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Shoulder poncho 



much below the bend of the elbows. Such a garment 

 is easily fashioned. 



Get two yards of five- or six-ounce close-woven 

 khaki duck, costing (when this was written) about 

 thirty cents a yard. Cut and sew it together as in- 

 dicated on the accompanying diagram. Allow a lit- 

 tle for seams, in cutting. The seam across the 

 center should be a lap-seam composed of the sel- 

 vedges. The edges at the circumference are hemmed. 

 After basting the halves together by hand, have the 

 seams and edges finished on a sewing-machine. 

 (Possibly you are on good enough terms with your 

 wife, or somebody else, to ask her.) The completed 

 cape is thirty-six inches from back to front, by forty- 

 four inches wide. It will reach to just below the 

 end of the elbow and does not interfere with cast- 

 ing. (While keeping it short in front it might be 

 lengthened to below the waist in the back, for better 

 protection when stooping or bending over.) 



