The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-06-04
THE HON E.
TO PACK A TRUNK.

live III trunk" few words as to the
proper method of arranging the contents
OF this summer caravan may not be
amlss. Many woman has sat down and
had good cry owe; delicate hats repos-
ing under tennis shoes, toothpowder
spread out in reckless profusion over the
best black gown and everything 50
wrinkled that it looked as if it had been
slept in and with troubled dreams at
that.
IN these days of ''ba9gage-smashers"
| packing is an art, for unless everything is
oovetalled with absolute accuracy there
VIII be such a hodge-podge OF gowns and
underwear, laces and bonnets, shoes and
wflung materials, that you will be at a
| loss 10 distinguish one from another
lhe secret of packing trunk so that
| everything will remain where 1t is but is
to have the foundation absolutely level
| and compact. Place the heavier gowns
al tne bottom, laying them out smooth,
| ana II there are many pleatings haste
| them down with coarse cotton, so that
by no possibility they will be turned up
and Wflnkled out of shape.
y there are spaces at the ends fill them
WIN shoes or slippers, each one doEe up
| separately lnpaper, If spaces still remain
tissue paper makes excellent wadding
for the crevices, and the first layer will
| look like a picture puzzle when it has
been properly put together.
Place tissue paper between the folds
OF gowns and Jackets and ill out the
sleeves with the same soft helper until
| they are IN shape as when on the arm.
Always fold smoothly, laying out ribbon
ENDS at full-length, if possible: if not
turning them together where the crease
Will be less noticeable. When the trunk
! proper is packed, cover over the clothes
With linen cover or sheet and tuck
down firmly on both sides.
A still wiser precaution is to place one
IN the bottom with the surplus amount
ready to bring to the top and fold over
when everything is placed within, then,
II the trunk comes to pieces you have
your wardrobe all within the ample en-
brace OF clean sheet instead of exposed
| to the rude gaze of railway porterS and
passers-by;; Most trays have a place for
hats. 1t they have use them, and wedge
IN your summer chapeau so firmly by
the aid of any little articles that will keep
| it in place yet not muss it that it can be
turned upside down with inn pun v
Handkerchiefs and ribbons can always go
IN the space the crown occupies.
1t is always well to pack underclothes
in the tray, placing on the top the night
dress you intend to use when you retire
| for the first time in a new bed. This
saves a mad scramble through every
| thing and is very convenient when you
| are too tired to urpack, but must have
your robe de mutt.
Bottles, hand mirrors and brush and
comb, with the other toilet accessories,
should always be carried in hand bag.
If you follow these little details careful
ly, packing will become a science, and
there will be no further occasion for fran
tic promenades on the trunk lid, in order
to choose over bullying bits of wearing
apparel, OF crying fits because everything
is so tossed up that it is not fit to wear.
--tPhiladelphia Times.
CLOTHING.
No part of the body should be clothed
SO warmly that perspiration is easily in
creased, since rapid loss of heat is
caused by it's evaporation. To prevent
rapid loss of heat, Undertaking of wool
should always be worn. Wool is the
best material that can be used to prevent
rapid evaporation, and at the same time
allow the air to yentilate the skin.
Any part of the7-body which is sus-
| ceptible to cold, or delicate is often
the point selected for an extra thickness
| of clothing. All parts of the body
should be kept equally warn. To heap
clothing on any one part only makes that
part more delicate and susceptible to
cold.
The wearing of shoes with soles heavy
enough to prevent cooling of the feet is
extremely important. The extent to
| which the wearing of thin-soled shoes
prevails in the Winter months, especially
among ladies, is calculated to make us
wonder at the endurance of human life.
The body loses through the feet by
heat radiation especially when the
ground is wet, a tremendous percentage
of the heat production unless the feet are
| we'll protected.
The habit of muhaing the neck only
renders it more sensitive to cold, es-
pecially if as is often the case, perspira-
ton is excited. Such extra wraps should
be resorted to only in seasons of severe
cold or of high winds.
Changes from heavy to lighter under
! wear and the reverse are dangerous. 1t
is better to depend on ones outer cloth
| into warm room.
The marked and sudden changes
temperature to which our climate is sub
| jected during the Winter months are not
to be eombated by changes of clothing,
| for this would be obviously impossible.
The thing to be done is to keep the
| body in condition to resist the changes.
This condition is best maintained by hav-
ing the skin and all the organs active.
| The degree of sensitiveness of the skin
in regulating heat loss is the, largest
factor here concerned, and sound con-
| dition of the skin is to be expected from
proper system of exercising and bath
ing.-Youths Companion.
| RUBBER BAGS.
Every family in the country, as wen as
in the city, should have at least
one ready for any emergency. Says the
Medical Mirror:
'As profession, we do not sufficiently
appreciate hot-water bags. The amount
OF comfort in one of them connot be
known except from actual experience
| There should be, if possible, half-a-
dozen bags of various sizes in the sick
room, easy of excess and ready for use."
Rubber bags are also of great value in
cold weather for persons of weak circu-
latlOn. Ihey are mich SIIperiOr as foot