The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
WOMEN IN SLEEPING CARS.
ISan Francisco Call


The travelled woman is speedily rec
ognized in the sleeping car. She set
ties herself so comfortably with her
wraps, books, papers; refreshes her
self with salts. cologne and Apollinar-
is: amuses herself with writing, cards
or novels, so that she is quite as much
at home as in her boudoir. The trav-
eled woman does not remove her bon
net directly she enters her section-1n
fact she is never without some head
covering, for she knows too well what
dire havoc coal dust makes with care
fully shampooned tresses.
She wears a small toque, turban or
close bonnet, with no furbelows to
muss and crush. The big Gainsbor-
ougii, with Haunting feathers, the stiff
sailor, the ornate dress hat, are en-
tirely out of place in a sleeping car.
A small hat, in which one may lean
back with comfort is to be commended.
Many women stick a soft felt hat in
their handbags just for this purpose.
A lace scarf or some soft knitted trifie
is almost Indispensable for the night.
In the first place it protects the head
from draughts and the hair from coal
dust, and then in the morning it is a
blessed covering for tumbled locks and
crimping pins on the way to the toilet
room.
The travelled woman never complete
| ly undresSes herself in the sleeping
car. she removes her gown, shoes,
loosens her corsets, slips on a wool
dressing jacket or dark wrapper and
| lies down. conscious that if there is an
accident in the night she is suitably
attired to meet it.
1t is poor judgment to wear fresh
gown on an extended journey. Many
women attire themselves as for tea
! or fashionable luncheon. The result is
that one night in the cramped quarters
of a sleeping car section causes the
smart frock to look as if it had passed
through a cyclone or some other Sc
we're trial. Wear the second best stuff
gown in your wardrobe, one that has
| become adjusted to your form and
which YOU will not worry over if a
sudden lurch in the train send cup
of hot coffee over its front breadth.
| Laced shoes are much easier to man
age in a sleeping car than buttoned
ones. You know how in the gray OF
! the early dawn, when hslf asleep, you
wrestle with various garments in the
narrow confines Of your berth, you
wish every detail TO be as convenient
as possible To button shoes you must
twist yourself into the most difficult
| positions; lacing being more directly
| in front is accomplished much more
easily.
| However attractive broad white col
lars and cuffs may be in other places
they are a decided nuisance in the
| sleeping car. They soon become grimy
| the fresh ones are unmanageable in
the bag. and it is next to impossible to
adjust them properly at the rate of for
! ty miles an hour. Ribbon ruches OF
soft folds of silk at neck and wrist
are much more comfortable.
| Let your handbag contain a bottle
of Florida water, bay rum or cologne
Nothing is more refreshing when trav-
cling. Let there be also sewing and
writing implements, soap-never under
any circumstances use the soap sup.
piled by the railroads-washcloth
smelling salts, lead hair crimpers, man.
icure set, shoe horn and hook if you
will wear buttoned shoes, a bottle OF
listorine for mouth wash, extra hand
kerchief, pins and needles.