Quaint Rain-coat.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 34, 4 May 1917, Page 2

Quaint Rain-coat.

When rain falls in tropical countries there is no mistake about it. The rain comes as if it meant to sweep away all such trifles as tree# and bushes. A wan who goes out in this deluge must protect himself, but he finds that a mackintosh of the lightest kind has its disadvantages, for if it keeps the rain out, it also keeps the heat In, The rain-coat devised by the Mexicans is called a “chino,” and is so porous that the heat of the body readily escapes, while owing to its construction it keeps the wearer dry. The “chino” is made of numberless long, narrow strips of dried palmleaf, one end of each strip being woven into a light fabric and the rest falling loose. The wearer of this garment rustles as he walks, and the rain pattering upon it makes a pleasant sound. Arrived at the house, he takes off the palm-leaf ha., shakes it, and hangs it up to dry. Then he slips oft his chino, shakes that also, and hangs it up. He himself is untouched by the rain, but the chino, as it hangs up, looks like a huge damp, brown cassock. Surely this rain-coat is tbe quaintest in the world,