The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-05

II is now the time OF year when
every man whose position gives
him a vacation looks up his summer
clothes and wonders what TO take with
him and what to leave behind. He
knows that it would be useless to take
along all that he owns, for nine men
out of every ten do not get more than
ten days or two weeks off in the hot
season, and it is not worth while to
lug a whole wardrobe about for so
short a time.
So the dress-suit case is the average
mans limit. His wife and daughters
pack trunk after trunk with things
that they will not wear, but the man
takes only what he feels sure he will
need, and all this must be got into
suit case. And in the packing of this
receptacle there is much more exact
science than most men know.
Jerome Skyes, the well-knOwn COM
edian, has lived in a grip for eighteen
years and has finally got the science
of packing down to such a point that
he is willing to give a lecture on the
subject He made an extensive tour
through England, France, Germany
Switzerland, Belgium and many other
Europen countries and carried every
suit-cases. He found that, by reduc-
ing his packing to certain method,
he saved time, space, clothing and
worry.
The First Thing TO Do.
THE best way for me to tell you
about it," said Mr. Sykes, lis for you
to sit down and III pack my case
just as if l were going away to-day
for two weeks.
Here is my suitcase. 1t Is the or
binary affair except that l have false
lid, which contain receptacles for tot
let articles. If l am pressed for room
ana have a good deal to carry, l can
leave the lid at home, stuff the toilet
articles about the corners Of the case
and strap my shirts tightly against
the real lid, Now we will begin to
pack.
Suppose I am going to any sum-
mer-resort along the Atlantic coast.
In the first place, l shall need an extra
sack suit for every day wear to al
ternate with the one I have on. Here
is my extra suit l fold the trousers
much as you will find them on the
tables of any clothing store, only /
fold the seat inward, so that II Will
be out of the way.
There is one thing l want to i'm
press on you right here. Don't pack
your trousers with the idea that you
can take them out at the end OF
long journey and put them right on
You can't do it You can't pack cloth
ing along with a lot of other stuff and
keep the suit from becoming rumpled.
I made up my mind long ago that the
only object in folding a suit in a GER
tain way for packing it to save space
and not to save the appearance OF
the suit The first thing l do when
! land in a town is to send my extra
suit to the tailor and have it pressed.
After eighteen years l have found this
the only satisfactory way.
where 10 Place the Trousers.
Now, lay the trousers fiat in the
bottom of the case. Don't be too par
ticular about smoothing them out, ex-
cept where it will save space. If you
want to carry an extra pair of trousers
lay them right on top of these, only
have them turned in the opposite di-
rection. This win equalize space.
1--WE come to the waistcoat. Turn
1t inside out and fold it in half, the
crease coming in the middle of the
back. Then fold once more, this time
with the crease going down the side
from under the arm-hole. Lay it fiat
on top of the trousers
During all these operations, you
should watch out for little spaces that
are not quite filled. Put a handker-
chief a wash-cloth, a pair of socks
or any such small but necessary arti-
Gle in each of them. Before you know
it, you viii have all your small things
cared for without seeming to give
them any room at all. Utilize every
inch in this way.
Solving the Coat Problem.
Nov for the coat. This is a far
more serious proposition, but believe
have solved il successfully. There
are dozen or more ways of folding
coat, the advocates of each asserting
superiority, but almost all of them
look to keeping the garment smooth
and unmussed, while, as I have said
my one and only object is to put il
into as small space as possible with
out pressing it into pulp.
81 lay it fiat on the table and fold
the sleeves over at the elbow, so that
the cuff lies over the shoulder Then
turn up the collar and fold each side
Of the coat over until the edges meet
and the cloth side of the coat is out
Of sight, the lining only being ex-