The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-12
Detroit Free Press.
In the sleeping Car.

In the sleeping Car.
The travelled woman is speedily rec
ognizcd in the sleeping car. She set
ties herself SO comfortably with her
wraps, books and papers; refreshes
herself with salts, cologne and Apol-
linaris; amuses herself with writing,
or novels, so that she is quite as
much at home as in her boudoir. The
travelled woman does not remove her
bonnet directly she enters her section;
in fact she is never without some head
covering, for she knows too well what
dire havoc coal dust makes with care
fully shampooed tressess
She wears a small tooue, turban or
close bonnet, with no furbelows to
muss and crush. The big Gainsborough
with Haunting feathers, the stiff sailor,
the ornate dress hat are entirely out
of place in sleeping car. A small
hat in which one may lean back with
comfort is to be commended. Many
women stick soft felt hat in their
handbags just for this purpose. A lace
scarf or some soft knitted trife is al
most 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 com
petely updrcsses herself in the sleep
ing car. She removes her gown,
shoes, loosens her corscts, slips on n
wool dressing jacket or dark wrap
per 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 year fresh
gown on an extended journey. Many
women attire themselves as for a tea
or fashionable luncheon. The result
is that one night in the cramped quar-
tiers of sleeping car section causes
the smart frock to look as if it had
passed through cyclone or some
other severe trial Wear the second
best stuff gown in your wardrobe, one
which has become adjusted to your
form, and which you will not worry
over if a sudden lurch in the train
sends 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, half 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 boots you
must twist yourself into the most
difficult of positions, lacing being
directly in front, is accomplished
much more easily.
CHowever attractive broad white
collars and cuffs may be in other
places, they arc decided nuisance in
the sleeping car; they soon become
Crimy, the fresh ones are unmanage-
able in your bag and it is next to inn
possible to adjust them properly at
the rate of forty miles an hour. Ribbon
ruches or soft folds of silk at neck and
wrist are much more comfortable.
Let your handbag contain little of
Florida water, bay rum or cologne.
Nothing is more refreshing when
travelling Let there be, also, sewing
and writing implements, soap-nevcr
under any circumstances use the soap
supplied by rairoads-wash cloth,
smelling salts, lead hair crimpers,
manicure sets, shoe horn and hook III
you will wear buttoned boots),
bottle of listorine for mouth wash,
extra handkerhiefs, pins and hairpins,
Pioneer Press.