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Show PACKING TRUNKS. Pack the heaviest articles, such as paper, music, photographs, books, and shoes at tho bottom. Over these put 6uch articles as the commoner underskirts, under-skirts, oversklrts, and follow with the common heavy garments, then cover these with a largo towel and on top of all put the dalnt lingerie dresses and waists, well protected with towels tow-els or a thin bath sheet. Fill all corners cor-ners and crevices with stockings, un-dervests un-dervests or garments that can bo roll-do roll-do into small space. Lay Bklrts alternately alter-nately as to direction by putting the bottom of ono skirt at the right end and the top of another at tho opposite end. Pack compactly and smoothly, and as'1 tightly as possible, and fold on the lines In- which they naturally fall. Fills sleeves, puffs and bows of nice ribbon with crumpled tissue or other soft paper to prevent crushes and creases. Do not pack any bottles of liquid of any. kind in a trunkful of clothing, aud wrap broxes of powder or cold cream thoroughly in ample bandages of old cloth so they won't BpUl. |