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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 52, 13 February 1918, Page 2

A returned soldier of two years’ service showed the Red Cross Office at Sydney last week a very simple device for keeping dry in the trenches. He said, ‘‘The trouble is when you have to sit down’in the mud it soaks through everything.” He and the other Australians with him cut 18-inch squares of American cloth, ran a strong tape along the top to round the and wore them like aprons behind, instead of before. These were such a success that a body of ladies in London copied them in squares of Burberry cloth, And were sending them over in hundreds at the time he left. They can be made of oiled cloth, American cloth, water-proof sheeting, or even cut out of old mackintosh and waterproof coats. They are not hemmed. The waist tape should be ample and strong.