22 
LAND & WATER 
August 17, 1 916 
The aim of these notes is to bring articles of present-day use and interest to the knowledge of our readers. All articles described 
have been carefully chosen for mention, and in every instance can be reiommended from persona! knowledge. Names and addresses 
of shops, where the articles mentioned can he obtained, will be forwarded on receipt of a postcard addressed to Passe-Partout, 
" Land &■ Water," Empire House, Kingsway, W.C. Any other information will be given on request. 
For Auiiust and 
Afterwards 
The latest raiticoat is an improvement on 
styles that have ione before, being mart and 
sensible and most becoming 
Progress has always been the motto of 
some famous raincoat speciahsts, who 
have advanced still further on the way 
with their latest models. 
These coats are raincoat 
and smart top-coat in one 
and are in consequence a. 
very pleasant economy, 
for thev can be worn in 
fine and bad weather 
ahke and be not a penny 
the worse for the last 
experience. 
Raincoats in time past 
have been unintcresling 
nffairs. but a raincoat as 
becjoming as it is practical 
is a totally different 
matter. Great success 
is being scored with the 
coats the firm are mak- 
ing of French military 
blue, and others of show- 
erproof tweed with a silk 
half lining are in their 
way just as good to wear 
and see. 
Another speciality is 
reversible petticoats of 
liand\v(jven silk. This 
silk outwears every other 
kind and the petticoats 
are made so that they 
can be worn different 
sides with different 
clothes according to 
which way best suits the 
material. 
The Right 
Kind 
An improvement on the usual kind of 
campaigners' collapsible cushion must 
be chronicled. It is a new sort needing 
no trouble of blowing up in the usual way, and yet rolling 
up into the smallest possible compass when not in use. The 
secret of the whole thing hes in its clever melon shape. Filled 
with fine down it folds, clips with an elastic and slips readily 
into a coat pocket. When wanted it springs into shape 
again and its use to our soldiers is proved by the thanks 
written to the inventor from all parts of the fighting area. 
Given 
Away 
Delightful cigarette cases are being 
given free gratis and for nothing to 
every purchaser of five hundred cigar- 
ettes. The cigarettes are by a well-known maker and worth 
buying for themselves, let alone the case. 
This is of corded silk in any regimental colours with nine 
carat gold tops and is the usual case of the kind, there being 
no hint of advertisement. Five hundred cigarettes will be 
sent to the Front post paid for 23s. 6d. duty free, or any- 
where in the United Kingdom for 30s. 
People who have difficulty in buying 
Rimleu shoes to precisely fit them round the 
back of the heel will be delighted with a 
clever invention known as " Rimlets." Like many clever 
things it is exceedingly simple. It is a soft minute rubber 
cushion encased in velvet wliich can readily be sewn inside the 
back of a shoe. This means that the shoe heel cannot slip 
up and down in the aggravating way it generally does, but 
is tautlv held at the back of the foot. 
The gain in comfort and ease is immense, and another b;y 
no means unimportant point is the added life " Rimlets" 
gives to a stocking. The absence of friction prevents the 
stocking heel from wearing into holes owing to the pressure of 
the shoe. Rimlets cost the small sum of sixpence a pair and 
can be had in black, white, or brown. 
Best Stockings 
for Children 
For years past a certain firm has had 
unvaried praise for their hard wearing 
stockings, and people from the wide 
world over have dealt here. One of the best stockings they 
sell is made from wear-resisting yarn, carefully spliced in all 
the vulnerable parts and guaranteed when bought in quan- 
tities of six to last half-a-dozen months. 
Children's stockings Enghsh made from this same yarn 
and on the same plan are also sold, and are worth the con- 
sideration of every mother. As school stockings they are 
absolutely unrivalled, owing to their having strongly spliced 
knees. These stockings are kept in black or tan, their sizes 
ranging from twos to sixes. A pair costs is. 3d., while three 
pairs are 3s. 8d. 
Chemi-Vests 
American women have a keen ■ eye for 
the possibilities in things and are often 
pioneers of some capital notion. They 
were sponsors of the chemi-vest, and it was through their 
example it was first taken up in this country. A chemi-vest 
is a vest made on such long and full lines that it is to all 
intents and purposes a chemise and vest rolled into one. It 
is the most delightful thing in the world to wear, cosy, com- 
fortable, convenient and everything an undergarment should 
be. With the turn of the year these clever garments get ever 
more desirable, and women who have not yet mdulged in 
them will do well to send for a catalogue setting forth a list 
of the various makes. 
Health elastic cellular chemi-vests warranted not to 
shrink are only 2s. iid., and others made of Interlock 
Fabric softly woven and of British manufacture are 3s. 3d. 
Some of ribbed silk and wool beautifully soft and comfort- 
able are at the time of writing but 3s. iid., though all prices 
now are subject to the fluctuations of the market. 
A Suit to 
Secure 
them. They are of up- 
to-date Norfolk style, and 
the belted coat has actu- 
ally no fewer than four 
large patch pockets. 
The skirt is short and 
full, room being allowed 
for perfect freedom of 
movement, and both it 
and the coat are cut wi+h 
adequate spring at the 
back. 
These coats and skirts 
being absolutely water- 
proof are splendid for 
women spending the 
major part of their time 
out-of-doors. 
Every detail tending to 
the comfort of the wearer 
has been considered, the 
sleeves being, for in- 
stance, tighten-up ones 
with tabs securing them 
closer in wind or rain. 
It is an amazing but 
happy fact that coats and 
skirts of this kind can 
be bought from 70s. 
Some well-made coats and skirts of 
waterproof tweed or hardwearing cash- 
mere suiting have many points about 
Showerproof and workmanlike, this practical 
suit is specially designed for the moment 
and will withstand roughest usage 
