The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-04

Everybody asks the Same que''
.sWhere are you going this summer!
And who shall decide when so many
disagree? Mrs. Lovely, the mother OF a
large family, with the unselhsh love
rocul;ar TO women of her type, tries 10
s,it tho entire brood. There's Beatrice,
90 cod seventeen. who wants to go where
share,s a little gayety and some bathing.
There's Alice, aged fifteen, who has
.,raat ideas about riding through the
Country roads on her bike and hates the
Goa There's Tommy, aged thirteen, who
1onos for fishing, a lake in which ne can
row, and a place that will regard his bull
nm as q. desirable boarder. Said pun
nun is a frisky dog of six months, with
q liking for the legs of small children,
fancy for chewing any small articles ina,
NAV be around and an appetite unequa az,
nv any man, woman, or ghost. Inc
twins. aged eleven, are very vague VI
their desires, but hope to be able 10 p,ch
wild flowers. The rest of the baples-uou u
h,ess them-are too young to have special
warnings. but their nurse announces, !
never staid. ma'am, in a place where
+hora wasn't a special table Tor tne
End ooreeable gentlemen company.
Then papa well, the ideal place must
no within three hours Of the city, so that
mo can come down every Wednesday and
STAY all night, and every SATURDAY anu
STAY until Monday. How this questioh
as to where the Lovely family are gong
is to be decided, who can tell! But they
will get somewhere, and if nobody else Is
suited the nurse lady will be, since she
has made herself at once the most I'M
portant and the most disagreeable men,
Der of the tribe. But" as Mrs. Lovely
saws, .sthe baby likes her." and as nat
ural consequence the rest of the family
have to be slaves to this lady of Irish
extraction, of little beauty, of bad man.
ners, whom, for some unknown reason,
the baby chooses to like. Certainly ba-
bies have queer tastes.
But before they go poor Mrs. Lovely
has to work as no colOred lady ever did
"befo' de wah.' Not only does she look
to every body's clothes, but there must be
books for the girl who reads, fishing
tackle, toys, about half the bottles in the
apothecary's shop, an oil stove, several
hot water bags, box Of mustard plasters,
two hammocks, some extra rugs, indeed,
everything that will be of use or which
may be demanded in case Of an emer-
gency. The consequence is that with
every new arrival in the shape of a pos
session the number Of trunks increases,
and there comes night when Mrs.
Lovely weeps on the shoulder OF her lord
and master and wonders how the packing
ever will lie done. Her lord and master,
with the broad ideas belonging to a man,
suggests that she just fire everything in
and start, but she wouldn't be woman
if she could do that. Now, if she lived
in Paris she would only have to send out
an order for packer, let him take pos
session of the establishment and the re-
suit would be bliss.
PROFESSIONAL TRUNK PACKERS
/ have often wondered, in view of the
fact that the American is an uneasy
beast continually ON the go, why the pro-
fessional packer is not an institution here,
as in Paris. There's money to be made in
the spring and fall at such work, a good
bit of money, while between times there
would be a certainty of some money, but
not SO much. Personally / have watched
the professional packer. When expected,
he arrived and brought his tools with
him. They consisted Of dozens of sheets
OF lavender tissue paper, pieces Of white
tape, several papers Of large white pins,
a bag Of small tacks, and hammer. He
carefully laid out the dress skirts, show
ing due Difference to their shape and dec
orations, stuffed the bodices nd
sleeves with paper, and, after carefully
folding each, placed innumerable sheets
of paper between it and the next dress.
The reason for using colored paper is that
the arsenic in the white will yellow any
dainty fabric. He cut strips of tape,
pinned them to the hats and bonnets I'M
derneath the crowns and left flaring ends.
which were tackled to the sides Of the
tray in which they reposed, so that they
never stirred. Every flower was wrap
ped in tissue paper, and each feather
or loop that stood up high was bent
down and carefully pinned. The para
soils were in the very bottom Of the
trunk, each carefully covered and the
paper about it tied securely with tape.
The slippers and shoes were all stuffed
with newspapers, torn up in small pieces
to make them retain their shape. They
of course went in another trunk with the
heavier things.
When my belongings were taken out
after a weeks travel, nothing was crush
ed, nothing had moved, and everything
was in order-that is to say, the gloves
belonging to a certain frock were lying
Just under its bodice, and, If there was
a special neck dressing, there it was,
carefully pinned on. But, best Of all, in
side Of the lid Of each trunk was tackled
a list of the articles therein, so that one
didn't hunt for the blue chiffon where it
was not or expect to find the pink garden
hat where it had no reason for being.
Three francs was asked for each large
trunk. and where one had over four big
boxes the price was reduced. But who
wouldn't pay a dollar apiece Tor We'll
packed trunk? And why don't some OF
the people eager to make money take up
this work, for which there is FEMININE
and long-felt want?
CHATTING DISH COUNTING.
II has long been well-known fact that
no house should be without itn dictionary,
ts religious notices or the knowledge
that for 35 cents an hour you can get a
messenger boy to swear for you. Granted
that YOU are supplied with these luxurles.
there ia still something lacking, and that
is-the chafing dish. The chafng dish
looked at merely as means to an emu
suggests good eating, but looked as an
incentive to matrimony it is just pegln'
ING To he appreciated. The average
bachelor likes to dine or sup on Sunday
evening in a house where there are pref
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