The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Practical Wraps for Summer.
BY JANE BARTON.

q s.4 T VEN the woman who is always dying = with the heat " needs to include a
 wrap of some sort in her summer out
 ft Happily, this year these are easy to construct and with small outlay of time or money one can make several wraps for vari- ous needs.
 There are two classes of wraps. and you must select according to their greatest use fulness to yourself. Where one can afford two wraps coats this is easy, but where one must do duty for all occasions careful compromise must be made.
 By making your wraps at home you can probably afford to have sport coat. or as it is understood for older people. a general utility coat and dressy wrap for evening. There are number of smart models for the former that will be easy to evolve by the home dressmaker, especially II a lining is dispensed with. Get good pattern on smart lines. Remember even these practical coats show decided flare this season. If unde- cided just what style to select, try on various models at the stores. then try to get pat tern most like it. It will pay you to have a pattern cut to order if you are not expert.
 For this utility coat choose soft light weight material. as Scotch tweed homespun, velour cheviot, golfne, serge or chinchilla, or if you do not want wool there are many heavy cotton mixtures that have a surpris- ing amount of warmth though I should strongly advise the wools or wool mixture.
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 Amount of Material Needed.
 Your pattern tells the exact amount of material needed. but, generally speaking. two and three-quarter yards of fifty-four inch goods. or three and a half of forty-two inch, should be ample Have this material shrunk in the stores and make sure it is rainproof An unllned coat could be made for about S5 or even less if you are lucky enough to get remnants.
 The seams and raglan sleeves are put in with the. ordinary tailor seam, stitched on the edge and half an inch in from it. For A heavy or fraying goods the plain seam may be used with the edges bound with silk or mercerized seam binding and then turned to one side and stitched the half inch from the seam. The fronts are faced back with the cloth to the depth of six or seven inches. In stripe or plaid material care must be taken that the design runs in the right direction where it shows on turnover collar and rever These do not need interlining or canvas. A good finish is given by stitching this facing on the outside of the coat three-quarters of an inch from the edge. Sometimes this stitching is carried all round the bottom, which usually Is hemmed.
 For heavy material the edge of the facing opposite the seam usually is bound with silk or other seam binding. The sleeves may be fsee>1 with silk and the cuff set on top as is the patch pocket. This latter Is cut six by seven inches if no pocket pattern happens to be on your model Sometimes the diag onal slash and insert pocket is used, but this Is more difficult than the patch pocket for the home dressmaker.
 Buttonholes are usually worked through.
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 Wrap More Dressy.
 For evening or dressier use the wrap is more popular than the coat. This is most often seen in soft taffetas. plain or shot. moire, faille, silk poplin. even chiffon cloth. The thrifty girl utilizes the light weight broadcloth cape she may have put away for several seasons by turning it into one of these short draped wraps. They are cut rather shorter than last season. and the use of the raglan lines at the sleeves makes 1t easy to work out the pattern on the cape Spread the cape on the dining room table or the floor and fit in your pattern to best advantage. The kimono sleeve is also good. It is not necessary to line such wrap. especially when of light weight broadcloth Stitch the seams plain and pink both sides. Hem the bottom and around the front curves in an inch and quarter hem. not turned in. and witk tho ~ags pinksd. Stitch by ma- chiue.