Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1912 — EASY TO DEAL WITH YOKES [ARTICLE]

EASY TO DEAL WITH YOKES

Are Sure to Shrink, but the Remedy May Be Quickly Found and as Quickly Applied. Few of us have escaped the horror of finding, after our summer frocks or guimpes have been returned from the laundry for the first time, that the yoke has shrunk and the collar ia entirely too tight for comfort. It is, the experience of almost every woman before the season of thin, cool frocks is over, and one that few know how to remedy. Should the yoke of your frock require to be enlarged, add the width at the center of the back and the shape of the yoke will not be spoiled. This can be done either by letting out the hem in the back and facing the raw edges or by inserting a narrow lace insertion'on the inside of the hem each side of the opening. The fact that almost every lace or embroidery yoke opens in the back make this a simple task, and as a yoke rarely requires more than an inch of additional width, simplifies the matter greatly. ' Don’t despair if you are confronted with a too tight yoke; make it comfortably large in this manner..