Evening star., 1926-05-21
Conveniences for Travel
Articles Which You May Make at Home Ado
Greatly to the Comfort OF the Person Who
Is Preparing for a Vacation Trip.

Travellers conveniences that can be
bought in the stores are mostly
made on the folding principle. In
addition to folding coat hangers there
are folding shoe trees and many other
useful articles. For refreshing one
self during a journey there is a neat
leather case lined with oiled silk ana
fitted out with soap, small face towel,
sponge and q miniature manicure set,
the whole folding into small space.
When dresses and blouseS are
packed in a suitcase. IL they are
folded carefully and placed in towel
which Is folded over them and pinned
at the ends they can be lifted. If neces-
Sary, without unfolding. Take with
YOU several white cotton bags or dlf-
ferent sizes, into which put shoes,
slippers, clean handkerchiefs. soiled
ones, hot water bag, and so on.
Things will be easier to handle and
will keep clean. Each bag may be
labeled by being worked In an outline
stitch. Always carry few coat
hangers and skirt hangers. They can
be pinned TO the curtains OF sleeper
on the train, thus keeping garments
from becoming wrinkled.
To guard against leakage in a
trunk from bottles containing liquid
cut fingers from old leather gloves
and pull them well down over the
corks, which should be we'll pushed
in. OF course, the best plan OF all IS
TO avoid putting bottles in 4 trunk II
possible.
For Toilet Articles.
To hold toilet articles you can make
q receptacle as follows: Take cir
cular piece Of linen 27 inches In di-
and sew brass rings about two inches
apart all around the edge and run
drawstring through. This is very
convenient holder. Everything can
be placed inside. the string drawn To-
gether. and there they are. yet when
opened and spread out the articles
can be found at once.
A Vacation Pillow.
A pillow carried by q strap thrown
across the shoulder and made with
two deep pockets on one side to hold
a book or other reading matter and
fancywork or other articles. can be
made from linen or cretonne or
shade or pattern that will not show
soil too soon. From the material cut
two pieces 181a inches square for the
pillow proper. and one piece ION
inches long by 1872 inches wide, with
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way if the material has an up-and-
down pattern. The third piece Is for
the pockets. Hem this piece one
half inch in all, and stitch fiat. Lay
II on one Of the 1874 inch pieces, with
the right sides Of both facing out.
The smaller piece will extend 10N
inches on the larger piece: Stitch
down the center of the smaller piece
to form two 9.inch pockets. Now put
turn the pillow wrong side out ana
stitch up the two sides and the bot
tom. Allow one-fourth inch for seams
on all sides, pockets included. Now
turn right side out again. Place an
1S-inch soft pillow inside, then sew
up the top to close the pillow. Make
a strap / inch wide and 20 inches
long from the material and attach II
to the top ends Of the pillow. rms
is a good pillow to carry on a picnic
or q day in the woods.
Cover for Light Suit Case.
Delicate straw and light canvas
suit cases and other light cases soil
quickly and are not easily cleaned.
For this reason It is a good plan
TO make a cover that can be slipped
over the case when being carried on
a dusty train, and which can be
easilv removed for washing. Heavy
brown linen, denim. crash or burlap
will serve the purpose very well. Inc
cover should be cut in three pieces,
one piece for each side, and @ strip
to go around lengthWise from one
end Of the handle to the other eno.
The edges should be bound with
braid, tape or other material or a
suitable shade. Straps of the same
goods as the cover, one on each siue
OF the handle. on top. and Win
buckles or buttons and buttonholeS,
make a satisfactory fastening.
Another plan is to make a large
envelope of the material selected, with
a large opening like buttonhoie
through which the handle of the stilt
case projects. and q button anu put-
tonhole to hold the projection which
corresponds to the flap of an envelope.
The cover is put on the suit case
through this flap opening. Neatly
embroidered initials impart a nnlsn
and decorative touch to any cover. IL
is q good plan to have two covers tor
each suit case, so that when returning
from a journey you can put on treSn
cover and send the other one to the
laundry.
Gift for o Traveller.
An ideal gift for q woman traveller
is the utility bouquet" This Is
simply a sewing outfit, made as attrac-
tive as possible. Darning cottons.
thimble, an emery ball filled with
needles, three buttons on q tiny card,
dress fasteners on q. card, groups OF
safety pins in all sizes in both black
and white, and all the necessities
usually packed in an ugly little sewing
outfit are in this case, half hidden In
The hearts of imitation roses, the
whole surrounded with a ruft1e OF lace
and finished with bow of ribbon. In
the center of the bouquet should be a
pair of scissors with a fluffy bow OF
silk gauze tied to the handle
The box in which such gift is de-
livered to a traveller should be as
elaborate as possible. A fancy ooS
such as florists use will do, or a box
of the proper size can be covered with
tlowered taffeta or organdy, or even
paper with a floral decoration. Part
of the pleasure of presenting trav
eler with such a gift Is to prepare the
box so that she will expect corsage
houuuet to be inside. An elaborate
box tied with silk gauZe ribbon or a
silk cord, will give this effect.
OF course, this sewing outfit may be
put up in as simple form as you
wish, according to the personal tastes
Of the recipient
A strip of canvas or other strong
clotb that fs about 16 inches wide by