How to Pack a Trunk.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVIII, Issue IX, 1 March 1902, Page 392

How to Pack a Trunk.

In packing a trunk, place all books, boots, and other heavy articles at the bottom, fill up all corners and crannies with stockings, vests, and such uncrushable articles. Remember that the good packer packs tightly, for thus breakages and creases are avoided. The secret of good packing is firmness and smoothness, and to attain that, everything should be put in lhe trunk in layers. Before putting in the dresses, have a firm layer of undergarments, and then proceed with the thickest and heaviest of your skirts. The skirts should; be folded as nearly as possible in the folds they take in wear. See that you lay the skirts alternately in different directions, so that if the waistband on one is to the left .side of the trunk the waistband of the next is at the right side, for fhus the level will be preserved. Between light and dark dresses place a towel to prevent the latter soiling the former. Fold bodices, as far as can be in the lines which they take upon the figure, put stiff, lightly erushed paper into the sleeves, ana also into bows and puffings to prevent their being creased, and then pack as tightly as convenient. When taken out of the trunk they will be found uninjured.