Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14

Testify. a deferential tailor, who's
limited English meets his customer
limited Italian on the common grounl
of an animated sign language, vii
turn out a suit in forty-eight hours a
a total cost OF twenty dollars or less
Not long since. over the customar,
pot of tea, half 4 dozen, womer
thrashed out this very subject while
the phonograph in a neighbours
apartment accompanied their CONVEX
sa-ion with the lazily suggest.
strains of Beautiful Blue Danube
waltz. How could you possibly man.
age without trunk?" said she of the
pendent jade earrings and elaborately
coiffed hair 10 the tall woman in
mauve who had just announced het
belief in simplifying baggage. What
did you do in the way of hats? Sis
ter and found i so necessary To
have at least one rather elaborate hat
for the evening table d'hote dinners.
You always want to be well-dressed
then, she continued in a languidly SUI
peTior air. But perhaps yoL did not
stop at hotels"
We patronized pensions whenever
our stay in one place was week or
more, except in Paris, where a small
French hotel on the Rue d'Autin was
our headquarters. Otherwise, in Eng
land Germany and Holland the better
hotels We're our choice. Hats didn't
bother us there, l assure YOU. We
disliked the long, heavy table d'hote
dinners, particularly in England.
where mutton is always the piece de
resistance, and gooseberry fool the
principal dessert. So we had a fairly
good lunch in the middle of the day,
and then hied us down to the more at
tractive late supper that demanded no
hat and very modest change of
gown
But you poor things, You must
have been half-starved most of the
time" cooed she of the jade pendents.
shaking her head sadly. The mauve
lady smiled. as she recalled the cosy,
delightful nine O'Clock suppers she had
:,
and all sorts of cold meats to choose
from, and fruit, jam, toast, and rolls.
tea and coffee as side issues. But
why argue with the sort of woman
| whose one idea in travel is to do the
hackneyed, conventional thing? So
the matter dropped.
1t is a vexed problem, this matter
of just what to choose, and only ex-
perience makes a wise decision posi-
BILE. The question must be settled ON
the promise of where one means to
go. Are you going to take a long
overland route, involving many days
in q sleeper? Is the trip largely by
water? Do YOU intend to travel rap
idly witt short intervals of rest at
points of interest or viii there be fire.
quent opportunities for settling down
| for a week ar ten days here or there
With such factors to work upon the
problem should be solved. provided
advice from The traveller is not
scorned
A woman who knows the west very
we'll and who is spending her summer
holiday in leisurely journey through
| Colorado, the Grand Canon, California
and on to northern points in the Pa
| cife with return by way of Canada
explained TO an inquirer her ward
robe for the trip. An extension sIit
case holds all I shall need, with d
small hand bag ror the things | may
| want at any moment, and for the few
articles of value | have with me
| Knowing western hot weather, ] an
wearing for the trip a coat suit
| plainly made, of black mohair with a
! hair line of white. For cool days
have black messaline shirt waist
lined relieved by touches of white
When the weather is hot | shall sub
| stitute a white linen waist or one OF
/ white wash silk | have six of these
in my suit case. A black hat, mod
est. bowl shaped affair. with white
gardenias for trimming. completes my
! travelling cos ume For stage or car
riage rides am taking long ponget
cost that will stand alkali dust, and
heavy chiffon veil of the same color K
save the white gardenias from hope
less ruin: I have also a rubber linet
rain coat of black silk
In addition 10 this she has tucked
into the suit case a one-piece hiacl
and white foulard with lace yoke AM
sleeves. for hotel dinners. Moderl
modes lend themselves to simpl
hacking. and this particular sort o
gown can be folded into the smalles
; possible space. A white pongee mad
in much the same fashion as tn
foulard. ana a white mohair skirt an
net waist round out the list Of gowns
With the needed underwear and to
LET accessories the case is Just con
fortablv filed. OF course, severa
white petticoats are out of the que'
, ton. so in addition 10 the black or
= worn in travelling, she carries one c
white silk that will no. need frequen
l laundering. Her dressing gown
also of light weight silk. and she nnd
il easier to pu- her ties and ribbons
hardkerchiefs. gloves, and the like
. soft silk bags that can be adjusted
corners than in uncompromising boXe
IN truth. l. is in these minor q
tails that most women err. Recent
u one such foolish virgin wrestled ov'