The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-12
ACHINAMzN'S,D DRESS.
rs WARMTH IN WINTER AND COOL
NESS IN SUMMER.

Footwear 10 . Natter which IL Reg.
ulated " johns ReiAgis.-wAy he
Chinanan's Laundry 10 Always Dec
GRATED In RED.
4 singular thing about Chinaman 10
that, % far - outside appearances go, no
dresses himself exactly alike both winter
and summer.
He appears neither more bulky nor
thinner a. the seasons 90 by, and the
style, cut and texture Of bis raiment, un.
less searching Investigations arc made,
weather comes on, tho snow begins to fall
and the chill winds to whistle through
the cracks In bis laundry, or other place
Of business, he does make certain changes
in his wearing apparel which, while they
do not show up on the outside, have the
required effect Of keeping him warm and
comfortable.
In the summer time the Chinaman
wears as few clothes as permitted by GUS
tom. The wide, flowing silk coat, with
balloon sleeves, equally wide jeans, and
glimpse Of white stocking In the shoe are
all no thinks 1t necessary to wear. Other
articles are regarded az superfluous.
During cold weather the un.Amerioan-
lied Chinaman wears at least SIX or seven
coats. When he rises early on cold win
ter,s morn,nu the frat thing he reaches
for. az a rule. ia a silk or worsted Coat.
which ho dong tiobt fitting 10 the akin
Then be hastily eets into worsted blouse
made in the shape Of tho usunl outside
garment If the Chinese. and then has two
or thrge silk coats 10 mt on. which nre
followed nv n CLOSELY knit muslin coat an.
other silk coat and tho ton COAT or blouse
This last IA 40 made that no suuoextion ia
given of the others underneath. II mover
bulees. and no flag or edae of the under.
cont shows. His jeans are mt on next
underneath which he wears a closer M.
ting nair Of six teams, n nart,cu,arlv
chilly. he wears EXTRA nairs of the s,lk
ienns Tho outside ieans arc made ont ~
heavy muslin. as il also at times the win.
ter topcoat
Concerning his stockinos md bis feet.
the Chineman who still adheres In his M.
tive customs IN wearing clothes has iron.
bic. According to the statement Of Wong
Wing, an intelligent Chinaman, no China.
man who still professes tho religion of his
forefathers Ia permitted to wear shoes or
boots closed over the instep or reaching
above the ankle unless he ia a priest,
Consequently in winter the only proteo.
tion for his feet that the Chinnmnn has ia
heavy stockings and having yery thick
cork and worsted solos mt on his shoes
The stockings of the Chinamsn are not
bought in this country. but come from
China by way of San Frano,sco. and ara
not n common garment One difference
between them and the American stocking
is that they are neither so short as that of
the ordinary citizen nor ms long IA that of
the schoolboy The ton reaches inst below
the knee, ana the stockings are made Of
peouliar kind of worsted. very finely knit
ted and very warm This comnletes the
winter Qarb of the Chinaman. which. he
affirms, keeps him as warm az ho wants
to bo.
MANY of the topcoots worn bv them arc
wadded all over on the inside with cotton.
in almost tho same way as a football play.
or nads his trousers A Chinamnn will
frenuentlv stnrt tho dav with ali bis coata
on and feeling cold. AS the dav gets
warmer and the temperature Of the lam.
dry rises he will begin to shed coats until
he has on only two or three Asa rule he
ia very imnrudent In ropari IN h;s health
and rarely gets through a winter without
contracting bad cold through careless.
ness IN going out without all his ooats on
or taking too many off to cot cool There
is art in regulating the number to take
off or nut on at certain temperatures
Very few Cinnamon wear ANYTHING like
a collar about their neeks. ms the various
coats ft so closely to the neck that the
wind cannot Get down their hacks Gloves
are another article that are not worn ex-
cept in rare cases. as the yoluminous
sleeves form the best kind of muff for the
hands and keep them much warmer than
mittens or cloves There are some China.
men who wear in the winter time regular
s,,its of f1anpal ,pderwoar instoad ~ tho
silk or worstcd shirt. which HANGS oonsid.
erably below the waist The Chinaman
does not wear suspenders Init kecns bis
Jeans I'D by means of a Chinese belt made
out of silk. heavily braided.
A Chinaman has one style hat-a black.
soft felt hat which n,eets ali bis roonire.