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!. me world $ fdlr Is meaning a lot
l'oftraveling this year to many people
who haven't always had the summer
traveling bee in their bonnet, and
who don't. as q rule, mind resting
and enjoying the comforts OF home
ID fhesWarm weather.
20 these wise home-staying
folks lt'sa bit pulling sometimes to
plan 70 take an unexpected journey
without having the pleasure spoiled
blythe trouble OF getting ready to go
and the actual worry Of the trip.
With women, very much OF the
comfort Of travelling depends upon
clothes. Selecting the right clothes,
making them comfortably and APP
Iprepriately, having the little con-
veniences in dress that are not al
ways absolutely necessary at home.
There must not he easily wrink-
led wash goods, things that are ha.d d
TO do up. Yet some wash things
are necessary for hot days and for
long train trips.
Besides clothes, toilet convenien-
ces must be taken. You will find
only such comfort in soaps and
creams and lotions as you take
with you. And you cannot keep
fresh and from travel stain without
some watchfulness and good groom
fling.
For your much to be- worn, all
around, useful dress get Mohair, a
fine quality plain or figured. Make
it with short skirt, gored or tuck
ed, not plated, and with loose,
half-length North, or circulor sac
que belt at the back. Line the coat
with exactly the same shade of silk
and leave the skirt unlined.
Have two petticoats of pongee or
grass linen, the latter is four times
cheaper; and wear tan shoes and
stockings and dogskin gloves.
With this suit, have one pongee
waist, two of butchers linen, one of
white wash silk and one of dark cot
ton cheviot Do not get a stock of
percale or null or lawn waists, that
are never, under most favorable cir
cumstances, fresh more than one
day. Have one dark crush leather
belt, and two linen that will wash.
Linen collars, plain aud siarched,
are the neatest neckwear, and can be
made fresh in few hours at any
port, but If they are too uncomfort
able, wear simply riding stocks or
a dark ribbon the color oJ the frock,
with numerous fresh turnover
bands, plain.
A stitched linen hat, with a POM
pom. dark veil, or plain soft felt,
the latter for along trip.
No linen duster. they are fashion
able again, but crush in one wafm
hour, and no light colored linen
suit and white shoes, never. Ifyou
wish TO visit little as well as ira
vel, or il you are to be with friends
at the end of the journey, there are
more clothes of course, q plated
short taffeta skirt, with fancy wash
waists and pretty lingerie hat and
patent leather ties. Or a pongee
shirt-waist suit with some pretty
hand embroidery But these are
extras.
If you want to travel with as few
clothes as possible. you can do much
towards keeping a small supply of
waists and stocks fresh and clean
yourself. Wash waists and pongee
and cotton cheviot, and all sorts OF
turnover collars, handkerchiefs and
stockings wash easily and perfec-
tIy.
In a bowl of cold water put a
teaspoonful of borax and leave arti-
cles to soak half an hour, then get
bowl of hot water, add the same
amount of borax. rub lightly, rinse
in clear cold water. and your wash
ing is over. The stockings and
wash-silk waists do not need iron
ing at all, the collar bands and
handkerchiefs viii dry il patted on
widow pane and the pongee and
cheviot waists you can smooth with
an iron, heated over gas or alcohol,
or you can get the chanbermaid TO
press them for few cents a piece.
A grass linen petticoat can be worn
without pressing, and none OF these
garments require starch. So your
laundry bill, with tlepure borax
comes TO about ten cents a week,
exclusive of white things"
II you limit yourself to gauze
knitted suits. these too can be neat
ly done up by home talent.
Smartly comfortably dressed, with
knowledge of how to keep so with
out much trouble Ior expense, the
next important step to insure plea
SAINT travelling is the right packing
of your dress s-suit case. You must
have bath. gown of some pretty
goods, flannel or cotton crepe. The