The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-27
To Europe in a Suit Case

More and more people who travel
abroad carry their clothes in suit
cases. for the simple reason that suit
cases can be inexpensively and easily
transported from place to place
Porters are always at hand 10 relieve
the traveller of his burden for n few
pennies or sous. or whatever the small s
coin of the land may be named. There
are no troublesome waits for baggage.
no loss OF trunks, which have been
carelessly directed to the wrong place,
and no heartbreaking struggles to i'm
press the name OF your destination in
your own language on the welI-mean-
ing baggage official, who knows that
name only In his inconprehensible
tongue The traveller with suitcases
travels blissfulfy from place to place.
| independent of strange languages, bag
gage officials and the methods OF OK
press and checking companies in dir
ferent lands.
Some things will be needed on board
| steamer which will not be needed again
until the return voyage is begun. These
can be put in tho steamer trunk, and
the trunk can be checked or stored at
the dock OF the returning steamer
When you reach 1t after your Journey
| iS ended. with numerous small baskets
and bundles and packages and boxes
I you can stow them all safely in its
capacious reaches for easy transporta-
ton across the water and to their des-
ttnation in this land, where the ways
OF tho expressmen. though strange, are
nevertheless we'll understood
! Never make the mistake of wearing
travelling clothes on board ship. Have
special old suit of moderately heavy
| and durable material. or have serge
dress and an old coat, or an old skirt
with its necessary complement of shirt
! waists and coat Deck wear is hard
on all clothes The sea salt takes their
trfmness and freshness away, and many
| hours spent bundled In q steamer chair
| NIL them with wrinkles So, IL the
travelling suit ia worn on board steamer
1t is a sad wreck by the time the
shores OF Europe come in sight.
These deck clothes with steamer rugs
and cushions and perhaps a special
dinner dress for wearing on the ocean,
can all be packed at the end OF the
journey and sent to the return dock.
! Wolfe is perhaps the best material for
| wear on the ocean or at the seashore
Lingerie dresses. unless you have many
OF them, are useless on the ocean, for a :
| short contact with salt air takes away
their freshness. Chiffon, silk and even
durable crepe de chine soon look slinky
and wrinkled In the salt air. But
moisture seems to go right through
| a
| leave II looking fresh as ever SD
tho dinner dress for tho steamer might
| well be wolfe Whether il is utilized
AFTER you reach Europe or not is 81
matter decided by the amount of your
clothes and the number of YOUR suit
cases.
Your travel outfit can consist of a
well-ftting. rather plain suit with a
crepe de chine waist to match IL, dog
skin or washable channels gloves, good
boots. becoming hat and veil and be-
coming neckwear. Extra waists of
some sort should be carried Wash
white waists are not OF much use no.
cause they muss and wrinkle 40 easily
worn under coat. a white crepe de
chine waist--or several OF them-will
be round useful, because they do not
muss easily and can be cleaned for a
small fee--hardly more than 1t would
cost to have wash waist Numbered.
1t will often be possible to obtain
the services of chambermaid or some
| other hotel or pension employe to clean
| waists overnight Several cotton creme
waists will BIO found useful II they.
are plainly made and carefully washed
they can be worn without laundering
AS for the rest OF your travelling OUT
At. take too little rather than too much.
1t Ia better to take full purse and
nh empty bag than to so laden down
with baggage and without few spare
dollars TO spend on clothes az you go.
This rule holds good In everything
but shoes-but do take enough shoes.
Even now that American shoes are
coming into fashion in Europe II Ia
hard to get shoes that are good look
ing and comfortable. according to our
standards. Take Two or three pairs
Of walking boots-one low and two
high. If three pairs are taken-a pair
OF evening shoes and a comfortable
pair OF bedroom slippers.
dinner dress OF some sort will
naturally form part OF your supply.
1t had better DO dark and durable, for
travelling is hard on clothes. Another
dinner dress or an evening dress can
DC bought In Paris If you find that you
have many evening engagements. A
heavy travelling coat and a sweater can
be bought In London. If you have a
cnance to 90 some motoring silk or
linen buster and veil can he bought
anywhere at prices not exceeding those
charged on this side OF the Atlantic
Wherever You arc you can buy what
ever you need to replenish your ward
robe. and SO you can come home with
some European clothes and YET not
feel that YOU have purchased anything
you did not need
Instead of Potatoes.
II dietitian. talking with a woman
who was lamenting the potatoes cut
from her diet list, advised her to sub
stitute macaroni. AS this is usually
supposed TO be fattening. directions for
cooking II must be carefully followed
BY boiling the macaroni an hour and
= a half. the dietltian says the injurious
ingredients are converted into a food
: that is nourishing, yet without starch.
; When used in a diet for obesity. it must
not he dressed with milk. merely with
little butter, salt and pepper
The woman thus advised ate maca-
: roni each evening for dinner. instead
! OF potatoes. yet lost twenty pounds
= In two months
9 May Day.
Among the ancient festivals which
this commercial age is crowdlng from
. the calendar Is Nav Day. This fact Is