Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

are temporarily or
permanently unable to take invigorating
jaunts, SO that, In fancy, at least. they
might rove in pastures new" At the club
meetings such subjects as 1.-The Fine art
of Travelling" where to Go and How to.
Go" are discussed, and each member la
turn gives her ideas upon the advantages
of some tour she has longed for or studied
upon. She searches guide books and she
reads the notes of travel or the romances
that throw light upon her proposed route
If she has chosen the lake country of Eng
land for her journey, she will read Hall
Gaines novel, 1.-The Bondman." in order to
know something of the history Of the
ne'ghborhood; If the tour is taken in Scot
land she will have wide choice in Sir
Walter Scott and William Black; in fact.
for almost any accessible region there Is
always a novelist to be found for the seek
ing. She even decides upon the amount of
her luggage, and the best method of pack
ing her imaginary outfit; and after the
ey ening's wandering in the realm of cher
ished dreams, she feels that she has really
been In new climate, basked in a brighter,
warmer. setter sunshine, breathed clearer
air. There may be q fortunate guest pres
ene whose rowing feet have sauntered over
the highways and byways of the globe,
who can set her right If her plans are not
when her ship comes in-"for we all have
ships on the treacherous seat will find
her mentally equipped for the most intel
ligent enjoyment of the worlds treasures,
treasures Of nature and Of art
Last week the club met at the charming
home Of quaint old lady. whose interest
In the 'Utopiln Tourists Is altogether
helpful one, Her husbands diplomatic
career in the past has given her excep-
tfonal opportunities to know foreign coun-
tries well. while a fondness for travel =
and ample wealth to crafty her taste-has
LED her even over-many Of the worlds I'M
trodden paths. Now that she has lost her
vigor somewhat, and, consequently. her
ability for extensive travel, she loves to
listen to the hopes and aims of these
younger, fresher ones, to whom a foreign
land Is a land where all Is beautiful. So,
| from the chilly evening outside we came
into the cheer Of the big fire of logs on the
hearth.
One Type of Tourist.
| Our hostess was the president of the
evening. and after a medley of random
| ideas had been tossed about conversational
| ly, she said to a girl sitting beside her,
whose happy face seemed to radiate con-
tent throughout the room.
Let us hear your jaunting plans. Mar
| garet"
| II have had charming plans" answered
Margaret. wistfully. but they have met
with encouragement I wanted to share
my pleasure and interest with Aunt Pris-
| ella, the patient custodian of my little
| apartment home, who needs change of
| mental atmosphere-the only change l am
able to offer her. 1 find, however, that she
| is Of the intelligent, conscientious type of
| tourists that, quite unintentionally, though
| poEe the less thoroughly, spoil a holiday
| when she once begins to satisfy her appe-
! title for information 1t becomes enormous
| vcracious. For instance, in Venice 1 should
want to spend idle days in a gondola, drift
| ing gently through a haze of old Venetian
| glories; but Aunt Priscilla would want me
| to go up every campanile, climb to the top
| of every church steeple, and hustle into
| every picture gallery in that tremendously
| jealous way. determined to leave nothing
| unseen. Now, when travel like to daw-
| ole. I like a large measure of personal
| liberty in the matter of mental spaces.
| Therefore, as I am not willing to leave
Aunt Priscilla out Of my itinerating, have
| folded my clipped pinions and shall take
ery.. pleasure in hearing the plans of 9th
The flicker of smiles rivaled the freight.
We all were acquainted with Aunt Priscilla.
Il have been discouraged by the luggage
consideration" said girl, whose face was
| ripping with fun-lovfng dimples. Il have
| been told by an experienced traveller that
the very first thing to be done when a
ones self into thoroughly practical atti-
tude of mental condition. and allow no
f1urries or nerves to move one. The next
| thing desirable is to look to your trunks,
are in good order. Alas! found that mine
had all gone into ambush in a manned con-
| dition-locks were incorrigible, and straps
had taken wings.
"ln regard to packing, too, I have re-
ceived much valuable, though varying ad-
| vice. One friend maintains that rolling is
the most commendable process, saving
space and rumples; that not only under
| clothing, but dresses should be so treated
and that when the unpacking comes every
thing will bob up 'serenely from below
| without one crease.
The Art of Packing.
Another declares emphatlcally that nc
space is saved by means of rolling; that
garments are liable to curve out, looking
very wispish and stringy. which, certainly
is far from desirable; that in packing a
trunk everything should be fitted in with
the accuracy of a puzzle-the undercloth.
ing folded very fiat indeed, the interstices
filled up with stockings, and the crevices
In the center rounded out with bottles
that each boot and shoe should be tightly
wrapped with a layer of paper and stuffed
into the hollow corners which appear or
the edges as the trunk becomes filed
Dresses should be folded outside out and
bodices inside out, to avoid the disfigure.
ments of ugly twists and wrinkles the
sleeves of blouses and dress waists should
be stuffed with tissue paper, loosely crush.
ed; patent leather shoes and slippers should
be well wrapped in tissue papesr but shoes
of heavier leather in paper of sterner stuff
Between each jacket and gown sheet OF
tissue paper should be laid, and In the lie
of the trunk, made to fit exactly, white
linen sachet, filled with lavender, should BIZ
| placed. But the most important precautior
is to pack the trunks as full as they will
hold, to prev ent the contents from shaking
| about.
Nov, all these details made my bach
ache. I imagined myself leaning over a
deep, big trunk, slipper there, a bottle
| anywhere, while my room was strewn with
heterogeneous mass of clothing, waiting
to be rolled and slowed wherever it would
| fill in;' then 1 fancied myself arriving al
an hotel for day or two only; 1 saw tbs
porter quvering under the unnecessary
| weight of bulky, uncompromisng trunks
into which must dive and delve for gowns
shoes and Other little garments probably
not finding what want until l have stirred
into hopeless confusion the whole puzzle
So made a tour among the trunk shops
to see il skill and science had turned theil
| efforts toward tightening the labors of trav
elers / am delighted to find that 'packinl
made easy is now the watchword of tn,
trunk makers.
Made Easy for Men.
Men, of course, are particularly vel
provided for in labor-saving travelling con