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Show The Secret of Packing the Trunk TO take not everything lhat might possibly pos-sibly be needed but only what surely w ill be i;ceesxar is Ihe only prim iple to work upon when packing the trunks for an ocean trip If it ha, been pos-Isible pos-Isible to provide an outfit complete with reference lo till ocean voyage and a consequent con-sequent tour of Europe the question of packing will be considerably simplified, but not every girl is so fortunate us to be able lo have an eutirely new wardrobe aud a trip to Europe at the saino time. In travelling more thin under any other . irciiiiislanccs it is unnecessary and. iu fact undesirable, .to have n great number num-ber of dresses, and the more accessories that can be dispensed with the better, lu purchasing an outfit for travelling each item must be sehvled with a view-to view-to whether or not it can be made to Ii.uswer many diverse purposes nc.d if it. can be easily packed without injury. 'engines, are never any too clean, no cloth suit will be til lo be seen until cleaned jand pressed With a dark skirt a silk .petticoat of the same shade should la I worn rather than white, for tho steamer trunk will not have room for any great supply of white things. 'Ino simple dress lo wear in the evening should bo packed in tho steamer trunk, but this dress should be of some materia! which will withstand daTnp alt air. It is the general and accepted custom to-day lo dress simply iu the c-vcaiDg on board ship, but as .he evening hours are the most beaut fill of all in a summer crossing the dress must not be so handsome a, to forbid going up on deck after dinner. Only on the largest blcarucrs 1, I here unv elaborate dressing in the evening, an.l of cour-je, the young people always lead a Iree uud simpl.. jfc ou board ahip, tiuv way. A blanket or polo coat makes the most comfortable steamer cloak, but dv ulster or ic-ngh twe.d coat will answer tho purpose For the week on llie oceau it i especially espe-cially necessary not lo be bothered iu the narrow quarters of a stateroom with too many knick-knacks ami more gowns thuu could possibly be woro iu a week. At llie same tune the one time theory that nny old drc;. and hat is uo"d enough to wrar ou a steamer has loug since exploded. Now n girl must lake as much care and iutercst iu her clothes, that she be always neatly and even smartly gowned, a if bhe were cor good weather a still brimniod sailer hat is preferred by most girl, bin.o it is easiest u keep ou with au elastic slipped under the huir in back and it also shades ihe eyes from glare. In these day,, Irowevor. when one ha., little dr-sire lo leave ones steamer chair, a sofl brimmed hat i, essentia 1. so lhat to be prepared for all emergencies it is well to take nlong a Panama or Mexican bat, which can be rolled iDto a minute bundle and will take up no appreciable space iu a corner of the trunk. Adorned with ar pretty silk or batiste scarf a Mexican bat which is very' inexpensive, is sure to look well ami be as comfortable comforta-ble as any hat could on those torrid day, when one', only desiro is tho sight "of i land. When white cloth, are worn the shoes, too, should be white, (inva, and buckskin buck-skin are both goenl for shipboard, a, thev are easily kept white aud they do not become be-come scratched and soiled a, do the leather shoes against a steamer chair or when sitting on the board, en (he sun deck. Nowhere perhaps i, unuit footwear so necessary a, on board ship, for certainly there is nowhero else that I the shoe, are so conspicuous at on deck. stopping ota large hotel. If the trip is to be made in midsummer, when some hot clay, nre almost sure lo bo eucounter.d. there must he one or two white skirts and plain tailor waist, near nt band. For nu older girl a plain linen coat and skirt, with which is worn a pretty plaiu shirtwaist, always looks ! smart. White linen d-, of cour-e, soli 'easily, but il will not fade, and it can be washml directly upon landiug, and on the very hot days when the sun bats down upon a millpood sea nothing is so com-fortuble com-fortuble or look, so well as n suit of while duck or lineu. For older girl, coat and skirl costume, of while home-spun or serge are also most useful. These suit, cau bv worn lu the evening wilb pretty white waist, instead of a more elaborate style of dress, which is almost sure to be injured on the deck. A separata skirt of j while wool or serge worn with one of the smart jacket nwcaters also looks extremely well on board ship. To go with the dark cheviot or ,erg imit a 6ilk, or even Uannel, waist of Ihe same, shade will be found most useful to savo the while bodices. A last winter's suit can generally sene. to wear on the boat, for unles, money is no consideration whatever it i, a mistake lo wear a new spring dre for this purpose; pur-pose; the dampness aud salt air will be sure to take out the plait,, uud after a week of lying about on the deck,, which. j iii to the ,ofl coal btiioke from the |