The herald., 1895-06-30
Not Such an Easy Task
as You Imagine
It to Be
SOME SYSTEM REQUIRED
The Big Sleeves and Full Skirts Cause All
the Trouble-.-S0me Useful Hints From
One Who Knows How
to Do II

There was once woman who Travelled
around the world in seventy days with
comb, tooth brush and a lend pencil.
But the av ,rage woman who rushes off to
. summer resort for two weeks outing
takes Saratoga trunk filled to the brim
with everything she could not possibly
do without.
This is the season OF the summer tllt.
ting and this is the festival of the bag
gage smashers throughout the land.
Trunks Go into TIE baggage rooms OF
any. OF the great railway terminals the
week after June, leafy June, has begun
to manipulate the city thermometers TO
never r-mind-how-many degrees in the
shade. and you may get an adequate
idea OF the leaves OF June and the trunks
that go with them. Most Of these trunks
are packed by the fair hands of lovely
woman, and collectively speaking. the
cover sat on by the hired girl to make it
'come to-" And vet only one woman in
. dozen understands the scie nee of pack
ing trunk properly. and a trunk that is
properly packed will shut up without be-
Ing sat on, an illustration OF the intelli-
gence OF inanimate things.
There are some important first prinCi
pies in the science of trunk-packing. Th o
first is never begin to pack trunk a
week before you 60 on your journey. A
day Is ample time for all preparations. ;
for If you begin packing several days o.
o week in advance there will be the con-
tipgency OF having carefully laid away in
the.veiy bottom of the trunk the most
necessary and indispensable articles of
daily use, and several Of these contin-
gencies mean general confusion and a
hasty repacking ~ the last minute.
Tho forethougl.S in packing consists in
the careful ordering OF my lady's ward
robe, the straig htening of bureau drawers
into the proveribal 'apple-pie order, ="
with no button missing, no hose undarned.
no rent unm ended; the brushing of skirt
hens, the pressing of wrlnkled dress
folds, the clearing vi closets of the accu
mutations OF discarded garments, the put
ting away in csmphor of the winter
wraps that h9ye reen in demand later
Than usual beaSuse of the cold spirng
winds.
This leaves Iserely the simple task of
folding the garments and transferring
them from bureau and wardrobe to trunk
Or packing boxss, on the eventful day be-
tion whether it shall be trunk or packing
boxes. When the Princess Eulalia Of
Spain visited this country, she and her
sister were followed by trail OF small
baggage, scores of dress boxes, hat boxes
and the like. When the rajah of Ka-
PuItudla Caiue OVER lTOH IHulu WIN ulo
prettiest wife and his royal escort, there
were hundred pieces of small baggage
belonging to the party. The travelling
Englishman in America has his impedi-
ment in small parcels between leather
covers, and the continental travelling cases
are among the convenience to be discov-
cred by the Amncan abroad. The Sara
toga trunk is distinctly American insti-
tuition. 1t Is back breaking to the hotel
polters, the express man and baggage
vmashers, but it is, in its compactness,
4 comfort to the railway companies, since
each additional piece OF baggage Is an ad
ditionaI care to cheek and identity or
trace in case of loss or delay en- route.
The dress boxes are especially recon-
mended to the travelling woman, however.
for they save the pretty frocks from soil
or rumple. the trays make it convenient
to reach the desired gown, though it be
at the very bottom of them all, and in
crowded quarters at the summer hotel
they will be found convenient substi-
tute for the roomy clothes press at nome.
But the average woman does not pos
eess dress boxes. and the question Is how
to pack her fineries with care and con-
densation under the cover of the Saratoga
trunk.
There is an art IN folding gowns so that
they shall not come from the trunk in
ugly wrinkles. First, there is the mod
ern godet skirt nine yards around at the
bottom. and with three plaits at the back,
whose lines must not be spoiled in the
folding. The skirt should be folded
right side out" 1t should be folded
from the bottom. The center Of the front
breadth should be folded first, and from