The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-07-10
HOW TO PACK A TRUNK.
Advice on q Matter That Is Of
Much Importance.
A Task That Requires Thoughtfuincss.
Good Judgment, Unseifishness and u
Sincere Desire to Obligs Others
Hints for Ladies'.

hOt ASo<AACss
Our grandmothcrs would have opened
their eyes at the thought Of profession
al trunk-packer. And yet the fancied
and real wants OF modern life are such
that packing of ones wardrobe for safe
transportation Is nowadays one Of the
fine arts.
Every young girl should take special
pains and learn this art, not only for her
own com fort, but because she can often
thereby help her friends, and be tho
''good Samaritan" for many weary In
valid writes Mrs. E. A. Matthews to the
Youths Companion. 1t is work that Is
specially adapted for womanly fingers,
for men seem to think that nothing Is
needed but physical force, and their no
tion OF packing Is to roll up every arti-
Gle, and squeeze the bundles into cor
ners, and put the heaviest articles on
top.
Before starting upon task that will re.
quire long time, and will demand much
thought and planning, tho packer should
60 from room to room, from closet to
closet, from bureau to bureau, to select
exactly what she intends to take with
her. This is the only manner by which
every thing will be secured and nothing
'mislaid or left behind.
1t is a good plan to do your packing
in o lower room, as 1t Is much easier to
bring things down than to carry them
up, and then it is not so hard to lift
the trunk when filled, nor SO difficult
to got it out OF the house. Nearly all
staircases bear honorable scars that
have been won in a battle between
trunk and porter.
When every thing has been collected
and the time Of the journey draws nigh,
the trunk should be brought down, its
interior busted, and all its broken
straps, corners, locks, etc., carefully
,mended. The heavy articles, shoes,
books, underwear, in short, every thing
which will bear pressure, must be placed
IN the bottom. Over these fold layer
lof newspaper or soft old sheet
In folding dresses If the trunk Is too
short to admit Of the skirt lying full
length be sure and fold 1t carefully
over a little at the top. All strings
attached to steels in gowns should be
united. Tissue paper should be placed
between the folds of good dresses and
also over passementerie or jet trim
ming. This lessons the danger Of
creasing and keeps dust and lint from
settling there.
Dress waists should be laid smoothly
in long shirt boxes. All the collars,
laces, ruchings, ribbons and handker-
chiefs should be placed in pasteboard
boxes and packed with clothing on
each side SO as to keep them steady.
Hats and bonnets are the most diff
cult to manage unless there are special
compartments for them, and of these
there are never enough. They should be
wrapped each alone in tissue paper and
then covered with stiff brown paper,
which should be pinned firmly around
them. They should then be placed in
boxes ujust large enough to hold them
and packed in the middle OF the trunk,
where they can be held steady by the
clothing aroand them
Do not place your jewelry and money
in your trunk. A far better plan is to
make stout bag Of chamois skin, place
your valuables in 1t and fasten it so.
curely inside your dress waist or any
other portion Of your attire most con-
venient. Above all, do not place your
valuables in q handbag, so that you
will lay 1t down on the car seat or hotel
table and leave it there to be lost for
ever.
All garments that are liable to crush
ing should be placed in the very top Of
the uppermost compartments, and If
they are carefully laid they will be
subjected to but little pressure.
Some of our favorite toilet soap will
take the place Of the bad-smelling stuff
80 often found in hotel toilet-rooms.
Tie bottles should be plainly labeled,
firmly corked, wrapped first in cotton
batten, and then in paper, and placed
in boxes, Ink and shoe polish should
never be packed in trunk. 1t is better
to buy such things when you arrive at
your journeys end.
If you are packing for children be
sure to remember their little playthings.
Make place for dollie and her ward
robe, pack q small box with odds and
ends Of silk and cardboard, embroidery
needles, transfer pictures, scrap books
and other things, 80 small in your es-
timation, so necessary to their happi-
ness.
When the little creatures are taken
away from their familiar surroundings
and deprived of the toys and games
they love, it is no wonder that they get
into mischief and are nuisance to all
about.
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