The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-20
CLOTHES so
THEY WILL NOT CRUSH.

| IN HE wardrobe for this summers
vacation requires unusual care
in packing owing to the full
skirts and sleeves and the fluffy, easily
crushed material of which best gowns"
are made. The first thing to be done in
preparing for journey is to keep cool
and not become ratified. Quietly and
calmly think over what you will need,
everything you can recall, down to the
minutest article. Keep this in your
mind and. once more, keep your head
on, and the chances are that you will
not forget anything and will not pack
away in the bottom of the trunk any
thing you need to carry in your hand
bag.
If you have only one large trunk with
two trays put the heavy articles, such
as Shoes mountain climbing skirts and
extra wraps for cold weather, at the
bottom. Gradually fill in toward the
top with the things that will not be
hurt by tight pressing. Never forget
that you can put a third more in
trunk If the articles are folded fat in
stead of being rolled or wadded up in
an unsightIy bunch. Articles folded nat
and with the wrinkles carefully
smoothed out before packing are also
much less liable to be unused" than
when they are rolled.
In folding a skirt double it carefully
\ ct the middle of the back and middle
/ pf the front; then lay it upon a bed
Ii and smooth out all the wrinkles. If it
| is a skirt you are particular about, lay
p sheet of tissue paper upon it: then
fold it over that Put another sheet Of
Tissue paper upon it as it lies folded
land fold again If necessary. The tissue
ipaper is invaluable for preventing
clothing from being crushed. Stuffed
into sleeves and bodices when they are
packed it will keep them fluffy and
bouffant.
To fold a waist lay it upon the back
| put the fronts together and cross the
sleeves over the front. Put shirt waists
All together in the top box of the trunk
Small. light articles can be tucked
around them to steady them.
It is an excellent plan to tack tapes to
the sides of the trunk or tray and tie
them lightly over the dresses to keep
these in place Where this cannot be
done wrap without "nussing.' thin
muslin cloths around the folded gar
ments and pin them SO the pins viii
not get loose.
To meet the increased demand for
packing frail and fluffy gowns several
/ improved trunks and cases have been
| devised. Perhaps the best of these is
the closet trunk. BY an ingenious ar
rangement dresses and skirts are ac-
tually hung in it instead of being pack
ID fat. Hangers are provided, holding
he skirt at full length; then by anoth-
arrangement the skirt is kept exact
9 in place no matter which end or side
of the trunk is up.
Improvement is also noted IN the suit
case. The old time one was so heavy
that even empty it was ali a not robust
woman cared to carry. But a new one
has lately been put on the market
which a young lady, speaking after
the manner of her kind, declares IS "as
light as a feather" It is of foreign
manufacture and is made Of pigskin
stretched over a steel frame. For a,
cheap. clean, lightweight and fairly
durable suit case there is the one made
Of braided straw. Many of these are Of
telescope shape. SO called, and are fas-
tened with straps. They can be packed
till they hold as much as small trunk,
and even dress skirts, carefully folded
and laid fiat, may be carried in them.
For short journeys nothing is better
than this braided straw suit case.
KATHERINE BLADES