Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-02-22
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WATERPROOF CLOTHES.
The Evolution Of the Modem Storm
Coat That Contains No Rubber.

The Evolution OF the Modem staEm
Coat That Contains No Rubber.
A man with n vallse In each hand
stepped Into a Broadway clothing store
one day recently while II was raining
hard and asked for a rubber coat II
want a good one" he said. zone that
has black and white checked lining"
The clerk told the man. I'VE have none
OF that kind In stock" but asked him
TO look at a later style and sold the
man a modern storm coat
That man has been a long time
ava. from New York." said the sales
mAr,Shen his customer departed. "and
be Must have spent his time IN the
backwoods, for the coat he looked FOR
has been a back number for years"
The rain coat and the storm coat. II
was explained. are continually growing
In popularity. but other materials have
taken the place Of rubber. and water.
proof garments are now made 10 re-
semble the ordinary article 10 closely
that In some instances careful lnspec-
ton * necessary 10 determine their
real character.
The original waterproof was a heavy.
shiny. all rubber garment with blg.
block yulcanlzed buttons II was stlff.
heavy and uncomfortable and could al.
most stand alone. Then came the
lighter coat with the checked lining.
That was a great step forward. and
the material was considered NO neat
and comfortable that great quantities
Of Il were made up into garments for
women and children. But the shiny
surface was a drawback. and wet
weather garments which did not pro-
claim themselves as such he'd 20 be
placed on the market before water.
proof clothing reached It's greatest
popularity. The FIRST macintosh gar
mehts were expensive and not within
the reach Of the majority. but 'hc proc.
ess Of manufacturing has been lmproy.
ed. and cloth surface waterproof coats
have become comparatively cheap. va
rylng In price now from 81 TO So. They
ere sold n walking. driving and outing
coats and are made IN all styles and
shapes Tor men. women and children.
but the nature Of the material pre-
cluded llghtness. and this dltiirulty wss
not overcome until waterproof cloth
with no riIbber lining was placed On
the market
Garments made from this material
soon found favor with the public de-
spite the fact that they were more er.
penslve than the various other styles
and could not be sold for less than
So. The material from which they
were made was imported. and women's
skirts ind other garments were made
from H. The success Of The imported
waterproof cloth and the coats made
I from Il stimulated experiment here IN
the direction % making textile fabrics
imperviOus 20 moisture. and various
waterproohng processes were Invented.
Coats made from material which has
been treated by these processes are the
latest thing 10 the line n storm gar.
ments This class OF goods II 10 crest
demand ~ present. but only among
people who can afford TO pay from So
10 $40 FOR a coat But The waterproof
cloth coat has not crowded the mackin.
tosh from the market or caused any
falling on In the sale ~ that garment.
and manufacturers have been com.
PEELED 20 Increase their producing facll.
tiles 10 keep up with The demand. The
old rubber surface coat Is sold 20 out.
door workmen. woodsmcn and fisher.
men. but as n garment for city wear Il
has had It's day.-New York Tribune.