Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21
Going Abroad
This Summer
BY JULIA ~BLANSHARD
MA Service Writer

NEW AOIAAs June ~. DO
you're going abroad this summer"
Even as we %grudgingly express
pleasure az our friend good luck.
our minds begin darling here and
there wondering
What Oh earth shall I send TO
the steamer?'
One OF the latest tricks Is 10
send a five-dollar bill to the wine
steward and write a request that
a bottle Of champagne be served
for the first dinner beyond the r.
mile limit. "A card or note should
be included. as well as an extra
dollar for q tip. 50 no responsible
ity viii fall on the recipient.
Steamship lines offer information
about various prices.
Baskets Are Popular
The good old conventional bon
voyage gift. the one that never
fails TO cheer, IS. OF course, the
steamer basket. No one seems To
know who invented this modern
gadget, but dozens OF sizes and
Kinds r available today.
III you want a sore To do your
baskeo Tor you, the cost usually
runs from 50 10 $50, depending on
what store you choose and what
the basket nOlds. You can, OF
course, assemble your own basket
ana with care YOU can make j: 4
sumner. You should be warned.
though, that YOU can spend more
tnan you expect.
Whether YOU order or do your
own, select a basket that i5n't a
burden to the recipient. A small
hamper with a hanule III ideal. as
II can De USED for lunches later on
Foodstulfs are best packed in flat
tins or a metal box. with a straD
handle. Decorative cardboard car.
tons may be used and thrown away
later. String shopping bags make
wonderful bon voyage BASKETS. as
they can b. used later.
For Iidnight Lunches
III your friends are making a
continental tour. you can include
%perishable things. Injuries they
can use IN Immediately. dainties
for midnight "snacks' in state
rooms. If they are going into
Russia OF China. pack little lars
Of marmalade. %iellies, Jams. liquid
or powdered coffee. lump sugar.
evaporated milk. tiny bottles of
tomato Juice cocktails. grapefruit.
soups and houillon. Also include
such things as tea balls. small lars
OF tongue. CHAR. tins OF salty
crackers. and 50 on.
In every hamper include 4 usIr-
prise The latest one Of these is
. game that two can play. or even
four Salvo, anaFrams, PLAYING
cards. tiny travelling sets Of chess.
checkers, cribbage-all are excel
lent. CROSSWORD puzzles. even Old
fashioned wire puzzles and picture
puzzles bring ordinations OF iov
"heh discovered buried In the food.
individual Gifts
II YOU discard the basket idea
tnere are lnnumerable things YOU
can send singly. For women. there
are travelling irons OF universal
voltage. little clothes line reels
tnat hook over a chair and include
oifnlnutlve clothes pins TO hold the
WASH There are oollapsible hang
ers Tor men that have hat or
e!othes brushes in them. leather
travelling cases for neckties. hand-
kerchiefs. collars or cases for shaw
ING things. Most women like small
weekend boxes Of cosmetics. but
be sure and pick their own ~favorite
brands.
Among these miscellaneous ar
ticles come also fsatherweiFht rub
bers enclosed in an envelope 70
sin into 2 purse, r passport purse
with diminutive. individual UNI
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