Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1917 — CAPE FOR THE KIDDIE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAPE FOR THE KIDDIE

Adopted as Summer Wrap Even for the Little Girl.

Extra Military Effect Given by Soldierly Looking Buttons Used on Collar and Belt Even the kiddles are wearing capes. The little model shown in the sketch is made of navy blue gaberdine, with col-, lar, armhole edging, belt and bottom finish of gendarme red taffeta. As an extra military note a very soldierly looking brass button is used to fasten the collar and serve the belt in a similar manner. Every little girl needs a summer wrap, and surely now that capes have been adopted as the favorite mode of mothers and grown-up sisters there seems to be no reason at all why the younger member of the family should not Insist that she, too, have one, says a writer in the Washington Star. The cape is an ideal spring and summer wrap, as It gives all the warmth and protection ordinarily required, and can

be slipped on over the filmiest of frocks without mussing the frock as a coat with sleeves would. Many capes developed for adults show set-in vests or inside sections, with loose flowing outer part. This arrangement, however, would not be satisfactory for the smaller models. To make a cape comfortable and just right for the little girl, at the same time giving it an unusual style touch so it isn’t merely one of the stereotyped Red Riding Hood affairs, this little cape is cut off at the waistline back and front and fullness let in by means of plaits. To make this cape for a girl of six or eight years two yards of material 36 inches wide will be required. If desired, the cape may be lined throughout with the red, and this is recommended if the trifling additional weight Is not objected to.

Military Cape for Small Girl.