Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

string into which these can be slip
ped and not get mixed up with the
other sn things. Then you Xill have Little little
thread, shoe buttons. and glove buttons.
scissors. corset lace cratwo. shoestrings-
II you wear low shoes, rWhich L Wouldn't
DO when traveling-thimble, safety pins.
belt pins, extra buttons IN case you lose
some out Of your shirt waist, and your
glove and button hook.rE9I
That, OF course, has a rubber band or
ribbon ties to save it from coming open and
splitting its contents. Then comes the most
important bag of ell. SflllLbecause silk Is
thin and makes no bulkAlined with oiled
silk this bag should be-, You will have in
1t ia, bottle It'll; OF alcohol two-ounce bottle is
ordinarily large enough-a small bottle Of
me wnlte Vaseline. an ounce bottle OF
brandy, tiny bottle of lavender salts,
ounce bottle Of ammonia, ounce of arnica,
half ounce of paregoric half ounce of cam
lhor spirits and four-ounce bottle of dis
tilied water In which are two tablespoon
fuls of alcohol and a teaspoonful of pow
dered borax, which you are to use on your
face.
Be sure to have long, perfect corks for
these bottles. SO that they can't possibly
work out and have a little soft tissue
paper to twist about them, and you need
you will carry your own towels and lot
OF clean wash cloths, made out of coarse
hnen or muslin In a neat little celluloid
case have a cake of good soap. and have
need not carry shoe brush or backing
or shoe polish, for good rubbing with
vaseline is the very best shoe polish in
the world: brush broom or a clothes
Of your toilet Dag.
Even Take IL Wrapper.
Provide yourself with neat lawn or
print unlined wrapper, one with princess
back and loose front is best, and the
darker it is the better. This you can slip
on over your half-clad form and wrap up
in your shawl and sleep very comfortably
in If you are denied the privileges of a
sleeper. When you are ready to retire. go
to the toilet room and make your night
toilet just as though you were at home,
only do it quicker, remembering that there
are dozen people who are waiting to do
the same thing. If you are not in sleep
ing car, it is probable that the toilet ar
engagements are meager Then you will
see the wisdom of the advice given. Slip
Off your bodice and skirt loosen your cor
set strings, or, better still, remove the cor
sets, unbutton your boots and let down
your hair.
Comb and braid 1t in a single braid and
pin it up loosely. Get out your bottle of
distilled water and the vaseline. Dampen
the corner of a towel and wash your face
and neck-evsry bit of soil will come Off
too-and then rub little of the vaseline
into the skin of face and neck. Slip on the
wrapper, fold up all the clothes you have
taken of, put all the little traps in your bag,
and you are ready for your seat again.
Put your folded clothes in the rack above
your head, get out your pillow and shawl,
tie veil over your hair and pull on an
old pair of gloves, and then-go to sleep.
1t isn't as comfortable berth in a
sleeper, but You will find yourself sight
more comfortable than If you had been
sitting bolt upright all night in all your
tight clothes, with your face bisterng with
dust and cinders, and your hair crusted
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early slip back to the toilet room and get
yourself all frightened up before the
others waken. Take off your clothes and
give yourself hard dry rub with
coarse linen. Wash your meek and face
with the distilled water-dampened towel,
self
Brush and comb your hair and make
your toilet as carefully, and neatly as
though you were at home and by the time
the disheveled and dirty average woman is
yawning and stretching. and wishing the
day just beginning was ending you Will be
out on the platform swallowing great
mouthfuls of sweet morning air, and getting
a ferocious appetite for breakfast, which
you go in to partake of just in time to
see her emerging from the toilet room,
growing because there are no towels
nothing but ice water, in which she pro-
ceeds to wet her handkerchief, because she
lorsot wash cloth. and sits down to
comb her hair with her side combs, You
can imagine the sort of looking creature
she will be in her pale blue and white
uuck suit with a white shirt waist after
she has Travelled in them for four days and
nights.
About the Lunch.
OF course, you carry a bountiful supply
of lunch. 1t is not safe to start without
it. Railroad accidents are numerous and
eating stations are not very close together;
then it costs a great deal to take three
meals a day on dining car or at the
eating houses. If you are to be out three
days put up three boxes of lunch, placing
in the third those articles of food which
Will Keep longest. reserving the more per-
ishable things for the first and second days.
Anything that will he nice for picnic din
ner VIII go We'll in travellers lunch, but
wrap each sandwich in bakers paper, also
your cake and everything that will dry
Cut III you carry canned meats don't for
get the can opener. Take tin cup and a
small tin coffee pot in which to get coffee
or tea along the route. You can carry the
ess ence of each in strong bottles and make
pot OF either over the tiny alcohol stove
mat you use to heat your curling longs
carry NICE new TIN spoons, and at the end
or your trip you can turn your cheap lunch
traps and tnware over to the porter with
out a pang, since they have cost you almost
nothing
Supply yourself with good book or two
In coarse print before you start and. of
course, you have your little travelling mort
fono properly stocked Don't forget your
Tune card and maps of all the railroads
over which you are going. and inform YOUR
seif as to every change and the length of
stop to be made, which jot down before
you start. With these precautions even a
. Jay coach traveller may cross the con-
tinent IN comparative comfort, but YOU
can't expect to fling lot of clothes and a
few toilet articles promscuousIy into n
bag. and start off hoping to enjoy .aIl the
com1orts OF home on tourists train