Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-22
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CAL KDAR
BY Frances Marshall
Trunks That Pack Themselves.

Copyright, 1917 BY the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
If you had magic trunk that
packed itself the task Of going away
from home for q visit or an extended
trip would seem rather easy, wouldn't
it? For packing is rather difficult and
almost always fatiguing. Recently q
woman who travels much spoke SO
lightly Of the task of packing that
asked her how she approached this
usually hard task SO bithely.
"A well furnished trunk really PACKS
itself" she said and after She had Civ
en- me a little demonstration by way of
packing her own trunk in my presence
| was convinced that she had found Il
magic trunk.
The whole secret seemed to be in
having 4 separate place for everything
She had 10 carry and although she did
not have i wan drobe trunk She had
made ~ her old fashioned trunk very
good imitation. In the first place she
had q heavy pastcboard box. just eX
actly large enough TO hold the hat she
wished 70 carry This box She had
tackled tightly 10 the bottom of the
trunk. The ftr3t thing then was to
place her kat il It's box. crown fore
most. and or top OF il, in the crown
and around She placed any number of
hight things, SILK stockings, hanlker
chiefs and wells. Then the cover went
on and Fastened III place by means Of
some tapes with Grcss-fasteners at
Jachcd
t5rs ~. Nor r.
.iod any books whatever in her trunk.
Instead uf having a separate hat
box, she @aiJ II have found it more
convenient % pack the only hat
carry Hith me il the trunk and either
TO carry in hanlhag the ono pr two
books | shall need or 10 ship them in
a separate case. The trouble with
nlany packers is that they Put too
many heavy objects In the bottom of
their trunks thinilip. THAI they will
stay where they are piaced--which of
course they won't"
And it doesn't much matter" went
on the packer, whether or not your
frocks and skirts are laid out straight
in the trunk OF not. ! have found it
even more satisfactory to lay the skirts
HttiiSill VI 'Iis i'Su anu tiicil IOAd liieIll
exactly in the middle and lay them
thus III the trunk. The trunk should
be filed full. and i'll SO far as possible
no heavy objects should be placed with
lighter ones. Shoes and slippers should
be slowed tightly in one of the upper
compartments and in another should
be any heavy toilet articles.
If you have a number of various
sorts Of very thin muslin or lowered
dimity cases for things your task will
be simpler still. One for your party
slippers. another for your brush and
comb, one for powder box and hair
pins and another for soaps and wash
cloths-that one lined with rubber But
in packing blouses and skirts and
dresses 1t Is better not to attempt to
put them in special cases or bags as
the most economical way with space
is to fit every garment into the space
that is most convenient, thin night
gowns and petticoats may be used to
protect fine or light dresses, and these
take UP no additional space in trunk.
A tightly-packeGe trunk is most to be
desired, but this should not also mean
heavily packed trunk. Remember
this when you are tempted to load
your trunk with books and writing
tablets, medicines and toilet accessor-
les that you may much more convent
emily buy as you need.