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Show PROTECT CHILES HEAD WHEN IN SUN Cretonne Used for Hat Sure to Delight Any Girl. (Prepared by tho United Stntea Department of Agriculture ) A matching sun hat of cretonne and cable net is worn with her colorful sun suit by the little girl In the picture. pic-ture. Some protection for a child's head and eyes Is advisable when the sun Is sufficiently hot to give the bene ficial effects of a sun bath on the skin surface of the body. The cretonne cre-tonne used for both suit and hat is sure to delight any little girl. It has a gay design of plump red cherries on a cream-colored background. The waist Is of ecru net, as Is the ventilating ventilat-ing crown of the hat, and the whole Is banded with bias tape of soft green. The hat can be easily made by experimenting ex-perimenting with a piece of paper and a pair of scissors until a satisfactory satisfac-tory pattern is made for the brim, flt- IV. v 1 Sun Suit With Matching Hat. ting the head comfortably. It should be cut a little wider In front than In back, and by means of a back seam can be shaped becomingly. The circles cir-cles of cretonne are needed for the upper and under sides of the brim, and an interlining of thin muslin. Green binding Is used. The brim Is slightly starched to hold its shape. The crown which Is detachable, is simply a circle of the net, bound with green bias tape and arranged to draw up and button to the brim. The hat and sun suit were designed by the Bureau of Home Economics of the United Slates Department of Agriculture. Agri-culture. No patterns are Issued by the bureau for any children's garments, but this sun suit can be readily adapted adapt-ed from a commercial Dutch-romper pattern, which flare9 out nt the sides. These side pieces are seamed together t the lower edge and close the otherwise other-wise open plackets, and reinforce the aides of lb drop seat. Bands of bias tape trim and define the legs but do not bind them. |