South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-24
Preparing For Your
Summer Vacation
Sense of Cleanliness and
Comfort Will Do as Much
for You as Trip Itself.

To some it may seem early to be
talking about vacation Journeys. but
| il is not only 10 the summer vacation
that this little talk has reference; it
applies also to the weekend trips one
takes to rest the mind and body after
| five or six days of hard toll. Such a
short visit is truly an intermission of
prOcedure-which is one meaning of
! u vacation
For the health, beauty and COM
fort Of the individual it is expedient TO
make practical preparations for the
| journey TO be taken. A sense Of COM
! fort and cleanliness has a wonderful
effect upon the disposition and since
congenial and happy disposition is
essential TO outward beauty, it be-
hooves every reader to bear the fol-
| lowing suggestions in mind:
There are times during the Journey
when one would like to rest the head
| for few minutes. A feather or pine
filled pillow cannot always be in
Guided in the travelling bag because
there isn't enough room, but I know
| Of one woman who always takes an
air pillow away with her on her jour
neys, especially in the summer. She
says that it is of great service on ex-
| tremely hot nights, when a feather
need of some kind of an elevation
for the head.
To Rest the Eyes.
Have you ever been travelling over
land or water and had the sunlight
blind your eyes so that your face was
drawn up INTO thousands Of tiny
wrinkles? If foretkought had been
your middle name you would have
taken on your journey a pair Of dark
glasses that were large enough to
keep the rays of the sun from reach
ing your eyes. The next time you so
off en- journey do not forget TO take
along a pair of dark glasses. At the
| seashore they are a great blessing
when one is sitting or walking on the
beach. Remember that the habit of
| drawing the face up into hard lines
is fine beginning for permanent
wrinkles. And you don't want them,
1 know
n small quantity of alcohol should
he carried on the journey; also a sup
ply of absorbent cotton. By bathing
the face with the cotton, saturated
with alcohol you will cleanse the skin
and feel wonderfully refreshed for
tine rest of the trip. After each ap-
plication of the alcohol the cotton
can be thrown away without any
sense of wastefulness.
Make Pullman Apron.
Out of kindness for your fellow
travellers and for your own conven-
fence you should by all means have a
Pullman apron to accompany you on
your journey. The kindness will be
demonstrated by your having all your
toilet articles conveniently tucked
away, so that when additions are over
you will be ready to leave the dress
ing room and will not have TO spend
several minutes picking up the vari-
Gus articles. You can buy a Pullman
apron or you can make one from rub
beriZed cretonne
Do not fail to include a medicine
case of modest size in your baggage.
Perhaps you viii not have need for it
en- every journey, but you remember
] the old saying about the ounce OF pre-
vention There are all sorts of medi-
cines that might be packed into the
| case, but every person knows her
| own weakness best, and is the only
one to decide what shall be tucked
into the case. One thing that should
not be forgotten, however, is aromatic
spirits Of ammonia. Although you
may not need 1t, you might have an
opportunity to play the good Samari-
tan to one or more of the travelling
company. The leather cases are
rather expensive, so that if you wish
to secure something that costs a little
y
a case of rubber-lined material
New Kind of KimOno.
Instead of the usual kinonO a Wom-
an will feel less conspicuous If she
will wear one Of the new pongee
kimonOs which resemble a pongee or
linen buster. Indeed, they are so
much alike that the new kimono
might we'll be worn on an automobile
drive. Some of the kinomOs are pro-
vded With hoods. 1t would be prac-
teal to have one of this variety, for
| then the hood could De slipped over
| the head in place of a ooudoir cap as
| one passes from her berth TO the
| dressing room.
When travelling with children it is
good idea to slip a cover-all apron
| over their dresses so that at the en1
| Of the journey they will look 5ust as
clean as they did at the beginning. Do
not forget TO prepare some sort of
! amusement for the children. Rail-
road Journeys are tiresome to grown
| ups, and they must be more so to the
little ones
1t is also advisable TO have pieces
| of cheesecloth or crepe in your trav-