Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1891 — Hints for Travelers. [ARTICLE]

Hints for Travelers.

Naunoa from the motion of the cars, may be prevented, says the Ladies’ Home Journal, ta the following way: Take a sheet of writing paper large enough to cover both the chest ana stomach, and put it on under the clothing, next to the person. If one sheet is not large enough paste the edges of two or three together, for the chest and stomach must be well covered. Wear the paper thus as long as you -are traveling, and changed every day if your journey is a long one. Those who have tried it say it is a perfect defense. ’ Those to whom the term “sleeper’’ is a hollow mockery may profit by the experience of salesmen and others who travel frequently, and have the bed made up with the pillow toward the locomotive. Just why this, should make sleep easier is not explained. but the plan is highly recommended.. If you are ever in straits for a clean handkerchief or two when no washwoman is within easy call, try this plan: Upon reaching your hotel4ake all your soiled handkerchiefs, wash and rinse them, and spread them out smoothly on the window-panes. Be sure that there are now creases, and that tlie corners form right angels. When dry and carefully folded no one could tell that they had not been ironed. Heavily embroidered handkerchiefs will not look as smooths as plain ones, but will certainly defy detectioa across a car aisle; It is proposed doing away with the old system of lightning rod protection and replacing the rods with narrow ribbons of copper, which will use up the energy of the lightning and save the building from destruction.