YOUR HOLIDAY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3899, 4 December 1928, Page 71

YOUR HOLIDAY.

What luggage to take is always a vexed question. With children it is almost impossible to reduce it to a very small amount —there are so many things necessary to their comfort. However simple the outfit may be, you must take changes for cold and hot weather, for wet days and for sunny ones. Nothing should be taken that can “ spoil.” Frocks and rompers that can be washed through and dried without demanding much ironing are desirable. Cotton crepe, sponge cloth, gingham, and stockinette are all good. Linens, zephyrs, and muslins should be avoided, because in rooms you can’t do washing very easily, and if you take a small house and can, it is much better that—as it’s your holiday, too —you shouldn’t.

To be quite sure of tak'ng with yon what is really necessary end not forgetting some special and indispensable article, make a list and fasten it inside the lid of your suitcase or trunk. It will be very handy when you come to repack at the end of your holidays, and will banish all those fears as to leaving behind something which must either be sent on by post or forfeited altogether. After all the ordinary packing is completed, it is a good plan to take one extra ease just to hold all the odd things remembered at the last minute — those little “ extras ” that mean so little i>’. themselves, and yet often make all the difference between comfort and discomfort on a holiday. * * * Into this “ glory hole ” case I would, for instance, put a good-sized rug and a few light cushions, which will be found a welcome addition for sitting out-of-doors. An indiarubber hot water bottle for “ tummyache ” or unexpected twinges of lumbago should also be included. Some lint, cotton wool, adhesive plaster, and two or three bandages might be included. These may never be required; but, on the other hand, they’ may be of the greatest service, especially

if one is stranded far from a doctor or even a chemist’s shop. If your, eyes “ screw’ up ” witn the sun, then slip into the case a pair of coloured sun glasses. They cost only a few pence, and you will find that they soften the glare of the sand and the white country roads. Additional towels are always useful. Your landlady will not expect io provide these items for use outside. * * * Put away in this box a few’ toys that will help the kiddies to pass away the time when the wet days come. A supply’ of coloured crayons, pencils, one or two card games, and some odds and ends of dress material and bafis of coloured wool to amuse the little girls who like to sew should be addefc A few’ old pictures, all ready to be cut up inf.o jig-saw puzzles for the tinies, will be a great success when ordinary gumes pall. Consider the idea of packing a pretty cover for this extra trunk—green casement cloth would do excellently. It may probably’ have to stay in your bedroom, and a trunk under the bed is a nuisance. If, however, there is a neat cover over it, it will not detract fiom the charm of your room, and you will find the top space quite useful.