Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1913 — WOMEN WHO TRAVEL. [ARTICLE]

WOMEN WHO TRAVEL.

Oblj Mu nu in twenty and on* wn>» la a hundred know how to |Mk a trank neatly and compactly. One would learn a good deal in —lnliliH a packer who travels with pa aetieee. She knows all the best HPt awed wrinkles in the art and mm get three times the amount of Km*! hitn a given space that the Mdtnary woman does. At the bottom of the trunk she ■Henze the dainty delicate lingeries, loAded as swvwhhf as is in the power at human hands, and held by two narrow hands of elastic. Stockings are not tied up in a knot and stuffed Into the corners, but are folded once and laid between stiff cards which are tied with tepee. Bones are eschewed entirely, and gor them are substituted pairs of card* In all sizes, with .tapes for tying. Mountains of manilla tissue paper and hngh piles of newspapers are A layer of clothes Is laid smoothly |b the trunk. Next comes a sheet of Mean linen and over this a newspaper, lids is an Important item. Newspaper t crisp and stiff enough to resist id lotting. The sleeves of every guava are bunched out with tissue paper, as are all satin slippers. All handsome gowns have their own Mvuwi slips. On top of the packed trunk is MT- »* a tray of newspapers Into the heart of the trunk just above the lingerie go all breakables after they have been securely oorked —from blacking bottles to coMUcream tan. The soft stuff takes * the jar and Jetts' away, and liquids are, In oonse- - quenoe, perfectly secure. ▲ well-packed trunk la a joy not very well known to the average traveler, who arrives at her destination oftentimes with her most-cher-ished gown in a had condition, and sick at heart in consequence. The art is not hard to learn and is surely Wurth the effort.