DOMESTIC PACKING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 142, 16 June 1906, Page 10

DOMESTIC PACKING.

Mr. Bennett was about to leave town for a week's vacation, and his wife was helping him to pack his suit-case. "Here, George," said she, beaming with the consciousness of a good deed done, "is a nice little linen case I've made for your cake of soap, and here are two others, one for your collars and one for your cuffs. This long one with the ribbon bows is for your ties. They'll keep everything so nice and clean." "Ye-es," agreed George, eyeing them somewhat doubtfully, "so they will." "And this," continued thoughtful Mrs. Bennett, "is a little case for your handkerchiefs, with a violot sachet inside; and hero are two others, lined with oilsilk, for' your wash clothes and bath sponge." "What's this pillow-case thing?" asked mtei ested George, holding up a large white bag. "Why that's to jput your 6tarched shirts in, dear. See, it's just the length of your suit -case — I measured to get it just right '* "I see," said George, thoughtfully. "Any more?" "Yes, indeed. I've been planning for this trip for weeks. This blue dfiiiim case is for your overshoes, and this striped one for your slippeis. This one with the cunning little button and buttonhole, is for your whisk, and these others,' embroidered with forget-me-nots, are for your comb and your military brushes. This larjjei case is for your razors, and this little long one is for your toothbrush. 1 did intend to make a case for youi toiled linen, but " Just at this' moment Mrs. Bennett was called downstairs. When" she returned, half an hour later, George was sitting on the side of the bod among his personal belongings, gazing disconsolately at the bulging sides of his suitcase. "Why," exclaimed Mm. Bennett, looking at the array on the bed, "you haven't packed a single thing!" "Yes, I have," replied George, mopping his brow, "I succeeded in getting all those cases into that suit-case, but th»re isn't room for a.n,v of my clothes.''