Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02

you WANT 10 KNOW HtdAA,
80 travel with him." runs the old
proverh,
i One may truthfully add, IF
you want TO Judge woman's
sense of dress, see how she looks when
she travels"
1t is not enough merely to see her
off in her new, freshly pressed suit
or coat, with hat that has not had
time to collect the dust, gloves Just
taken from their tissue paper cover
ing and shoes that have been put on
the first time that morning See her
when she reaches her destination
and then if you find her looking as
smart and fresh and well grooned
as you hoped she would-then YOU
may lay TO it, that she's really well
dressed woman.
Nowhere III the world can YOU find
people who travel SO much as Anleri-
cans, and even Europeans generally
viii agree that American women--at
lcsSt--are as a rule the best dressed
travellers III the world. In this respect
we have improved enormously within
the past few decades.
For one thing, American women have
come to realize the Importance of good
luggage. 1t was the men in most fami-
lies who blaZed the trail in this respect
and it has been my own experience
that until fairly recently the men have
been more willing to pay good prices
for their bass and boxes than have
their wives and sisters. Women used
to consider their luggage as they did
their unlbrellaS--as having nothing
whatever 10 do with themselves per-
Sonally. They were mere packing cases
and Ii didn't much matter what they
locked like SO long as they would hold
together during transit Now few wo-
n1>n are willing TO set out With cheap
mating covered suit cases and imita-
ton leather bags unless they cannots
possibly afford anything better. They
req lze that fairly or otherwise. wo-
man who travels is usually judged by
the sort of baggage the porter carries
after her. And they take a keen per-
sonal satisfaction in having 1t of the
best that they can afford.
There should be something rather
nonchalant in the appearance OF the
clothes that are chosen for travel, be-
cause the attitude that one finds agree
able in a traveller is precisely--noncha-
lance. which my dictionary tells me
means "a state of mind indicating
taunty indifference or unconcern."
No matter how well suited your things
really are to the vicissitudes of travel,
they must not lack that air of jaunty
unconcern-which is precisely what the
clothes of the globs-trotting English
woman-in her Serviceable tweeds, fiat
heeled oxfords and ShapeleSs felt hats
always lacked OF course there are
fewer of these dowdy English travellers
than there were a few years ago, but
they have made an impression on con-
tinental observers that will not soon be
forgotten.
So unless you are expecting to en-
counter a succession Of brigands or hur-
ricaneS or landsltdeS or something OF
that sort. there is no reason why your
travel clothes should be chosen with a
grim disregard of ornamental detail. 1t
is quite possible to choose out of your
regular wardrobe 1t is fairly well
planned-an ensemble that viii be en-
ttrley suitable for all sorts of travel.
Even for cold weather travel it Is
wiser to choose a cloth coat than one
of fur AS every one knows, fine fur is
not much improved by the dampnesS
encountered in travel by water. and the
dust incidental to travel by land GER
tainly does not brush out of fur coat
% readily as from one of woven mate
rial The shops and tailors are at pres
ent Offering type of coat known as
the sportS-travel coat, made usually
without fur, but as warm as you please.
Made of camel'S hair or one of the
smart new wooden mixtures, these coats
are not bulky and do not easily wrinkle
With a coat of this sort you may
wear fox fur scarf if you like, which
may be protected from dampneSs or
dust much more easily than a fur coat.
The thoughtful porter viii provide you