Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1917 — Neat and Useful [ARTICLE]

Neat and Useful

A raincoat for a small boy or girl is practically indispensable,, winter of summer. One of the worth-white features of winter raincoats is that they may be made of material sufficiently heavy to afford perfection from cold and from rafn at one and the same time. There are a number of chemical processes by which fabrics are rendered waterproof, and while in all cases It is not possible to guarantee that a heavy downpour of rain will fail to penetrate fabric so treated, it will usually withstand an average shower. Hence the old-fashioned rain-cbat-that-was-fr raincoat pure and simple—nothing more-I—has 1 —has been relegated to oblivion, and In its place has come a garment that does not advertise itself as exclusively for rainy-day wear. An attractive little coat is made of rainproofed English suiting in a yfrle “cKeckedT pattern? and it is finished all around with braid and belted in at the waist with a patent leather belt,which may'be in black or some vivid color, as green, red, etc. Generous pockets and a smart little storm collar are features of the garment. A rain hat of matching fabric may be made up if desired, banded with leather or trimmed with a little wreath of rubber flowers, such as used to decorate rubber bathing caps, SHS T A fithrtClTaincoat for a small girl should be warmly lined and interlined, inasmuch as it is usually not merely slipped on for a few minutes during a downpour and then abandoned for the warmer coat of fur, velvet or plush, but must be worn to school on rainy flnys Hnd worn homo again, of drops in temperature, etc. A warm fabrie raincoatTs an excellent investment for eithef a small girl or a large one, and suitable fabrics may be purchased at any well-stocked shop. To make a coat such as the one described will require for a seven or eight-year-old girl two and a quarter yards of material 36 inches wide.