HOW TO PACK A BAG

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20908, 13 September 1939, Page 3

HOW TO PACK A BAG

KEEP THE SURFACE FLAT If you are lucky enough to own super-perfect luggage that is fitted with separate containers and bottles for all the cosmetics on your dressingtable, and racks, hangers and compartments for each piece of your wardrobe —then packing a bag is not one of your troubles. Ur if you have a jewel of a maid who packs and unpacks for you so that your clothes look as though they had just come from the shop, we can't improve your lot either. But if you have no maid and if that smart, sturdy suitcase you bought a couple of summers ago is still doing service, perhaps we can save you a few of the major headaches of summer holidays and weekends, by giving you some practical hints on how to pack a bag. You'll have no more wrinkles in your suits if you follow these directions. Turn the jacket collar up. Fold at the centre of the back, lining side out, with the lapels and fronts meeting. Then push one armhole towards the other and ille jacket will naturally fold almost double again. If it is too long for your bag, fold from the top to the bottom. Never erease a skirt in the middle. Fold the two outer sides in, so that they overlap at the back. Put tissue paper in the folds to prevent pressing in creases where the tailor never intended they should be. Crumple tissue paper and pad the sleeves and shoulders of your dresses, too. Heavy Things in First Packing the corners of a bag solidly keeps the rest of the things In it from shifting about and becoming rumpled. Use shoes and solid things that won’t crush. When a hag has no compartments, put the heavy things in first. Lay out on the bed everything that you want to take with you, so that you won’t remember something at the last minute and mess up all you’ve done. That goes for books, too. The heaviest things on the bottom, then coats and suits, then dresses and lingerie on top. Put your lingerie in transparent cases. They keep it conveniently together and you can see through them and know where things are. There won’t be any broken bottles if you wrap them each separately in tissue paper so that they don’t joggle against each other. Put all your cosmetics on a tray, or one half of a flat box, wrap each article separately and pin the whole thing in a towel. Always carry your toothbrush in a container and your face cloth or sponge in a rubber bag. They'll be protected themselves and they won't dampen other things if you have used

them just before you packed. The great art in packing so that your clothes look fresh is to keep everything oil a flat level. Pack all the odds and ends and bumpy things at (lie bottom, and wedge them with stockings and handkerchiefs until the surface is flat, and then lay your clothes flatly on the top in the ways we have told i'Qi*.