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Show g Woman's Page An Easily Made Traveling Hat-Directions and Material 1 Needed to Make Hat Newest Idea for an Apron Is One Made of Toweling Double Duty Garment for the Infant in Long Clothes Some Uses for Ribbon Rib-bon Never Neglect an Opportunity to Pick Up Bargains in Ribbons Care of the Garbage Can in ' Summer Months. I AN EASILY MADE TRAVELING I A comfortable and becoming travel- I ing hat can be casll made with the 1 aid of a paper pattern : -jjl It can be marie of taffeta or pique d or canvas or linen or of duvctyn. l Ij can even be made nf tweed, but as 1 tweed ravels easily it Is difficult to work with. -1 The method of making this hat 3 calls for heavy canvas as an interlin ' 4 ing for the brim and heavy crinolin J or" canvas as an interlining for the - 31 crown The crown can be made in ft shaped sections, stitched together or 1 all In one piece In Tam-o'-Shanter M fashion. This crown can be gath- , Jl ered or pleated into the brim. 1 The whole secret of maklnp this I hat successfully lies in the stitching 1 of the brim It must be nearly stitched around and around, begin- ning at the edge and working toward the center in one lone, curving line .'Jl This Stitch nc and the shape of the a brim, make it curve upward at the J edges, and the curving brim gives H m itp" greatest claim to distinction. M The brim can be fastened up on jj one side with a quill or a neat rosette fm of the fabric, or it can be left to roll a in any way It happens to roll When fl rhe hat is worn In the bright sun la the brim can be turned down to keep t out the light. Its flexible brim albo M makes it suitable for learner ear. 4 f0r it can be worn without fear ot g damaging it M TOWELING APRONS. 49 The newest idea for an apron is H one made of toweling. The kind that can be purchased by the yard. 9 with stripes or wide stripes at each a side, is used. The blue barred tow-M tow-M ellng also ran he mrned into attrac g tive aprons. U These toweling aprons are usualh j made with a bib and can be used for 3 6ewing. housework, or chafing dish Si aprons. Of course they have one J or two large pockets, a necessary ad I junct to all serviceable aprons I The edge Is sometimes fringed, j which makes a ery good finish, or j it Is simplv hemmed, us'.ng the Trench metliod. which makes th 6titches invisible. The use of Turkish towelln? marl'1 into aprons has been d.scovered u; 1 young mothers, as It is just the thine to wear when giving baby his bath. DOUBLE DUTY GARMENT. for the infant yet in long clothes ( the caped coat has been in fashion for some time There will be times, however when the caped coat will be j too heavy and a lighter wrap will be needed If the cape Is made sep , arate from the coat and simply join-ed join-ed to it with buttons and buttonholes it is an easy matter to take them apart and let baby wear either the cape or the coat alone. Do not mako the cape too short or H will not be quite the right thing or warm enough to wear without the coat. A prettv fashion is to scallop and buttonhole the edges of the cape ivilb bite Bills. A spra or two of silk flowers may be embroidered upon the fronts of the cape hut It is really best to .-ling to the Simplicity of the scalloping V hen the little babv outgrows the coat, if will still, in ail probability, be able to wear the cape. SOME USES FOR RIBBON. Never neglect an opportunity tb itck up a bargain in ribbons On everv counter of "short lengths" ypu will certainly find at far less th.in its former price, a yard or more nf ribbon which may be made into an aceessorv or be used as a trimming of one sort or another. The brond brocaded sash ribbons make rlh look-inc look-inc aistcnats for tailored coats and pffective panels for dinner enwn'. Thv also make handcome girdles for satin frocks and facings for eenin wraps. For the new collar, revere and cuffs needed for the street sul' ? jacket, there are gold or silver hrn-caded hrn-caded dull-toned satin ribbons and for the sleeves and plastron of the maltae bodice are similar tinsels brocading cauze On a chiffon or net frock there is nothing prettier than the three-tier pannier or the short tunic made flowered ribbon and for the decollete bodice that Is veiled with lace. th pale-toned fancy sash widths arc ideal and much less expensive than would be the same quantity of "piec silk " The little camisole which Is so rap Idly ousting the corset cover is easily made entlrelv from sashing, but even though preferred chiefly in lace or net it still must have shoulder straps belt and draw-strincs or ribbon nm-what nm-what wider than that used on all kinds of lingerie. The daintiest of boudoir slippers are evolved from four inch wide rib bona and to colonial shoes are add -Pd shirred widths of ribbon which.! flaring from under the buckle? and covering the front of the instep make the feet look main sizos short er. CARE OF THE GARBAGE CAN. If the proper methods are employed during the summer months when cleaning and caring for the garbage pail this much lamented necessity need not be a menace, to health. All garbage should be kept in a covered galvanized can. When possible pos-sible have a wooden bo with a hinted hint-ed lid to hold this receptacle. Other wise nail an ordinary wooden box bottomside to the fence or back shed (,ic it a coat of outside pain: It will be easier to clean and much more sightly. As garbage bree.? mosquitoes and the deadly germ-bearing fly. the greatest great-est care must be taken in cleansing the pall. This should be done each time the garbage is removed. Weak solutions of any coal far products, such as kresso or creolin are advised. These are at once disinfectants .n: deodorizers. They are Inexpensive I and will kill not only the flies and mosoulloes bin thokr egg- Kresso about 50 1 cnts a pint and creolin about 86 centa for a similar quantity, quanti-ty, may be obtained at any drug store In mukinc : solution of either of ihf above, use in the proportion of a tenspoonful to a pint of water: or. If inade.in gallon quantity, which may be bottled and kept until used. havr the proportion a quarter of a pint to n gallon of water. A solution of i hlorlde of lime, one teaspoonful to a pint of water, or a strong solution of water and wasu-inc wasu-inc soda make good cleansers All of thee are recommended by the City health authorities. These solu tioiis will kill the grass, and should therefore be emptied into the hydrant hy-drant drain Keep a discarded w bisk broom tor Cleaning OUt the garbage can for the hands need not come into contact with the dirty water Put the clean ed can In n tilted position so that ,nP cup can pnetra'e the entire inside. in-side. The box in which the garbage can 8 kept should be cleaned two or three times a week. Some house wives advise putting freshly cut grass nr a laver of newspaper in the bottom of the can to prevent the garbage troni sticking io the bottom. |