Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27
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LITTLE ARTICLES THAT MAY BE
USEFUL TO VACATIoNIsTs.
Written for The Star.

Written for The Star.
Vacation days will soon be here. aud with
them the exodus OF friends and acqlaint-
ances summer trips and travels. with
the thought of separation even for a. few
short months. however; comes always a
tinge of regret. and every woman, no mat
ter how much she may be looking forward
10 days of freedom and outdoor pleasure for
herself. feels that she wants to keep IN
touch with absent: friends who are of for
a good time in distant ways and places.
Some little token made by friends own
hands Is the best and surest means of do
Ing this, and the clever woman is she who
discovers new and useful article which
will prove of unexpected comfort and serv.
Ice to the traveller. Whatever her novelty
may be. though, she should see that II is
simple and easily faundered. Nothing Is so
out OF place in the vacationist's trunk as u
collection of fancy silk and pasteboard ar
ticies, which too elaborate to be prac-
tcal and becoming easily soiled after sev<
eral packings, are not fit for further use.
The most charming among the usual
membranes which a woman can make bS
hand Is a lingerie pillow. No traveller,
whether she be bent toward sea or land
voyage, or has her summer planned for
rest and ease at some quiet resort, viii
take more genuine comfort with anything
than with one of these light soft head rests.
They come in handy on all occasions. The
chance nap in the hammock or the wooing
of sleep on the hard hotel bed makes them
an object of usefulness which is almost IN
dispensable. especially when conveniences
are not readily obtained.
These small pillows are shaped In all sorts
of attractive ways-hearts, obongs, squares
and triangleS-all finding their counterpart
in pieces of linen or cambria filled with
masses OF downy feathers Most of the pill
low cases show q delicate blue pink laven-
der or green color, and when a mercerlzed
material is used they give the effect OF
tinted satin through a sheer linen slip. The
latter lingerie protection In its many Diff
ferent forms has a fascination all its own
and its feminine dafntiness is the secret of
the pillows popularity as a parting gift
to the traveller.
The prettiest slips are built Of white mus
lin or batiste, and show a three-inch frill
all the way around the edge. This gathered
ruffie IS in turn finished with a triple-fold
half-inch hem topped by fine hemstitchinS
On the heart-shaped slips deep lettered
monograms are embroidered in satin stitch
directly in the center while other covers
show delicate traceries of violets forget-me-
nots or a single orchid resting demurely
off at one side. Other lingerie slips are
circular in shape and the muslin or linen
is ser off by an occasional Hamburg me-
dallioq from underneath which the white
material has been cut out to reveal glints
of colcr through the open-work design.
For hard usage these slips are built of
lieved around the edges by two-inch bor-
der of porcelain blue, strawberry red or
leaf green linen. faggoted to projecting
fold of the slip itself.
Aside from the lingerie pillow there ara
numberless bags of linen with silk or cot
ton tape-bound edges which can be made
for holding the travellers curling tongs,
sOiled lawn accessories and any of the other
thousand and one adjuncts of the up-to-data
womans toilet. The very newest bags for
this purpose show a wide heading shaped
on either side like rose leaf. This is lined
with a plain color, which gives a touch or
brightness to the more plain linen bags or
matches the pattern In a bag of bright
Powered denim. --.
Lastly, there is the lingerie pinchshion.
which is miniature imitation of the lin
gerie headrest. and every traveller finds a
new friend in this very dainty accessory.
No article receives harder handling on a
journey than a pIncushion, Nevertheless.
with its adjustable lawn slip, which is last
ened on over the cushion itself by the tiniest
OF buttons and buttonholes, IL .can be kept
as fresh and immaculate miladts finest
kerchief, while at the same time there -
no regret at spelling its daint!ness by count
less pin prfcks.