Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1916 — DRESS WELL FOR RAINY DAYS [ARTICLE]

DRESS WELL FOR RAINY DAYS

Inclement Weather Should Not Be Made an Excuse for Undue "Sloppishness” In Dress. The up-to-date business woman refuses to work in unbecoming garments, no matter what the weather may be. Rain or shine, she insists upon looking well dressed, knowing that her appearance is no small part of her success. The time has passed when the efficient worker was content to wear

any sort of clothes, i She dresses self for the office just as immaculately as for a drawing room. An essential to a neat, attractive appearance on a rainy day is some sort of waterproof coat. This need not be a hideous affair of rubber, drab in color, shapeless as to fit. Really smart waterproof coats are to be found in these enlightened times, one seen recently being in pewter gray waterproof tweed, designed to withstand the wickedest weather. It was lined with a lovely Wedgwood blue shade of silk. The coat buttoned at the top with two large tweed-covered buttons, or it could be worn open. It had two capacious pockets at the sides, and the garb was completed by a jaunty and sensible little hat in blue felt, with a gray ribbon and untarnished steel buckle, and a pair of high waterproof boots. The whole was a Judicious mixture of the picturesque and the practical, and proved that we can wear the most perfectly weather-resisting garments and still look quite charming on a wet day. The idea that “any old clothes” will do for bad days is quite exploded nowadays.