The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-05

: posed. once more I fold it over so
| that ii makes a long and narrow bun
! die. Then final fold, not vertical
this time, but horizontal Lay it in
| the case with the rounded side against
! the side of the case, aud the collar in
! the middle. This will leave a deep
| hole in the other half of the case.
! IF you are going to take another
suit-say a TuXedo-put the coat in
this hole. That will once more make
the surface level, and you can lay
your trousers and Waistcoat on top.
Don't forget that. during all this time.
you have been finding little places for
stuff1ng handkerchiefs and neckties
and socks and such things. so that we
shall have to pay no further attention
to them.
If you don't care to take an extra
suit, you can get no end of pajamas
and underclothing into that hole where
the coat would go. These things will
pack down we'll and you should get
two suits of pajamas and two or three
suits of undertaking into the space
occupied by coat.
The Art of Packing Collars.
1T is always difficult to pack col
lars satisfactorily. If your collars are
of the 'stand-up' variety, they will fiat
ten out and can be stuffed down the
sides, or laid here and there in the
creases of the clothing. But if they
are turn-downs' they will not straight
en- out well and will have to be packed
curved.
Il do il in this way. I simply put
one end of a collar under the coat and
leave the other end tapping free, pack
ing things under it as | go along. You
see, the collar takes the curve of the
coat and the coat is solid enough to
keep ii from being crushed and mussed.
BY spreading the collars judiciously
you can pack a dozen without much
trouble. But when you arrive at your
destination, take them out Immediate
ly, for a little shifting of ballast will
put them out of business. During the
rest of the packing you will have to
be careful of the Tapping ends and
pack things under them. When you
have finished, lay a shirt over every
thing and put the collar-ends into the
collar of the shirt for protection.
Now you want your bedroom slip
pers, but don't simply stuff them in
with the idea of getting them out of the
way. We will use them as bottle pro-
tectors. Wherever l go I carry a bot
tie of witch hazel for shaving and a
bottle of tooth wash. Put a bottle
into each slipper, squeeze them into the
sides of the suit case and you have
the best bottle protector in the world.
Since l have used this method l have
used no other, dear doctor.
And now I come to another little
idea of my own. 1t has to do with the
razor-strop. You see, it is one of those
kind with a heavy wooden center piece.
the strops drawn. taut on each side. I
admit that this takes up more room
than the ordinary strop that you can
roll up and stuff in a corner, but l put
one razor on each side of this and 1t
makes an excellent raZor-case.
The Last Thing of All.
you will want an extra pair of
shoes. For a summer trip you should
have one pair of low shoes and one pair
of high. Wear the high on your jour
ney, for the low take up less room in
the grip. BE careful not TO pack them
so that they can soil anything.
Now lay your clean negligee shirts
over everything, put brushes, combs,
toilet articles and such things in the
compartments in the lid, and we are
about ready to start for the train.
Two things however, l have left to
the last because l always like to have
them where l can get at them easily.
One is my revolver; the o,ler is my
check-book OF course, If neither is
loaded, you needn't bother, but 1 al
ways carry them.
Pull your straps taut, shut the
case, lock II, and shake hands good
bye, for you are all ready.
Lets see what we have managed 20
get into the case and you win find
yourself pretty well provided for two
weeks trip.
You have two complete extra suits,
extra shoes, socks, underwear pajam-
as, shirts, collars, neckties, handker-
chiefs, slippers, outing cap or soft hat,
rolled into a small space, shaving uten-
sils, all the necessities of the toilet
safely preserved from harm, and your
revolver and check-book.
IAN aboard for the seashore!"