days by the wom-
en- fodk of many families belonging to the
higher castles in Lahore. At about three
On the morning the women congregate
near q well in Vachowali Bazaar, and, d.
viding themselves into two hostile parties
bombard each other with the choicest and
mast telling abuse that their ingenuity
can invent! Sometimes this party wins
and sometimes that. A vast crowd of awe
struck males assemble, even at thai I'M
earthly. hour, to witness this unique war
fare. Five out Of The fifteen Kanagat
days are set apart for this purpose. Now
peace will be proclaimed till next year.
The wordy conflict continues till about
daybreak, when the exhausted danes,
ranged on opposite sides, mfngle again
with the utmost cordially and proceed to-
sether to the Raw, singing suitable songs
for the usual matuttnal ablutions.
Up the good old lays all womankind in
Lahore, It ds said, used to engage In this
aingual combat, some 10000 fairies on either
side. Male bipeds used to burrow into the
Taikakhanas. hearing the din Of battle,
coming from afar in the In the morning
quiet, with Quaking hearts. There is a
legend that once upon a time an Afghan
invader was stealthily approaching La