Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-21
What you will Need for the st.
Louis Exposition.

In preparing TO go 10 St. Louis IL must
be remembered that the weather is al
ways very hot there even late in the fall,
so that clothing should be thin and light.
Let us suppose that you are going to be
gone ten days or two weeks and that
your journey each way will occupy from
"a to 4S hours. Many people think,
that in travelling they will save trouble
and expense by taking their clothes in
valises which they can carry. This is
all right for trip of day or two, but
the clothing needed for as much as a
week in summer necessitates a valise so
large and heavy that woman cannot
carry it without great effort and certainly
should not. 1t follows that porter's
fees to lift it on and off the trains, to
carry it into and out of hotels, make it
cost as much to move as trunk and oil
the inconvenience besides. A small
steamer trunk holds nicelya comfortable
amount of clothing aud a moderate sized
steamer trunk will do for two.
If, in any case you wish to economize
space and weight in your luggage, you
can have a travelling suit, the jacket OF
which will serve as wrap with any
gown and thus avoid carrying another.
Or you can have silk jacket that will DO
suitable to use in travelling should you
need it and equally appropriate for all
occasions. The travelling dress should
be of material that does not crush or
show soil. Nothing is better than wolfe,
brown, blue or tan. This with jacket
to match Elton of course), or silk one
should be worn with shirt waists. For
the train the most serviceable waist is
dark China silk. 1t is as cool or cooler
than cotton, shows no soil, and may be
washed without injury. Blue, black OF
brown is equally pretty. Have stock
collar of the same with tie ends and wear
white turnovers with it. Or, if prefer
red, linen collars are nice and are cooler
than the silk because they don't cling so
close to the neck. Another nice ma
terial for the travelling dress is pongee
self-colored OF blue. This is more
dressy and would want to be made in a
shirt-waist suit, not jacket. Or a
foulard silk shirt-waist suit would be
excellent. Of collars a clean one is
needed for every day, in hot weather,
perhaps twice a day, and if white shirt
waists are worn land they are the nicest)
fresh one is needed every day. Suits
of linen, brown and blue, of chambray
and of alpaca are all nice.
Besides the travelling suit take an extra
dress skirt or two, say black one and
one of wash goods which perhaps has a
waist to match. Indeed, nothing could
be nicer than pretty cotton shirt-waist
suits for wearing in the Exposition of
morning. For week you will find one
change of underclothes will be enough
1t is best to have another pair of shoes
well broken in, for standing about the
fair is very firing and nothing rests the
feet like changing the shoes. The trav'
cling hat can be made to do for the en-
tire trip. 1t should be of straw-brown
blue, black or self-colored-the last il
the best for wear, and its trimming
should be something that will go with
anything.
1t would be possible to reduce this
list by having wolfe suit with jacket
one dark China silk waist and one or two
wash waists, using the one skirt all the
time. You can do this and keep very
dainty and tidy at the same time and al
the things would then 60 in a suit cast
or small valise. Do not forget to take
needles, pins, thimble and black ant
white cotton. Also small bottle o
spirits of camphOr or flask of whiskey
The change of water and food is Otter
felt unpleasantly. A few drops of cam
phor will regulate such difficulty speed
lily. An umbrella and pair of rubber'
or sandals closes the list of necessaries.-
Elk.