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Show : WIE W-TO PACK A TOm " - J ECONOMY IN TRUNK SPACE' Y BY MRS. McCUNE. MF you have the old-fashioned type of trunk, the more need of your packing it carefully. A day before setting to work 3 you had better take 7our dresses and 3 rults out of closets and look them' .,. over for repairs. This will save you Just so much time and labor when you , start off on your holiday. ( Give each dress a careful brushing bad assort them. By doing this you V ' 11 weed out those you do not actual- )j need, which means that either they vill go back into a packing trunk or .. Into your closets. Be sure to put the heavy things at '.jj jthe bottom. If it is possible, put forms t In all your shoes, and should you not have enough keep those you have for ,4 jtmr low shoes and handsome evening '.. j fellppera. You can either buy or make shoe v., ilacks of cretonne or colored linen. The prettiest are trimmed with a bit ( ' of hand embroidery. A simple substl-, substl-, tnte for bags Is silk tiBsue paper. Bo sure to wrap your bottles In some old '.. chemise or anything soft Likewise i '-. . . put your raincoat, books and umbrella- i las at tho bottom, v - The heavy coats and skirts come a it next. Fold your skirts whero they will j '' sot show the crease, providing your trunk Is not a full skirt length. This Is readily done by folding back the v part above the hip line. You will enrely crease your cirfs by folding them down the centeY. It goes with- out saying that the heavy skirts Miss should rest at the bottom and the light, soft ones on top or in one of b r .pur trays. Tho waists to your dresses and the 3 blouses are to be put into a aeparato tb.ii i .tray or trays. If you want good waists ire ito keep their shape, fill the neck and . the .sleeves with tissue paper; you need " , not pack it tight. These waists will Mlsa stay clean and be kept- from getting ijur- mussed by covering them with a small i sheet of linen or cretonne. A few ,11-d sheets of silk paper make a fairly , good substitute. Keep the small side m trays for hats, scarfs, gloves and tfur- handkerchiefs. You will do well to vie- lay your gloves and oellcate scarfs in ,rest bags or in handkerchief and glove . cases. . . . . two Whether you pack your hats into bMlc-1 tho old-fashioned trunk or hav.o a spe-l spe-l clal trunk for them, give as much care to them as you do to your dresses. A . good arrangement is to lay tho large win'1 'hats below and the small and flimsy Au5? -ones on top. The only way to keep Mid-- tbe hats firm is by pinning them to wflV the cushions with a number of cheap hatpins. By pinning thorn firm they aT7' will be protected from any amount of wb0, , jarring they may get. lent' ; If you aro making a trip for a week 3-at-i " two vou -an use a hat trunk as a n- good substitute for a large trunk. The m upper tray can bo utilized for blouses Jur and skirts. You can slip tho shoe bags but J1 Into the corners without spoiling .your four'j 'ts by exercising a little care. . Still, if vou want to travel In real m6 K comfort, enjoy the wardrobe trunk, of the most improved kind. It will save re- vou a great deal of time and worry toer hen it comes to the packing and un- packing, because you are always pack- V d. You will not worry about closet ivor room when you reach a hotel where etO'j the rooms are none too largo and tho J closet room is less. This typo of trunk ... .Is so good looking it is almost as much J a ornament as it is a matter of com-e com-e if l 'fort and convenience, bon 4 ' If you decide to travel with a ward-dngJ ward-dngJ robo trunk, do not have it, too large; 1 they are hard to handle and aro ex-Jur ex-Jur tremely clumsey when placed in a jar, Email bedroom. A steamer innovation de- v", should bo largo enough if you are eQj 1 alone; you will need it a little larger nf 11 you want ifc t0 coutaIn th0 chil" f 0 dren's belongings as well as your own. iver The body part of this trunk is fitted ;1 Dp with hangers and folders so that ,eryA the gowns are hung and laid in the' M tnost convenient way. Tho blouse and iur" j Ekirt of tho same costume aro hung sr, close together. There is a nickel rack syi ' ior the one-piece dresses and they can has " Blay tQere weeks at a timo without be- I : Ifig mussed. In this sort of trunk you pack your gowns very closely and vrlthc-ut any fear of their getting j4c- crushed. olh- e C5t equipped of theso have a a cmpartment below in which you can ffD ,' Pack three or four pairs of shoes and m 4 , jjuPPers. Then there are two large d, J rawers, one for handsome waists and i - U tlier for your best underwear. ere 18 a large deep drawer with an I Juatablo cushion for hats and j "nailer ones for jewelry and other finery. It is hard to think of any chiffonier chif-fonier or set of drawers as convenient as your wardrobe trunk. Besides, you have-no dread of suffering from an awful aw-ful backache etfery time you do vour packing and your unpacking. , , a 7 p XERCISE is absolutely neces-gj? neces-gj? sary for children. Without It, l 1 it is impossiblo to keep tho littlo one's muscles and or- Hnn3 n SUDd and healthy condition condi-tion Outdoor games aro really the Sftlr foImlof1ef'cISe. at tho children's interest, is held while their muscles are being used, but brisk walks are good too. But let them also do a few simple calisthenics to strengthen the ?? ' of5 fm!S d0 not Prodo for this. Simply stretching the arms out in front and then slowly moving them m frnt to back and back again and then above the head and down to the side a few times Is quite enough. Teach them to breathe deeply at the same ; THE HALLOWE'EN PARTY . Many Hints On How to HavG Fun On This Festive Occasion. BY EDNA EGAN. ALLOWE'EN is but a few days j n J off and for those who are med-asslJ med-asslJ itatlng giving a party on that festlvo occasion this Is the timo to think out arrangements and to send out invitations. Those who livo in tho country havo the advantago over their city cousins in this instanco, for Hallowe'en is pre-eminently tho time for a barn party. All tho games which must be played on this occasion seem to require a big, roomy barn. You girls who livo in the suburbs can havo such jolly parties, especially on such occasions as Hallowo'en, that you should never envy your city cousins. cous-ins. Indeed, they probably envy you on such occasions as these. A barfi Is really tho best placo for a Hallowo'en party, and if you have one, or even a good roomy shed, be suro to hold your party there. You should begin sending out invitations now, so that no ono may mako other engagements. You can buy in almost any stationer's station-er's storo little paper witches in yol-low yol-low and black, with glue on the back, so that they can bo stuck on cardboard or paper. Use ordinary correspondence correspon-dence cards for ycur invitations, with a witch pasted in the middle of the card at tho top. Let your wording bo something like this: "Your pres-enco pres-enco is requested at a Hallowo'en party to be given in Smith's barn at 8:30." In tho left hand lower corner should bo written, "dancing in mask," and in 'the lower right hand corner "R. S. V. P." Masks go hand in hand with Hallowo'en, Hal-lowo'en, and the moro fantastic tho masks the moro fun the party will bo. If you have a phonograph your music for dancing is all provided. If not, perhaps you could borrow one for tho evening from some friend. HafQ your barn lighted with Jack o' Lanterns. Stalks of wheat or hay tied about the posts will help to lend a picturesque air. Ono word of cautionhave cau-tionhave the lantern hung so high that no one can knock them off, because be-cause a fire would start very easily in a barn filled with hay, and you don't want your party to end tragically. - Arrange to danco tho first part of tho evening. After about an hour or two of dancing, tho Hallowe'en games should commence. Ducking for apples is one of the most popular. The apples bobbing up and down in tho tub ot water aro very hard to bite, especially as no assistance assist-ance from the hands is allowed. You had better provide bathing caps for tho girls, as few of them will care about wetting their whole head of hair. A prize must be given to tho contestant contest-ant winning tho most apples. Each player should bo allowed only three tries at a time. Then an apple should bo suspended from the ceiling by a string tied to its stem. Now tho guests must put their hands ber nd their backs and try to bito it As it draws near midnight tho fortune for-tune tolling games should be played. Bo sure that the one with the mirror is played just in front of a window. Each girl in turn must tako a handglass, hand-glass, turn around three times and then hold the mirror in front of her right shoulder, where she can see over her shoulder. In tho meantime her favored beau must slip out of tho barn around to the window, which is left a little ajar. At tho crucial moment mo-ment ho should thrust his head through the window, so that the girl can see his faco reflected in her glass, but before she can turn around to investigate in-vestigate he must disappear again and enter the barn as quickly as possible, so that if there- is any cry for him he can saunter over as if he had never been out It is your placo as hostess to seo that tho girl playins tho game stands near tho Aviudow and that the window selected is far enough from the barn door for the man to mako his exit and re-entranco as unobtrusively as possible. |