The Washington times., 1929-08-08


kindly ar Lady DrummOnd- Ha
ranged for me. We English
are supposed to enjoy sitting
in draughts, everyone tells me,
and my choice of No. z goes
unchanllenged!
Inspect Rooms
Looking round the little room
where I will spend three weeks
or more of eventful days and
nights, ! cannot help feeling a
little emotion. The first trans
atlantic flight of the Graf Yep
pelin last October comes back
in all its vividness. Memories
of the first trial flights in Eu-
rope before we made the great
6,300-mile trip, memories of the
recent Mediterranean flight over
Palestine and Egyptian waters,
when I shared Lucky z with
Countess Observation-Disclosures,
daughter of the late Count Yep
lin, inventor of this type of air.
craft.
She did not like Knut's patent
system of ventilation, so we
compromised and stuffed half
of it up! And now I am back
again, sole occupant Of the
cabin as the only woman to
make the round-the-world flight.
Cat on Trip
Sole occupant, did I say?
Not quite! It would never do
to leave out of the reckoning
my faithful mascot, the black
velvet cat with the flue-bruSh
tail, who surveys the scene with
CLASSY green eyes. He knows
the cabin we'll, and has been on
every trip with me, all over the
world for 10 long years of con-
slant travel.
What a day it has been!
No conjuror could have sue
ceeded better than l did in
coaxing a multitude of 'necessi-
ties" in the minimum of space
and weight. We are limited to
weight again, of course, and
once more the allowance seems
uncomfortably small. Even if
it is somewhere around SO
pounds, and even if frocks and
flimsies weigh no more than a
sigh, there are countless other
objects to be taken into consid-
Grafton. Shoes, for instance;
typewriting paper, cameras,
films-evening cloak, leather
coat, warm clothes-the list is
interminable.
Fly Around Seasons
You see, we will fly, not only
round the world, but round the
seasons as well. 1t is likely
to be warm between New York
and Friedrichshafen; just as
likely to be icy-cold between
Friedrichshafen and Tokyo.
Any woman can in magma
tion understand and share the
problem which confronted me
this morning, as / stood before
my big steamer trunks wonder
ing what on earth to take,
what to leave, and how to get
it all in anyhow. The flying
part is simple compared with
what I will need at the landing
points. There are sure to be
parties and receptions, after
noon and evening, in varying
climates.
l thought that two evening
frocks would be enough, one
white, with a close-fitting lace
bodice and fluffy tulle skirt;
the other a "Greige," that is
a grey-beige. lace dress. The
one pair of silver shoes will do
for both dresses. A black din
ner or afternoon dress with
frilled skirt long at the back,
and black shoes. I bought a
lovely big lace hat on Fifth
Avenue to go with it, but that
refuses to be packed!
So l carried it in my hand,
and tried to manage that DIR.
Eckener at least did rot see me
with such a diaphanous frivoI-
ity. Then l have two chiffon
summer dresses along. one all
frills. the copy of a model
which made a great sensation
on one of our most beautiful
actresses in London.
Hot Weather Clothes
For the mornings of the hot
ter days, / have a couple of
white pleated skirts and jump
ers, a white and greer knitted
three-piece for cooler days,
and all of these can be topped"
by one of the silk knitted tur-
bans. / have them in white,
cherry and yellow with access
series to match. Four hand
bags ! felt were absolutely
necessary. The brown leather
one with which / travel, a
rhinestone evening bag, a dainty
day bag of Chinese embroidery,
and a black suede one with
very lovely marquisette and
onyx frame which I got in
Vienna. Stockings galore but
they weigh nothing. Two or
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