Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1911 — FOR THE DAYS OF VACATION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE DAYS OF VACATION

Articles That Are Almost a Necessity In Period When Cares Are Forgotten. Our sketch Illustrates two articles that will most certainly be required by many of our readers during their summer holidays. The one is a practical

cover for a tennis racquet, in which It may be carried and protected at times from rain; and the other is a simple case for containing baggage labels. The cover for the tennis racquet can be carried out In brown holland or canvas, bound at the edge with braid. The racquet is inserted, handle first, at the broad end. and there Is a fold-over flap that fastens with ribbon strings to secure the case when closed. A button and buttonhole may take the place of these ribbon strings if desired. For carrying the case a leather handle is fitted on one side

and a portion cut from any old strap may be used for this purpose. On the reverse side of the case to that shown in our sketch initials of the owner may be worked. The case for baggage labels may be cut out entirely in one piece, and those portions which form the pockets turned over and sewn down, and the edgee bound with narrow ribbon. The case should be lined, and have an Interlining of thin cardboard, scored down the oenter, where it folds, and ribbon strings are provided on either side to secure the case when closed. The case is, of course, intended for holding baggage labels of the two kinds —those to tie on and the adhesive labels. The words “baggage labels" may be worked upon the exterior, and the sketch so clearly shows the nature of the case that further description is unnecessary.