Evening star., 1901-09-07

| blance of organized life. and relieves tho
tediousness of the voyage. Indeed. this
tendency Is sometimes carried far that
passengers put on bonnets and gloves to
attend 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 travel
until she has fioated over summer seas in
thin clothes. This oriental, trip dispenses
with steamer rugs. heavy clothes and furs,
and leaves valuable space for other neces-
sary things. To recapitulate. one needs a
suitable negiige, numerous changes of un-
derclothes, and IL by any possibility extra
warmth is needed It Is best provided by
lightweight fiannels, which OCCUPY the
least amount OF space One light cloth
| walking costume. with half dozen shirt
waists, will do for the voyage by day. Foul
lard silk or nuns yelling is most suitable
Tor the evening, as 1t will not need pressing
or have the freshness taken out by the salt
air, as musiins would. A light cloth
jacket, macintosh and hat or cap with a
brim meet all the greater requirements of
the voyage.
Delightful HospitaIities.
The wise traveller never allows anything
OF interest to escape him for want of a
proper garment, and he wants to touch
foreign life at every possible angle In
the east the exiles. who speak of home
with the largest capital letter, cling tena-
ciously TO home customs. As the English
are i'm largest number at foreign ports,
English customs prevail. These people are
hospftable as we Americans scarcely con-
ceiye hospitality. To be well accredited at
Honolulu affords an entree at Yokohama.
From Yokohama is sent on like a
tagged package to Nagasaki. Seoul. Chefoo.
Shanghai. Hong Kong. Each is apt to Of
fer social opportunities. 1t may be a gar
den party of the Emperor of Japan. with
imperial grandees extending courtesies.
Perhaps 1t is a Fourth of July reception
at Seoul, where one mingles with strange
hated gentlemen in long white gauze coats
m he n nj
dinner at some Shanghai merchants s. or a
naval reception OF all nations. To avail
ones self of these one must have proper
clothes, as the social law is memorable.
A wardrobe can be thus deliberately de-
signed and yet carried within the bound
aries OF one trunk. The following Is rec
commended: An evening dress of black satin
and net, which might also be worn at din,
ner; an afternoon dress of China silk, lace
trimmed; cloth walking dress and jacket:
muslin wrapper, short cloth skirt and a
bathing suit. On the ship the captain may
rig up a swimming tank and the bathing
suit is also needed at various coast resorts.
Only One of a Kind.
While baggage for ship travel is not a
serious matter, one does not want to be
burdened with more clothes than are nec-
essary, so it is advisable to take only one
sort of costume for each occasion. An add
ed reason is that 1t Is interesting to re-
plenish ones wardrobe at various points
and furnishes quaint experiences among
the orientals.
On the other hand one wants to be we'll
provided with all the ribbons and gloves
likely to be needed for the whole trip,
such things are inordinately expensive. So
are pins, needles. safety pins, elastic and
those little conveniences on which comfort
SO largely depends. When one is saving
to. buy curios it seems cruel to pay 30 cents
for a bottle of ammonia and % cents for a
little jar of vaseline. 1t is fascinating to
bargain with Chinese and Japs, but a cold
blcoded performance to pay out money to
the English and German shops in the
orient.
1t should be added that one need not
take laundering into consideration. In the
east it Is one of the great industries and is
very cheap. The limit of cheapness is
reached at Canton, where only one 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 nice
ly worn on shipboard the decks are
scrupuously clean. White is preferred to
color In the east for daily wear since it
cannot fade in washing, for the astute or
iental has acids,
Fresh Every Day.
Men in the east universally wear white
duck suits and have a fresh one for every
day. 1t is these same fresh, dazzling
clothes that make the women look so dain-
tiy cool. however they may feel. Indeed,
coming into this land of Immaculate clothes
the man woman from the western hemi-
sphere is apt to seem frowsy and a little
unkempt. MARY GAY HUMPHREYS.