The Washington herald., 1911-02-23
HON. English Women Travel in Comfort

Although il is repeatedly stated that
packing is reduced to a science nova
days and one is told that it is possible
to live in trunk. the average European
society woman, when going on a long
journey. gets into fuster and worries
every one within reach. That some wOm-
en- are born travellers goes without say
ing; they seem to know precisely what
they will require and where to put it,
while any unnecessary or useless article
is sternly left alone. But there are
others to whom travel and packing is as
much an Upheaval as the average spring
cleaning.
The English woman who travels can
he distinguished, as a rule. from the
woman traveller" by her attire and by
! the luggage she carries. She who is
inexperienced to travel will don her old
| est and ugliest clothes and will meet
expostulations with the retort that ANY
| thing does for travelling That is quite
wrong, and the woman traveller" knows
| it. Wisely. she makes point of not only
| being comfortably and warmly clad, but
also sees to il that she looks we'll dressed
She is well-shod, and without burdening
herself with an accumulation of wraps.
takes with her one warm coat or cloak
which is not 200 shabby or so ultra
modish as to be conspicuous. Her hat is
such that she can lean back in COM
| fort without fear of crushing it. She
wears a finely meShed veil and her dress
is made to clear the ground all around.
so that there is no need to hold it up.
On a long journey which neceSstates
! travelling by night, she takes with her
wrapper which will not look conspicu
GUS, and black bed slippers, with a light
wcoIen wrap for her head. Rolled up
beside her she has what appears to be
! a music case, but this is a long sheet
Of linen with numerous little pockets,
each one lined with silk rubber. One
holds a rubber sponge or Turkish glove,
moistened with soft water and delicately
scented: another has nail brush. an
other a toothbrush. another a cake of
soap, and so on. Others hold tooth pow
der pins, buttonhook. brush and comb.
| clean collar, any jewelry which can
| be intrusted there, hairpins, and little
| housewife" containing needles and cot
| ton, thimble, tape, hooks and eyes, but
tons, and a pair of scissors. AS every
pocket is neatly labeled, dressing is
quickly accomplished.
| Hats may be packed securely by quite
| a clever little contrivance. which an
| American girl not too we'll blessed with
dollars discovered for herself. Two holes
should be punched in the lid Of the top
tray of the trunk and a yard of tape
run in. The hat is placed on this, top
up, of course, and then long hatpin is
pushed through it, as though it were
being put on the head, then over and
| above the hatpin the tape is wound,
which ties securely on the other side
OF the lid. This draws the hat brim
down tight and tissue paper can be
| tucked in nicely all around to keep 1t
absolutely taut and secure.
! BY the way. tissue paper should be
| used largely in packing, the sleeves of
gowns being filed with it. while twists
and coils of it should be used for guard
| ing any dress or blouse needing special
care.
|. I,iuuids may be carried very well while
travelling II. after corking down securely,
thew are placed in boxes well filed with
sawdust. Thus, II one needs bottle dur
ing the tourney, all that has to be done
/ is to shake out the sawdust on a
/ sheet of newspaper. as this can be re-
| nlaced after the bottle has been used. A
| well-known lady traveller, who had fire.
uuentIy suffered much annoyance by hav-
| ing bottles accidentally smashed by ma
ltives when journeying, in the Congo,
owned that this was a capital plan.
When travelling with small children
ones charges are apt occasionally 10
1 grow troublesome Before setting out on
/ a journey with little folk be sure to
provide some new kind Of toys or PIC