Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-06-28
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A great convenience for packing Is
shoe-wrap. One should have Us many
of them as there are pairs of boots and
slippers to go. It is simply a square
of brown holland 0r.stont gray silesia,
half yard each way. "A narrow hem
is made all round and feather-stitched
with darker or lighter color. At one
corner is firmly sewn on to the outside
q yard of braid or tape in such way
thatwhen stretched out one end goes
beyond the diagonally opposite corner
of the square. The shoes are then laid
together, soles out, near the diagonal
corner and then rolled tightly, the
other two corners being turned in; the
one where the tape is sewn remains
outside and the tape may then be
wound round and round and firmly
tied. The shoes never come out and
they take up half the room in packing
that they would wrapped in paper or
put in loosely.
There are good packers and bad
packers and those who throw every
thing in helter-skelter, who cannot be
called packers at all. The good oues
are doubtless born so, yet much may
be learned from experience, ~-s-
The hardest packing is the leaving
home when the many things needed
are scattered all over the house. II
the traveller has several days for prep
aration it is we'll to take one corner of
the room where the trunks stand and
there to accumulate, the clothing and
other things that are to be carried.
Everything being ready the work be-
gins. First lay at the bottom of the
trunk o cloth or towel, and then put
in first shoes, books and other hard
and heavy articles. Try to keep an
even layer, filling up cracks and cor
ners with stockings, WOODEN under
vests and other small objects that may
be rolled up tight without injury.
Dress skirts should be folded the length
of the trunk, and that they may not
appear crumpled when taken out
should have roll of newspaper laid
in the folds. Hats and bonnets go of
course in the tray or box. They may
have laces, neck frills, gloves and
Eworsted hoods laid inside and around
them. but. no heavy thing should come
near them. --.
| After the trunks comes the hand
bag or valise, and here. let me warn
the inexperienced traveller. to leave
only the necessaries for this; enough
/ articles will probably be found after
the trunks are locked and there is no
time to open them, to fill up the bag.
A dressing-bag is q great conven-
Eieuce. The simpler the better. 1t
may be made of coarse, brown holland
or kitchen toweling, and be as pretty
as one could wish, with light braid,
Misunderstanding and jcross-stitched
initials. 1t should have pockets for
comb, brushes, hair-pins, little leaf
of flannel sewed on for needles and
pins, and should contain sleeve and
glove buttons, thimble, thread, boot
buttoner and pair of scissors. besides
such other things as would readily oc-
cur to any one on looking at her dress
ing table. 1t is easiest to roll it to.
gether lengthwise and tie with tapes
sewed on to the back. 1t is an excel
lent plan to put everything in its place
in the drcssing-bag some days before
leaving home and to use it as if al
ready travelling. then anything needed
can be easily supplied.-Marie Coz
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