The Washington herald., 1911-02-23

ture books for them, and then even
long and tedious journey need not be
feared. Even paper dolls and dolls house
furniture need not he despised. while
box OF ColOred beads and some needles
and thread will keep many a wee girl
occupied and happy for hours. 1t is not
wise to encourage children to look too
long at a time out of the window, since
the whirling landscape. whizzing past
has a tendency to make the little eyes
ache. Besides this, one has to remem-
Der that. when the windows are open.
Cinders from the engine often fly in.
causing the child discomfort; indeed.
have known instances where a case of
quite serious Inflammation has occurred
A tiny cameIs hair brush should always
he carried when travelling with children.
as this will remove the irritating smut"
quickly.
A capital plan to pursue when taking
children on a long journey is to make
up number of novel packets or ''mys-
terry envelopes" one to be given to each
child, say, once every half hour 1t
helps very much with the fun. too. if the
article inclosed is wrapped up in fold
after fold of paper as the children be-
gin to wonder when they will arrive at
the prize. Sometimes it may be a few
sweets. sometimes a picture puzzle. a
trinket, or a tiny mechanical toy, the
latter never failing to give delight
A muCh-traveled lady. who had the
reputation of arriving at her journeys
end as though she had Travelled in the
proverhial bandbOX. once showed me a
tiny travelling case. without which she
never joUrneyed. This held a mirror in
the lid. there were tiny cases for hair
pins both the visible and invisible
kind: there was rice paper. a neat little
rubber-lined case. in which was a tiny
sponge. and there was a small bottle of
eau de cologne. She assured me that
just before the journeys end all she did
was 60 sponge nor face lightly with this
and rub on a little eau de cologne. and
she felt quite fresh and looked so as
well while the spare hairpains quickly
rendered any stray locks of hair quite
neat and tidy. In another little recep-
tacIe of the same case, she had a clean
collar, neatly rolled up. with fresh lace
jabot. ready fixed and kept neat with tis-
sue paper.
have heard other women deplore their
untidy. heated, or soiled condition when
travelling, and often have thought how a
little forethought such as she showed
would render this quite unnecessary. and
add a considerable amount of comfort
to the traveller herself.
There can he no doubt that the at
fractions of Switzerland in the winter
season grow with every year. Those who
went before are eager to go again. and
each season new visitors make their ap-
pearance, who in turn fall victims to
what rightly has been called the winter
sports habit"
Mrs. Asquith, who was spending the
winter at Murren. has shown that she
is no exception to tho rule. And GER
tainly 1t must be a delight to be able
to escape from the fogs and dampness
OF London to the brilliant sunshine the
glittering SHOWS. and the wonderfully ex-
hilarating air Of the Alps Mrs Asquith
was accompanied by her son and daugh-
ter, and, no doubt, TO them Murren was
like a holiday paradise. But there was
a drawback, as the reopening' of Parlia-
ment irrevocably called Mrs. Asquith
home.
1t was only during the present season
that Murren has been opened for the
regular winter sports. II has long been
known to British and Continental visitors
as most charming summer resort. II
is $500 feet above sea level, and 1t was
this altitude which has commended II
as an ideal place for winter sports.
There is an excellent skating rink. with
facilities for curling and hockey as well
as for all of the marvels of outside and
inside edge" The toboggsning Is fine
and there are excellent opportunities for
studying the difficult art of skiing.
FLANEUR.
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