Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1884 — Chamois Underclothing. [ARTICLE]

Chamois Underclothing.

The New York Post says: Chamois leather underclothing is fast gaining in favor for winter wear, we reply to a New England correspondent. These very excellent garments make it almost impossible that even the most delicate should suffer inconvenience from a change of atmosphere. Many people have a habit of heaping on a superabundant amount of clothing when they have to “face the weather,” and the removal of their when indoors is often the cold. If people could be induced to wear these perforated slips there would probably be less suffering from many of the ills which flesh is heir to. Ladies who delight in wearing nothing but a jersey jacket upon the promenade find a strong refuge against the northern blasts in the perforated chamois vest. The greatest drawback to these comfortable garments is their expense, as two entire suits cost a considerable sum. They wear a long time, however, and undergo the wear and tear of a laundry with very good success. English women have taken to wearing fine wool undergarments, and speak of their comfort with enthusiasm. All kinds of fine wool flannel underclothing are made for both men and women, and' elderly English women, who for want of proper exercise suffer severely from the cold, wear vests of arctic down. These, however, cannot be worn beneath a snug bodice, which is a disadvantage.