PACKING PROBLEM

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 70, 8 January 1947, Page 5

PACKING PROBLEM

SOME USEFUL HINTS A LADY’S VIEWPOINT Holiday time is with us again,, .and the lucky ones will be in the throes'" of packing. Here to help you keep your vacation clothes fresh and neat are some hints on packing, writes a lady contributor. If it’s a suit put something soft between each fold you make—handkerchiefs, socks, gloves, woollies, anything that- crumpling will not hurt—and then you can jump on the fold and it won’t matter.

A jacket or coat with lapels and padded shoulders is the most difficult of all to fold pack. For a small suitcase turn up the jacket collar. Fold at the centre back, bringing lining side out, with lapels and fronts meeting. Then push one armhole towards the other and the jackeet will naturally fold almost double agin.

For a large case, do up buttons, and lay flat, sleeves straight down to each side, fold skirt, and lay it across the body of the jacket, bring bottom of jacket up over skirt. The skirt acts as padding. Remember, something soft wherever there is a fold.

For almost all other things the point to remember is—try to preserve a flat front and back, and never crease anything down the middle if you can avoid it. Put the garment face down on a flat surface and fold in the sides. This does for skirts, short blouses, almost ony dress—nighties, men’s shirts and pyjamas.

It’s a good rule to fold things roughly where the body bends,* at the waist, and again at the top of the leg.

Before starting to pack, lay on the bed everything you want to take with you. If you have any tissue paper, screw it up fairly loosely and stuff into the shoulders and bottom part of any suit or dress to be packed. Put skirts .suits, dresses and coats at the bottom of the case, so that they start off with a perfectly flat surface, then blouses and undies, working to shoes and toilet things on top. And remember to distribute the things evenly over the case so that you won’t have to stuff the corners too much.

Finish off by laying a large piece of cardboard, some magazines, or books over the surface of the packed bag, if it isn’t quite full, to prevent the things getting out of position.