Evening star., 1935-06-06
Good Luggage Pieces
Advised for Journey
Even at Added Cost
Old Equipment May Be Put Into Proper
Condition, While Traveller Settles
Question of Hand Cases.

tered and inadequate luggage Even
if your hostess loves you, in spite of it.
certainly the servants or the bell boys
won't. and YOU will find that as you
appear. so shall you be Served-which
is one of the bitterest things the
financially nipped have to face. 1t is
never the Scorn of our friends that
We fear. or that we receive-but the
contempt Of those beneath us in the
social scale is pretty hard to swallow!
A friend of mine, who had lost a
lot of money, but still moved in
wealthy and fashionable circles, had
a little SeamStreSS in TO make over
some of her old clothes and COncoct a
few inexpensive new ones. Among the
finished products which came out
we'll was very tailored black cloth
coat. My friend announced to the
sewing woman in high glee. MY rich
friends won't believe me when 1 tell
them that you made this-thev will
think it came from O'RoSsen in Paris. :"
A little later she found the seam
stress buSily sewing an old O'Rossen
label. ripped from a relic OF past glory,
into the neck of the new coat.
why, Mary" she protested Il told
you l was going TO tell everybody that
you had made me the coat! I'm proud
of it. and my friends will think I am
very clever to have found you!'
Il am not putting the label in for
your friends. madame replied Mary.
seriously. 1T is for the butler and
the maid to see"
MARY had the right idea, funds-
mentally, and although We may
feel silly and stupid when our possess
SionS draw a dlsdainful look from our
hostess employees, still, there it is, and
I don't believe We can do much about
it, except as far as possible, TO remove
the cause
So. to get back TO the main point
at the moment before YOU set out on
your travels look carefully over what
ever luggage and equipment YOU may
have. If it is good in shape and just
what YOU need IN size and nuRher,
but only bit SCARED and tired Wk-
ing, ! would suggest that YOU take it
to any one of the reputable leather
goods shops here in town and ask
them TO put 1t in condition for you.
Ii will come home with its hair cut
and its face lifted. and even with
message and manicure thrown IN, so
that YOU will hardly be able 10 reCOg-
nize it as the decreplt affair it was
when it left you.
Seriously. wonders may % done
for it. with new straps, new buckles
and handles. ana new markings or
initials freshly rsinted on. This
treatment. of course applies mostly
to pieces of luggage that really were
good in their da' a'"-cheaper pieces
of inferier quality rarely can be trans
formed into renewed beauty.
Trunks must De used for long dis
tances. and when the visit is 10 in
volve any real length of time. Many
people prefer. whenever they can so
arrange it. TO carry number of hand
pieces right with them TO raving
to pack ahead If time send the trunk.
and perhaps. await its arrival at the
other end. Sometimes. though. il is
nice not 10 be 100 tncumbered with
number of small Gags and cases.
Tor these occasions. the wardrobe
trunk proves a veritable boon,
carrying all your pest clothes in un-
wrinkled security to your destination.
A clever merchant once told me
that YOU should buy luggage tor the
trip-not Just luggage for anv old
trip. He further a.nplified this state
ment BY remarklng that the average
person took four trips in MS life
time-the overnight, the week end
the one week and the two weeks
excursions. For each of these a spe-
Cifc piece of luggage exist5-and.
combined all together, would take
their owner anywhere. for any length
of time-unless, of course, he or she
was headed for polar exploration or
African big game hunting!
This idea makes the matter seem
really simple, and buying kit bags.
cases. etc, delightful pastime. II
you are in doubt about Just which
piece best fits vour particular need.
the experienced salesman in a re-
liable luggage shop can tell you ex-
actlv what and what not TO buy
The main thing to remember, is
that quality counts tremendously in
this type of merchandise, and, as I
said before. it IS wise to spend little
more and get true beauty and dura-
bility instead of something that will
not see you through year!
If you wish advice on your indi-
vidual household problems. write 10
RnfSv CaSwnII in care nf The Star