Evening star., 1924-07-04
FOR A SUCCESSFUL VACATION.

To make them pliabe again, soak them
| for about an hour in warm, soapy water.
| Then hang them up, and when almost
dry give them liberal application of
| like new. If leather trunks and straps
are badly stained, the most disfiguring
marks can be removed by applying with
a rag a little oXalic acid, which can be
| bought for few cents at drug store
Train Journeys.
|. Avoid a hurried, heavy meal and rush.
| ing for the train. IL you suffer from
train sickness, do not ride backward
Wear small hat, which can be re-
| moved while on the train. Wear COM
| Portable shoes. Nothing is more tiring
| than standing around or rushing after
| porters . and baggage in new shoes
| Don't look out of the window too much
| This often causes eye strain and train
sickness Battle the eyes occasionally
with weak solution of boric acid pow
| der and warm water. A slice OF lemon
will help to keep train sickness away.
If children are in the travelling party
and lunch is taken for them, see that
| a moist filling is used for sandwiches
such as cheese and tomato, or egg
and cress Sausage rolls, ham or fish
sandwiches are liable to create thirst
more quickly than other kinds, and are
not good for children, as il is some
times impossible to get them drink
until the end of the journey.
| MANY people find that reading on the
| train is tiring to the eyes. This is be-
| cause the Swaying OF the pages makes
steady reading impossible. The vibra-
tion of the train may be mucn reuucea
if the book is held in both hands and
| the elbows are pressed against the
hips. This will effectively steady the
hands and make reading quite easy
even when the train is travelling at
very high speed. BY following the same
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will be noticed that many conductors
in the dining cars hold their arms IN
this way when making out bills.
Keeping Cool.
However hot il may be, there are
ALWAYS cool places both at the Deach
and in the country II you ohis khuM
where to go. The coolest part OF me
beach is that when poraers the M
ocean A few yards back from the
ocean there is continual chanse Oh
air which is very refreshing put
higher up on the beach, when the AR
currents have passed over the sun
baked sands. the cool effect is iost-
ANY part of the beach backed by high
cliffs will usually be hot. If posi- PIE
select a spot on the beach where the
cliffs are rather low or there is
| break in the natural wall Even on
the sunniest days there Will oe d
lief here from the heat. The coolest
place of all on hot day is under an
| isolated tree in field. Here there
will be a deep shade and get the air
will have free access from all SIDES
Thick woods. although they anord
tempting shade. are often quite
stuffy. especially after a long speli
of hot weather.
The practice of allowing children To
go hatlcss in the sun for too long
time is dangerous, not only on ac-
count Of the possibility of sunstroke,
but because of the bad effect on the
eyes An erroneous idea is that the
hair is improved by discarding hat,
especially In the case of fair-halred
children. Many mothers think that
by exposing the head to ,ne sun the
hair retains its light color. This is a
great mistake. The sunlight un-
doubtedly has bleaching action, but
It deprives the hair of its natural oil
and makes it as dull and lifeless as
un- -scorched grass. IT is air. not
sunlight, that child's hair needs.
# fairly open-meshed material l.
Lemon yellow. canary and orange are
the best colors for hat. or, what is
4 useful pair of bathing shoes can
fiber soles and two old stockings.
Place one of the soles on the inside
of each stocking, and sew it into
position with strong thread. A
slightly larger pair of soles should
then be sewed on the outside of the
stockings To make room for the
soles, it is a good plan to have stock
ings somewhat larger than those
usually worn.