July i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



341 



THE LATEST WATERPROOF AUTOMOBILE APPAREL. 



FAIR followers of the sport of motoring enjoy their runs 

 into the country ten-fold as well as they did a few year^ 

 ago, and for this increase of pleasure the tailors are to 

 be thanked. For they have combined beauty and utility 

 in motoring coats In a way that must delight the heart of every 

 normal woman. 



As soon as the automobile began to take its place in the world 

 of true sport, the women to whom It appealed united in a wail, 

 to their tailors and hat makers, of " What shall we wear? We 

 must have something that will defy rain, wind, and dust, and 

 yet be pretty and smart." The tailors racked their brains to 

 think of a material that would fill the bill and brought forth 

 suits of leather, which although serviceable were too heavy, es- 

 pecially for warm weather, and lacked the smart touch without 

 which no garment may hope to find favor in a woman's eyes. 



At this crisis rubber waterproofed goods began to be con- 

 sidered favorably as a material from which to fashion automo- 

 bile coats. There was a time, of course, when rubbered goods 



good satin and the underside has the usual rubber finish. Such 

 goods is of delightfully little weight and lends itself admirably 

 to plaiting and stitching. 



A Broadway shop noted for its selection of fashionable au- 

 tomobile apparel recently has exhibited several styles of wo- 

 men's coats of this material which appear especially worthy 

 of description. The most striking model is a redingote of 

 bright scarlet satin rubber, made with a blouse back and front, 

 gathered on a white satin rubber belt. It is double breasted 

 and made with full sleeve plaited in to wide white satin 

 cufTs. The military collar is also of white and the buttons 

 that extend in two rows down the front are of gun metal 

 filled in with red satin. This coat is one of the novelties of 

 the season in I'aris. It has not been seen before in New Vork, 

 but the dealers say that it bids fair to be popular, notwith- 

 standing its delicate colors, for it seems to be a good dust 

 shedder. 



Another model of satin rubber which has found favor with 



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LONG COAT FOR WOMEN. 

 ISilk Rubber. 1 



SUIT FOR WOMEN. 

 [Silk Rubber.] 



TOQUE-POKE BONNET. 



LONG COAT FOR MEN. 

 [Silk Rubber.) 



AUTO SHIRT FOR MEN. 

 [Cambric Rubber or Silk Rubber.) 



held first place among waterproof coats — in the days when the 

 mackintosh ruled supreme. As everybody knows, however, the 

 trade in the goods declined, in favor of cravenetted and other 

 rainproof coats. But the automobile has brought the rubber 

 waterproof back on a great wave of popularity, so that now it is 

 far and away the favorite material for touring costumes. To- 

 day the rubber proofed garments are to be seen at the seashore, 

 in the country, and on every city street where the well appoint- 

 ed automobile finds its way, and for a combination of grace and 

 utility, they excel all others. 



Because of the impetus which motoring has given to this 

 use of rubber, a number of novelties have been put on the mar- 

 ket recently and are proving most acceptable to automobile de- 

 votees, both men and women. What is known among tailors 

 and dealers in automobile apparel as satin rubber is one of the 

 newest importations. The outside looks like a piece of unusually 



Note. — .All the cuts on this p.igc and llio next arc used by the courtesy of 

 Messrs. Saks & Co., Herald Square, New Vork. 



French women is a three-quarter length coat in gray, piped 

 with brown leather. This is made on the Empire style with a 

 yoke and skirt, the skirt being put on to the yoke in knife 

 plaits ; and just at the back it is fashoned into a box plait. 



A third automobile coat which has come lately from Europe 

 is of champagne satin rubber, made full length. It is single 

 breasted, trimmed with gold and brown enamel buttons, with the 

 box back held close by a wide belt. This coat is furnished with 

 two large pockets, one on each side of the front, with large 

 flaps to protect the contents from dust. The sleeves are made 

 with one box plait extending to the elbow, where the goods is 

 pulled. Below the putT are two smaller plaits which continue 

 to the wide cuflfs, under which are dust cufis clasped tight to 

 the wrist by elastic bands. 



But New York women of late have been buying silk rubber 

 garments almost exclusively for automobile wear. Gray, blue, 

 champagne, and red are the favorite shades, and the styles 

 are quite bewildering, both in variety and smartness. For a 



