CH. V APRONS IOI 



alone its lower edg^e, inside, with a band, about 8 

 inches wide, of pig skin, so that the feet may be 

 placed upon it without wearing it out. This band 

 should be only as long as the foot-board, say 40 

 inches, and should not extend to the ends of the 

 apron, or else it will be difficult, on account of their 

 stiffness, to tuck them in. 



The most comfortable apron for cold weather is 

 a bag, 4 feet .long, up and down, and 27 inches wide 

 double, that is, made of stuff 54 inches wide. The 

 seam is not at the side, but at the back, in the 

 middle, and extends for a distance of about a foot 

 from the bottom, the rest being open. The bag is 

 pulled over the feet after sitting down and the sides 

 tucked in, so as to sit upon them. The bottom of 

 the bag is, of course, closed. 



Against rain, india-rubber aprons should be pro- 

 vided, and, since it is not necessary that they should 

 be thick, the best, and by far the cheapest, material 

 is ordinary rubber-cloth, which can be bought by 

 the yard and merely cut to the proper length, with- 

 out any binding. It comes about 48 inches wide. 

 Whether it is white or black is a matter of taste ; 

 the white looks better, but has a whitish powder 

 on it, which marks dark clothes. The advantage of 

 these thin aprons is that they are thin and can be 

 folded and kept under the inside cushions, while 

 the regularly made rubber aprons are usually thick 

 and stiff. 



