Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1915 — Three Easily Made Breakfast Caps [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Three Easily Made Breakfast Caps

It is enough to put one in a good humor with the- day to meet at the breakfast table the adorably pretty and fantastic caps which have.become as indispensable as any other headwear. The demand for these pretty caps has grown so steadily that new designs are regularly put into shops and department stores, of which women show their appreciation by liberal purchases. They are one of the bits of feminine finery that men admire, and they are so inexpensive that no one need forego the pleasure of wearing them. The simpler caps, like that at the right of the picture, may be bought for so little money that it is hardly worth while to make them. These are circular pieces of net or lace gathered over an elastic band or cord about the edge and having a frill of luce set on and a decoration of narrow ribbon or chiffon flowers, or both. Such caps are made of shadow lace and fiveinch messaline ribbon sell for fifty cents. The cap in the picture is made of point d’esprit net with knife-plaited ruffle of the same headed with a very narrow frill of val lace.' The trimming is of narrow ribbon and two small chiffon roses. At the right side the cap shown is considerably more expensive, although ft is also made of point d’eeprit net.

narrow val edging and ribbon. This cap consists of a band of the material about the face, to which two side-plait-ed frills of the net are sewed. A very narrow val edging, in a ruffle, outlines the inner edges of the plaitings. A row of shirring under a very narrow insertion of val makes the full puff of the crown more shapely. A big butterfly bow of messallne ribbon five inches wield is posed at about the center of the left side. Suggesting sunny Italy in Its makeup, the third cap has something of the effect of a drape thrown over the head. But it is made of Georgette crepe to which a wide band of American lace in a val pattern is sewed. A knot of the crepe at each side and a cape of lace about the neck complete a cap that allows one to dispense with'hair-dressing in the early morning.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.