Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22
TRUNkFUL OF COMFORTS
FEW NECESSITIES THAT WILL
ADD TO SUMMER VACATIONS.
Do Not Take Up Much Room and Are
Sure to BE Useful in an
Emergency.

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ittlhs the wise housewife VINO looks lof-
ward to three or four months spent away
from her comfortable home begins to lay
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iollSlHSS she Knows she VIII Heeu DIS the
nucleus of her real packing. The foolish
virgins who wait until the last moment to
nranara for this Undertaking sometimes find
thar,so,vos with M nj, Ut tho time who,
theii'S WIN nv oii a. 'io 'Aio
they most need IT,
OF course one does not need to copy the
Duke of Marlborough's outfit but even the
ho+ ,,rof,+aa saaehore bo+e1 or country
house does not provide ones personal pc
longings, while the majority OF moderate
priced cottages and country "homes"
uuire MANY additions IN make them home
like If YOU expect to spend a season at
one place there are many hours before you
in YOUR room. and in this instance as always
the gentleWoman stamps herself on her
ronndines So il may he A help to those
who are too busy to make it a study them
selves TO append a list of suitable additions
to ones luggage. First of all be sure you
take q handsome towel as a cover to the
ugly slabs of bureau top one often meets,
as well as to the wooden ones spotted and
ink stained. A soiled clothes bag is also a
necessity-the large kind made of two yards
of stout cretonne sewed into a bag and
gathered to a stiff rod is the best. A slit
bound with tape makes the opening for the
accommodation of all the laundry needed.
Next, decorative calendar is useful to
check off ones board bill, as well as to date
letters, while it fills up the glaring wall
space.
Pictures, too either bright and cheerful
chromos, engravings cut from magazines,
studies from art journals or souvenirs gwen
with Sunday editions, can be saved for such
a purpose
Photographs are comforts when away
from the originals, and the best way of
how &c m d.
ing case either of leather or paper. These
take but little space and can be opened on
a table or bureau, Whfie even a row or IN
framed photos gives the poorest bureau or
Exterior and interior views or ones home
are especially appreciated II, as 50 often
happens, one runs across an old friend.
A table cover made OF square of denim
or turkey red, and similar ones to cover
the trunks, making additional tables or
couches of these usually unsIshtly articles,
are Joy forever. ,
If there is room, slip IN brlght pillow
for use in the hammock, or TO decorate
your room.
An afghan Is treat when persons are
not well 1t Is peasant LOT tne lnvallds TO
lie on the bed, or IN hammock' with
bright pillows around them, and a soft
gray wool afghan over them While you
make tea in your own little teapot before
their eyes on an alcohoi stove
A little clock is cheerful companion.
Curtains are certainly great addition and
can be arranged so cheaply. Even white
mosquito netting gathered to piece of
Irvine and stretched tightly between two
nails makes dainty window decoration,
as well as forming a guard against stray
flies and other insects.
At one of the mountain retreats last
year lady who was the mother of sew
eral children made one of her rooms
veritable home by bringing with her a
large lamp. 1t was cheerful double
burner with a porcelain shade, and its
bright CLEAN attracted every one to its
side. From everywhere the children
gathered around it on big table in the
evenings when the air without was chilly,
and looked at pictures, played games, etc,
A small oil alcohol stove is almost
a necessity in case of sudden illness or
for baby or invalid who requires heated