The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-03
THE VOYAGE QUITE DIFFERENT
FROM TRIP on THE ATLANTIC.
A Warm weather Outfit Must BE Pro-
vided and Preparation Made
for Social Life.
New York Evening Sun.

from European experiences. However am
pie these may be, they do not apply 10 the
Orient where climaee. conditions and life
in general are so different.
The voyage itself must be PLANNED from
another point of view. The Atlantic is
traversed in six days. The Pacific requires
d month to Hong-Kong or Manila.
Six days on the Atlantic rarely afford
time TO recognize your fellow-travelers
when you next meet them.
Life on a Pacific liner is a small cosmos,
wherein is a social organization with time
to cement friendship, fall In and out Of love
and form cliques.
on the Atlantic one may wear a shabby
dress six days with a clean ribbon in the
evening and decent gown TO go ashore
in. But a month demands something Of
wardrobe. both for comfort and propriety.
and arrangements are always made that
an extra trunk shall DC accessible. In illus
tration: For the early promenade to the
morning bath a wrapper is needed. of silk,
or outing flannel, and adorned with rs
much flummery of lace and ribbon as one
may desire.
If one is what DIR. Johnson would call a
cubable fellow. an invitation 10 join some
pated. Each morning. after breakfast.
bowling. deck golf. trials of strength or
dexterity are in order. varied by tomna-
ments and competitions with prizes. For
these "A woman needs a skirt that clears
the deck and easy shirtwaists.
Luncheon has now become "tifin, and
curries kumquats Bombay duck and chut-
ney have taken the place of our milder
regimen. After luncheon, reading, sewing,
lOunging. a possible siesta, and then ar
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nature of function, after Wnlch prone
nading visiting, all leading up TO the great
social rite of the day-dinner.
For this every makes a full toilet,
following the example of the ship officers,
who come out Respondent in dinner jackets
and gold lace. Dress is not carried as far
as on the Asiatic coast where the ladies'
from Hong-Kong and Shanghai come TO
the table in lOw-necked gowns, but all are
expected to present themselves in fresh
and suitable garments. The American
women wear pretty silk waists, high, but
having a more or less festive air. Inc
men either wear dinner jackets or change
to black coats.
THE MISTAKE HE MADE.
An American consul in the East was
heard to boast that he the only man
on his ship who did not dress for dinner.
But was consul general" he added, with
pride He overlooked the fact that he had
the national reputation in his keeping, and
would be supposed to be accustomed to
the usages of polite life.
After dinner which is long and elaborate,
the evening is given to enjoyment This
routine, with it's necessary attention to
dress. is founded common sense. 1t
breaks UP the monOtony of days at sea,
allows people to settle down into a sem
blance of organized life, and relieves the
tedium of the voyage Indeed this ten
dency is sometimes carried SO far that pas
sengers put on bonnets and gloves TO at
tend religious service in the cabin.
For most voyages one prepares for cold;
for this. one prepares for heat. No one
can really know the full delight of sea
travel until she has foated over summer
seas in thin clothes. This Oriental trip
6ispenses with steamer rugs, heavy clothes
and furs, and leaves valuable space for
other necessary things To recapitulate,
one needs a suitable negligee, numerous
changes of underclothes, and if by any
possibility extra warmth Is needed ii is
best provided by lightweight fannels,
which occupy the least amount of space
One light cloth walking costume, with
half dozen shirtWaists, Will do for the vOy-
age by day. FOulard silk or nuns yelling
is most suitable for evening, as it will not
need pressing or have the freshness taken
out by the salt air. as muslins would. A
light cloth jacket a macintosh and hat
or cap with a brim meet all the greater
requirements of the voyage.
READY FOR EMERGENCIES.
The wise traveller never allows anything
of interest to escape him for the want of a
proper garment. and he wants to touch for
eign life at every possible angle. In the
East the exiles who speak of Home with
the largest capital letter cling tenaciously
to home customs AS the English are in
largest numbers at foreign ports, English
customs prevail. These people are hOspta-
BILE as we Americans scarcely conceive hos
pitality. To be we'll accredited at Homo
lulu affords an entree at Yokohama. From
Yokohama one is sent on like tagged
package TO NagasaM, Seoul, ChefOo
Shanghai, Hong-KOng. Each Is apt TO offer
social opportunities. 1t may be a garden
party Of the Emperor of Japan with i'm
perial grandees extending cOurteses. Per-
haps it is a Fourth Of July reception at
Seoul. where one mingles with strange
hated gentlemen in long white gauze coats
over colored silk slips. 1t may be formal
dinner at some Shanghai merchants, or .
naval reception of all nations. To avail
ones self of these one must have proper
clothes, as the social law is memorable.
A SUITABLE WARDROBE.
A wardrobe can be thus deliberately de-
signed and yet carried in the boundaries of
one trunk The following is recommended:
An evening dress of black net, which might
also be worn at dinner; an afternoon dress
of China silk. lace trimmed; cloth walk
ing dress and jacket; a muslin wrapper. a
short cloth skirt and Il bathing suit. On
the ship the captain may rig up a swim
needed at various coast resorts.
While baggage for ship travel is not a
serious matter, one does not want to be
burdened with more clothes than are nee
esSary, so il is advisable TO take only one
sort of costume for each occasion. An
added reason is that il is interesting TO re-
plenish ones wOrdrObe at various points
and furnishes quaint experiences among the
OrientalS.
on. the other hand; one wants to be well
provided with all the ribbons and gloves
likely to be needed for the whole trip as
such things are Unfortunately expensive. So
are pins, needles, Safety-pins. elastic and
those little cOnvenences on which comfort
so largely depends. When one is saving to
buy Curios il seems cruel TO pay 80 cents for
a bottle of ammonia and . cents for a little
Jar of vaselne 1t is fascinating TO bargain
with Chinese and Japs. but cold blooded
performance 10 pay out money TO the Eng
lish and German shops in the Orient
1t should be added that one need not take
laundering into consideration. I'm the East
il Is one of the great industries and is very
cheap. The limit of cheapness is reached
at Canton. where only l cent a piece is
charged Manila touches the highest point
at % cents a piece-this under the stimulus
of American ideas White duck pique and
flannel skirts can be nicely worn on ship
board. as the decks are scrupuously clean
White il preferred TO color in the East for
for the astute Oriental has acids.
Men i'm the East universally wear white
duck suits and have a fresh one for every
day IL Is these same fresh dazzling clothes
that make the women look so daintily cool
however they may feel. Indeed. coming
into this land of immaculate clothes the
man or woman from the western hemi-