The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-05

Anew Practical SusEtSIiORs on shiPPinE
clothes.

AN9AAN
Thsart Of packing ia by no means . com
mon accomplishment, and the comic pic
lures which represent the girl Of the
period d~sspairingly sitting on her trunk
while the maid.oi all work Vainly endssy'
yors to lock 1t and the expressman clamora
al the door, are scarcely as much exsg'
yeTsted as one might suppose. IL ls
always dissgresable and dticuIt to pack
in . hurry; therefore, it is Wise to begin 10
season, say at least q day before It seems
Al ali necessary To do so. See that your
trunks are in order and allow ample time
Tor any repairs which are 10 be made, ior
mechanics, % many Of US know 70 our
SORROW, are more apt to make lair prom
ises than ~ keep them.
Alter the trunk are ready, get every
thing which 10 TO be packed, and then 60
quietly aud systematically 81 work, Very
large trunks are an abominRtiOn over
which expressmen HEoan and swear, not
altogether without reason, Still, email
ones are ~inconvenient, except tor short
~journeys, and multiply expense, a. the
expEssSsgs ia for each piece, be IL Sara
toga trunk or q small Yalise, without re-
gard to size. But whatever the size OF the
trunk, 1t should be filed, or at least pack
ed tight enough to prevent the contents
from tossing about. II you are compelled
to take q trunk which 10 too large Tor what
you need to pack in 1t, fill 1t with
crumpled paper, rather than leave 1t
half empty. Even experienced travellers
have only o partial idea Of the rough usage
TO which their baggage Ia subjected, how
remoTselesslY tTunks are pitched about,
The train stops for two minutes, perhaps,
and your new Saratoga is throWn-not
lifted-irom the baggage car down on the
platform, and then knocked around,
pitched 6rst on one end and then on the
other, until II would seem that every las'
tspiug must be wrenched out Of place.
In this condition Of affairs, unless the
trunk Is closely packed, the contents will
be literally Churned up and down, and the
clothes which YOU have carefully folded
will be tumbled to q degree, even II moth
ing worse comes TO them.
There are expressmen aud expTessmen,
and II once happened 10 the writer to fall
In with an accommodating one in Q mo-
ment OF extremity. At the last minute II
was discovered that the kew Of 8 trunk
was missing, having mysteriously diSsp.
peared from the lock- nor 10 this hour has
Il eyer been found. "Got q stout rope,
marmY" One was produced, and he pro.
ceeded to tie up the trunk across each
way, knotting the cord scientifically.
"There, now, thaGll hold. You see it's
better to have the rope both ways, 80 as
the top can't come off, A trunk straps
pretty good, but 3 ropes better, cause it
goes both ways" In England baggage
10 always corded for long journeys,
Nothing heavy, like books, elU
should ever put me In the top Of a trunk,
since the more heavily 1t Is weighted the
more likely the hinges are to bleak.
Dresses should be carefully folded, with
the hounCsa laid smooth and drawing
strings let out, the waist folded but once
the wrong side out, with the sleeves
laid over the back and the fronts over
oil. Then, II absolutely necessary, the
basque may be folded again down the
middle seam Of the back, but never
across.
Packing trunks for ball dresses come
with several trays, one above the other,
each capable Of holding n dress and It's
accessories. At the Partisan modisles',
where professional packers are employed,
the art Of dress packing IL carried to per
lection. The dress is taken, and II 1t Is
separate from the Cortage, 1t can be laid In
the tray with only a slight fold at the top
Of the skirt. The train 10 spread out first;
then every puff or fold 10 kept up by soit
wads Of yellow tissue paper, white having
been found 10 dArken white aud deliCately
tinted satins. This 10 to prevent
the creasing or crushing to which
velvet and satin are particularly
liable. Large sheets oil the paper
are then placed over the whole. The
waist Is next taken aud laid out Fat, like q
bat, upon The paper.Covered shirt. The
sleeves are filled win paper 50 as 10 retain
the shape made by the arms; every button
IL covered with paper, and under bead
friuges, etc., are laid pieces Of paper to
prevent deterioration or cutting. Over
the whole is then placed a final layer.
When the top tray 10 Iesched, aud, per.
haps, the next one also, beside the paper,
q sheet Of the finest cotton batting, such
as florists use, Is placed yer It, and, in
turn, over this o layer Of oil silk. This lie
o piecAutiUn against the penetration Of
dampness or dust.
A clever American notion Ia that Of ed
Unstable trays which may be fitted to any
trunk. These arc merely tray bottoms
formed OF frames, with tape lattice work,
aud are fitted In, when desired, BY means
Of adjustable end pieces, which hold them
HrmlV In nlana.