Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-15


: turn out a suit in forty eight hours q
total cost of twenty dollars OF lesi
Not long since, over the customar
pot Of tea, half a dozen Wome
thrashed out this very subject Will
the phonograph in a neighborin
apartment accompanied their CONVEX
sacion with the Iazily suggestive
strains of Beautiful Blue Danube
waltz. How could you possibly man
age without a trunk" said she Of tn,
pendent jade earrings and elaborated!
coiffed hair to the tall woman il
mauVe who had just announced hel
belief in simplifying baggage. "Wha
did you do in the way Of hats? Sis
ter and | found it so necessary tC
nave at least one rather elaborate hal
4 for the evening table d'hote dinners
You always want to be well-dressed
| then" she ODtinued in a languidly su
periOr air. "Eut perhaps you did not
| stop at hotels"
we patrOnized pensions whenever
our stay in one place was a 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 were our choice Hats didn't
bother US here, | assure you. We
disliked the long, heavy table d'hote
dinners, particularly in England,
whore 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 ana a very MODEST change Of
gown"
Put you poor thin IS, You must
have been haIf-starvcd mos, of tIa
tine" coed she Of the jade pendcnc=.
shaking her head sadly. The m4Gye
lady smiled, as she recalled the cosy,
delightful nine o'clock suppers she had
enjoyed, with salads, game pasties,
aud 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
he matter dropped
It is a Vexed problem, this matter
of just what 10 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 a sleeper? Is the trip largely by
water? Do you intend to travel rap
idly with short intervals of rest at.
points of interest. or will there be fire.
quent opportunities for settling down
for a week or ten days here or there?|
With such factors to work upon the
problem should be solved, provided
advice from the traveller is not
scOlned.
A woman who knows the west very
well, and who is spending her summer
holiday in a leisureIy Journey through
Colorado, the Grand Canon, California,
and on to northern points in the Pa
cific with return by way of Canada,
explained to an inquirer her ward
robe for the trip. "An extension suit
case holds all I shall need, with a
small hand bag rOr the things I may
want at any mOmen5, and for the few
articles of value I have with me.
Knowing western hot weather ] am
wearing for the trip a coat suit,
plainly maze, of black mOhair, with al
hair line OF white. For cool G2ys Il
have a black mcssaline shirt waist,
lined. relieved by touches of viii. Z,
stitute a white linen waist or one of
white wash silk. I have six of these
in my suit case. A black hat, a mod |
est. bowl shaped affair. with white |
gardenias for trimming, completes my !
travelling costume For stage or car
riage rides I am taking a long pongee
coat that will stand alkali dust, and a
heavy chiffon veil of the same color to |
save the white gardenias from hope
less ruin. I have also rubber lined
rain coat of black silk"
In addition to this she has tucked |
into the suit case a One-piece black |
and white foulard with lace yoke and
sleeves. for hotel dinners. Modern
modes lend themselves to simple
hacking. and this particular sort of
gown can be folded into the smallest
possible space \ white pOngee made
in much the same fashion as the
fouIard and a white mohair skirt and
net waist round out the list of gowns. |
With the needed underwear and tot
let accessories the case is just com |
fortablv filled. OF course, several
white petticoats are out of the ques-
ton. SO in addition to the black one
worn in travelling. she carries one OF
white silk that will no, need frequen-
launderine Her dressing gown Is |
also OF light weight silk and she finds
il easier to put her ties and ribbons,
ha, dkcrchtefs. gloves, ana the like, IN
soft silk bags that can be adjusted TO-
corners than n uncomrromising boxes.
IN Truth. i. is in these minor de-
tails that most women err. Recently
one such foolish virgin wrestled over
a suit case to no purpose and then. in
despair. tumbled its contents upon the
bed and began again. Her roommate
looked aghast as boxes and bottles
and baskets strewe9 themselves over
the counterpane. mo wonder you
have trouble with so much useless
l,,Dlhpr" said she You haven't