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Show Convcniencc for Ocean Travel. ; IN crossing the .s-eun it is desirable to have all the, litllo thing, iu daily use a, conveniently placed a, possible, for I w hen the boat is unsteady one's head is i apt to to the same, und it does not un-I un-I prove, mutters to be obliged to fumble 'over the content, of a handbag or the tray of ;, steamer truuk to hud ihe .needed article,; nor is it possible to lay I them out a, one c an on land, for a slight 'slorm would cause them to scatter to Ihe four corners of the stateroom. A (simply little case for these things cun be I made of linen white or colored or of , flow ered chintz. j A piece i, cut out iu square shape, then 'r strip is laid over the middle section i and divided into unequal spaces, lo fit the ; brush, couib, tooth brush, whisk broom fenid any other little lliings that may be found tiecc-ssury lo the timelier. The edge, may lie bound wiih colored ribbon or with white lineu tae, .ho latter being be-ing more practical, a, it washes well. The , ribbon or tap.: should lie stitched across : the lower side of the middle sevtion, tho ! compartments of which ure divided by rows of plain or feather Hitching. ' ( ! When in" use it can In- hung on small 'herew eyes by the three buttonhole which nre worked ou Ihe upper edge, j Suspended in this way by the side of the Iwashstaud it will only xwbj back and j forth iu rough w eather and w ill not scat-l jtcr the articles about. ! I When not in uso the upper and lower! .part, button together, and the whole can ,be rolled up into a small compass and tied with ribbona that are attached to llie back of tbe case, it is by hating these little mutter, arranged in a prae-' : ileal and c-ouieiib nt fashion that much jof t!. discomfort of ocean iravl- is avoided. j |